Linda Kelly, WPGC Washington D.C. Summer 1987 (0:46:17)

… Continuous Music (Continuous Music) …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Mike Miles] Not much here, unless you like the music. Linda Kelly has two talk sets for a total of 40 seconds in this entire 46-minute recording of The NEW WPGC NINETY FIVE in Washington, D.C., most likely from June or July in the Summer of ’87. Some guy named Al (?) gets one set opening this exhibit. There’s a single stopset (at about the 30-minute mark) SIX units and SIX minutes and ten seconds (including a station promo), clearly demonstrating the programming philosophy that has continued to redefine “music radio” simply as “music.” The “formatics” of this (the iPod format) haven’t changed since 1987. A 16-year old then is 38 in 2008, and part of the Big Money Demo. They’ve been trained to believe there are two kinds of radio – talk, or music. Truly, the Radio Disc Jockey was already history in 1987.

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