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Sunny Joe White, WVBF Boston 1993 (0:27:09)

… The White Knight rides off into the sunset and is O.K …
. This aircheck is very poignant. The late “Sunny” Joe White (The White Knight) had an ear for music. In late 1979, he molded Boston’s WXKS-FM (KISS 108) from a “down in the dumps” beautiful music station (WWEL-FM) into a phenomenal Boston area radio legend that still makes the “numbers”, book-to-book. “KISS 108” dethroned Boston’s first Disco station (WBOS-FM) in just one book in 1980, and never looked back. Unfortunately, success had its down side, as well. Sunny suffered a fatal heart attack in 1996. This aircheck was recorded on the night prior to WVBF’s format change to country. This is not a very happy aircheck, but you will understand how he felt that night. In-studio guest is Harold Melvin of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.

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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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