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Steve King, WLS Chicago, June 7, 1977 (scoped) (0:16:54)

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Golden Gifts
… Sounds like Gary Glitter – whatever happened to him? …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] Steve King is having a lot of fun and is plainly prescient in asking about Gary Glitter. But it’s the Spirit of Summer, and WLS sounds great! Unfortunately, particularly for those of us who worked on the air in 1977, the music is all too familiar. Bill Guthrie handles the news. Anita Bryant has triumphed in Florida and is beginning her new campaign to stop Presidents from endorsing same-sex marriage.

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