Don & Mike, WAVA Washington D.C. July 1986 Part 2 (1:03:06)

… and do you know if she has any animals, and a car registration …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Mike Miles] Frank Murphy pulls parking lot duty on a Free Money Thursday with WAVA Morning Zoo dudes Don Geronimo and Mike O’Meara. This unscoped, stereo aircheck from June 25, 1987 has some fading, but for the most part, the fidelity is excellent. Don and Mike take to the phones with What’s Your Nag and a listener reads a letter from a local newspaper calling them “halfwits”. They try, but are unable to speak with John Hinckley at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. David David Haynes is heard with two newscasts — Jackie Gleason died the day before, and Washington, D.C. had the highest food costs in the nation.

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We want to thank the board of ReelRadio, Inc. for their stewardship since the passing of the founder Richard Irwin in 2018.  It has not been easy and they have maintained the exhibits for future generations to enjoy.

I met Richard Irwin, aka Uncle Ricky, when we were freshmen at East Carolina University.  We both had worked at local stations in our hometowns.  No one was more passionate about radio, especially Top 40 radio, than my friend Richard. 

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