John Landecker, WLS Chicago June 1981-scoped (0:17:15)

Scoped
… let’s all reach into our pockets where we keep it whip it out hold it in our hand and look at it …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]

Contributor J.D. Knight wrote:

“I found about an hours worth of John Records Landecker that I had recorded a few days before his final broadcast.”
playThis Exhibit SCOPED (17:15)
No music more often! But please remember that we pay bandwidth and hardware costs for anything streamed from REELRADIO. (Complimentary Scoping by Uncle Ricky.)
Actually, it’s One Hour, Nineteen Minutes and 30 seconds (01:19:30) and a great chance to hear John Landecker a few days before his finale at WLS. A few spots and traffic reports have been edited, and there’s a break for tape change, but most of this unscoped slice of Americana AM is intact. Here’s why people used to listen to music on AM radio, even when the music sounded better on FM.
J.D. says to listen for the Fewer Commercials seque, Frankie & The Knockouts, WLS Jingles and the Touch Tone, among other highlights on this very cool aircheck.

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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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North Carolina Broadcast History Museum