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The Real Don Steele, KHJ Los Angeles, July 4, 1968 (scoped) (0:42:10)

Scoped
… Bang Bang! …

The Real Don Steele has his sparklers ON for July 4th, 1968 — Independence Day with some musical surprises via restored music from a smartly edited ‘scoped recording. Some of the commercial sets have been edited, there are no newscasts, and in the few spaces where we don’t know what happened, REELRADIO filled with a jingle and got back to the music. There are small revisions, but the ‘scoped version includes exactly what was provided by official RDS archivist Ray Randolph. Thank You, Ray!

July 4, 1968 was a THURSDAY, just like the debut week for this exhibit in July, 2013! What goes around comes around and this mega-exhibit, clocking in at just over two hours restored, is a wonderful memory of a Holiday afternoon in Boss Angeles.

Welcome to the new ReelRadio!

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”.

We remember Richard and we thank him. If you enjoy this new site, we would appreciate a contribution. We hope you enjoy the new ReelRadio!

Carl Davis
Trustee
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum