Lan Roberts, KJR Seattle October 11, 1988 (0:46:34)

Unscoped
… There was Larry Lujack, who got fired for playing a recording of Hitler during a Volkswagen commercial …
DESCRIPTION BY CONTRIBUTOR DAVID CRITCHFIELD David Critchfield taped this using a SONY SRF-A100 AM STEREO receiver in normal mode (narrowband as opposed to wideband.) David wrote: This cassette also appears to have lost high end quite a bit now from 13 years on the shelf. I always struggled to reduce or eliminate static when taping at my house due to all the electrical interference in the house and neighborhood. I must have been able to work at home that day and get much of the reunion unscoped. I have seven other two hour cassettes unscoped of the rest of the day including Emperor Smith, Mike Phillips, Bobby Simon, Jerry Kaye, John Maynard, Charlie Brown, Pat O’Day, Tom Murphy, Gary Lockwood and Burl Barer. CURATOR’S NOTE: AFTER DAVID CRITCHFIELD PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER 2001, HIS COLLECTION OF TAPES WAS SOLD TO AN UNKNOWN BUYER. UNFORTUNATELY, DAVID DID NOT CONTRIBUTE ANY ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS OF THIS KJR REUNION.

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!

Carl Davis
Trustee
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum