John Larsh (Jack Armstrong) WAYS Charlotte N.C. 1965 (0:23:08)

… . . . How can I miss you if you won’t go away? . . . …

[Description by Uncle Ricky] One short year after this October 8, 1965 aircheck, John Larsh was working at WIXY in Cleveland as Jackson Armstrong.

Program director Jack Gale must have had some influence on the then 18-year-old Larsh, who is heard using many of the sustaining character drop-ins and sound effects that Gale used on his morning show. In fact, he appears to use as many as he likes, frequently and with sparse restraint!

This is fairly early BIG WAYS. Stan Kaplan hired Gale in the Spring of 1965. Larsh was the “original” overnight guy.

Jack Armstrong passed away March 22, 2008 at his home in North Carolina.

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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. 

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. 

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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”.

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