Fred Winston, WKYC Cleveland OH Summer 1968 (scoped) (0:10:48)

Scoped
… . . . sounds like a freaky version of the NBC chimes, man . . . …

This somewhat off-the-beaten-track treasure features a young and hyper Fred Winston subbing for vacationing Chuck Dunaway ( thanks to Jay Marks for his comment) on WKYC, (once WWWE, WTAM, KYW) Cleveland, Ohio.
This time around, WKYC is Power Radio, despite the “gavel to gavel” coverage of a convention announced by NBC Radio’s Tom Carson in the few closing seconds of a local newscast. The expected NBC network newscast, and any associated production elements at the top of the hour, is missing from this aircheck. Power Radio lasted 367 days. NBC wasn’t fully committed to the format.

Sure sounded like PAMS jingles, but according to a comment, they’re early TM. Another comment confirms that it IS Lou Rawls selling Cold Power detergent.

Now, freshly encoded for 2012, two songs have been restored and the rest is unscoped, with the exception of the missing 3PM newscast. Great playlist, but the board-op was so intent on “tight” that jingles were clipped a few times.

Welcome to the new ReelRadio!

This site is now operated by the North Carolina Broadcast History Museum. 

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. 

Our goals with this site are to preserve the exhibits and make them available free of charge for people to enjoy.  Over time, we hope to add some airchecks to the site.  This will not happen immediately.  Time and resources will determine the future of new exhibits. 

Many thanks to the web folks at the Beasley Media Group for countless hours of work.  Again thanks to the board members of ReelRadio, Inc. for their faith in us. 

Richard Irwin’s hope was that his site would live on long after his passing. He said, “I hope REELRADIO will survive as my contribution to the ‘radio business’. The business is allowed to forget me, but the business should never forget the great era of radio that we celebrate here”.

We remember Richard and we thank him. If you enjoy this new site, we would appreciate a contribution. We hope you enjoy the new ReelRadio!

Board of NCBHP
North Carolina Broadcast History Project