WAVZ New Haven CT. Composite, 1976 (0:09:35)

… we have absolutely no problem with the technical sound of the station …
Description by Uncle Ricky for Contributor Paul Mayer Of course, Program Director Chuck Martin couldn’t have known that his carefully-prepared tracks for this composite of WAVZ would be subjected to misaligned dubbing and a bit too much compression, rendering some of his narration unintelligible. Here, I restored a lot of lost upper-mid range, added some expansion during the final processing, and it helped me understand what he was saying. Otherwise, the airchecks sound great, in the grand tradition of tightly-edited, bright Top 40 station presentations. In addition to Martin, this energetic exhibit of Lucky 13 features high-energy performances from contributor Paul The Morning Mayer, Tom Morgan, John E. Walker, Mike West, Sunshine (a dude!) and Lis’ (a lady). When this was contributed in 2003, along with some other “high-energy” airchecks, Paul wanted to acknowledge Tad Griffin for passing these along.

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!

Board of NCBHP
North Carolina Broadcast History Project