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Todd Chase, KQV-FM Pittsburgh, August 16, 1968 (2:19:03)

The Joe Evelius Collection
… People Got To Be Free – to pay taxes …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] Todd Chase is heard on KQV-FM (simulcasting KQV-AM) on August 16, 1968. The exceptional fidelity of this exhibit is exceeded only by a marathon length: Two Hours and Nineteen Minutes snatched from an otherwise forgotten Friday night in the Steel City. It’s not exactly clear what was going on with KQV-FM at this time. ABC News interrupts Down at Lulu’s (thankfully!) and Jerry Marshall’s National Sound Survey (featuring the PD of KORD in Pasco, Washington) seems to rejoin the Chase show in progress. Perhaps KQV-FM cleared some ABC network features that didn’t run on the AM? Bill James is heard with news. He does a fine job until the last five minutes of this aircheck, when you’ll hear a seriously-flawed newscast that is SO messed up it’s hard to believe it was on an ABC O&O. In addition to hearing James fumble around for carts, you’ll hear someone walk into the studio! The final commercial is cut off, but this amazing recording is complete with the official Sign Off, The Star Spangled Banner, and “No Carrier”.

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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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Carl Davis
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North Carolina Broadcast History Museum