… he just went to get a short cup of coffee …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
After The Peter Kanze Collection presented the rare aircheck of Gary Edens on WKIX, we received several serious requests for an aircheck of the late Mike Reineri in afternoon drive, also recorded in August of 1964.
Gary wrote a bit about Mike’s radio career. “He was really the first personality to host the WKIX morning show. He left WKIX for co-owned WPDQ, Jacksonsville, then went to Cleveland’s WIXY, and finally to Miami, where he spent the rest of his career as a talk show host on WIOD and other stations.”
Gary also wrote that Mike was a participant in the September, 2001, WPTF broadcast of the WKIX reunion. “That is the last time most of the ‘KIX Alums talked with Mike. He passed away in January of 2003.”
Despite Reineri’s flawless performance here, this recording was technically challenged, which is why it wasn’t an earlier choice for exhibition. It *is* an “off-the-board” recording, but it was recorded pre-processing, and the high-frequency distortion is unfortunate. Be assured a few hours were devoted to making it an effective online presentation, but the distortion remains on some program elements. Fortunately, all of Reineri’s work was spared the splatter.
At least two great Beer spots are featured, several PAMS jingles, and Jerry Kearns delivers news of the infamous Gulf of Tonkin incident.