TM The Power Demo for WIND Chicago, 1977 (0:02:55)

… 20-04-2008 00:00 …
comes from TM Productions of Dallas, of course [By Uncle Ricky] Fortunately, the jingles were a lot better than the graphics. This TM demo is for Westinghouse and WIND , Chicago, but I know that the Christmas jingle was also on WNBC in New York. Still, you gotta love that Gone With the WIND signature! This is an EXCELLENT ID package. As a 55+ radio listener, I would so love to hear a radio station that was able to match the quality of these jingles. But don’t worry – I understand that people my age are no longer of interest to advertisers, broadcasters, or the people next door who don’t speak English. THIS, radio with these jingles, this is the radio you can’t hear today. Imagine A Radio Station, just ONE Radio Station, not “clusters”, as we have today. This one radio station would have lovable local hosts and imaginative, familiar musical segments. Imagine there were genuine local people on the radio and in the radio station, and there were lots of them, making a decent living. Imagine anyone who wanted to compete with them would actually need to compete! Of course, that was radio before radio became a box of iPods.
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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”.

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Carl Davis
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North Carolina Broadcast History Museum