KFRC San Francisco Composite, 1974 (0:22:58)

… KFRC – Winner of Billboard Magazine’s Station of the Year Award in 1975, ’76, and ’77 – explodes into 1978 …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]

This composite consists of “aircheck modules” from a 7-inch reel contributed by Pat Riley. Perhaps they were intended for a finalized composite (that I’ve not heard.) One was mixed, some were clean-cut and some were rough-cut. I removed some clicks and quiet spots but otherwise, these play like the contributed reel, with a small gap between each personality.

You can hear the entire composite using the PLAY button above, or you can select individual performances by using the smaller PLAY buttons below. This is a terrific composite and reminds us again that KFRC was AWESOME during this period.

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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. 

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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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