Sensational Sixties Spots Montage (0:48:07)

… and thanks to the men at the station for letting us say this, too …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] Our thanks to contributor Joe Evelius for his second montage of great radio commercials. This one spotlights Sensational Sixties Spots, and what a show! Joe thanks Sam Ward for the ’65 Pontiac and ’69 Plymouth Roadrunner spots, and Bill Bell for the Tempo cigarette spot. You’ve got a lot to like and you’ll get a smile everytime. For light-hearted moments, this is the one, and you’ll flip at the zip of this pop top holiday. Zing — what a feeling. Isn’t this better than dancing? Those who think young will remember Alfred Hitchcock, Anita Bryant, Robert Preston, Ethel Merman (for Zip Code — marvelous!), Bing Crosby, a Nancy Sinatra sound-a-like (she sued Goodyear, see COMMENTS), Donna Reed, Paul Petersen, Dick Clark, Murray The K, Scott Muni, Tiny Tim, Gary Owens, Robert W. Morgan (for Easy Rider) and Dan Ingram. All (and more) are featured in this memorable collection of some of the best advertising from mostly musical (m)admen of the sixties. There are even a couple of announcements for RADIO (America’s Sound Habit) courtesy of the NAB (or was it the RAB?) In the opening minutes, note the similarity of the melodies for L&M and Coke, and remember, The Birds is coming!

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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. 

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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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North Carolina Broadcast History Project