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The Golden Year 1964 (0:49:52)

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Humble Harve is our host with Bill Drake as image voice in this KHJ edition of the Golden Year 1964!

LBJ and The Beatles are HUGE! Say hi to DOLLY! (Louis did!) Are cigarettes on their way out? Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are the BEST!

The Dixie Cups invite us into their “LOVE” sanctuary; Bobby Vinton is repeating himself; Mary Wells will confirm whose “guy” it is; Dean Martin assures us there is SOMEBODY for everyone, and The Beatles’ Hits are plentiful.

It’s a short hour, but there’s more! Bobby Vinton explains how he found his “gimmick;” Lorne Greene has trembling arm hair; Louis Armstrong had never heard of Dolly!; $37.50 was all The Kingsmen needed; and Eric Burdon says The Animals wanted to be “different.”

The KHJ version of THE GOLDEN YEAR: 1964

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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. 

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”.

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Carl Davis
Trustee
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum