Gary Allyn KCBQ San Diego December 1965 (0:43:17)

… you’ll get a chance to spin Santa’s Magic Wheel …
Gary Allyn, December 2001 Description by Gary Allyn This partially-scoped aircheck is also partially reconstructed. For this online exhibit, portions of incomplete musical performances from the supplied aircheck were replaced with complete versions (from licensed sources.) Pat Michaels reports on the upcoming flight of Gemini VI-a, placing the date of this aircheck as December 14, 1965. [REELRADIO Debut: 12/15/2002] I made this aircheck 37 years ago (the week of December 12, 1965) at KCBQ, San Diego. It’s mostly music, and includes a couple of Christmas songs and our regular Top 40 hits from 1965 as well. You’ll like some of the commercials, and there are references to Johnny Solo, Jim Mitchell, and Tom Murphy, all on the KCBQ staff at the time. Notice too, the reverb on the entire audio chain. Lovely.

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!

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