[Description by Gary Edens]
Back in 1993 I wrote and recorded this tribute for the WTRG/KIX Reunion Broadcast.
However, in 2001 Walter Knox (aka Jack Kane) took my voice-only piece and added KIX jingles, sounders and various snippets of airchecks to make it a much more interesting look back at the legendary WKIX of of the sixties.
This newly produced version of the WKIX Tribute was part of the Third WKIX Reunion, this time broadcast on WPTF AM (680) in Raleigh, N.C., September 20-23, 2001. It opened the show at 3:05 PM on Friday September 21, and was played again on Saturday September 22 at 12:05 PM.The 2001 Raleigh Radio Legends Reunion Weekend was a big hit! WKIX fans met their favorite disc jockeys and newscasters during a special Beach Music Blast on September 21 at Red’s Beach Music. Proceeds from the event helped endow a scholarship in broadcast journalism at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Lots of KIX Alums showed up, including: Rick Dees, Ken Lowe (Steve Roddy), Charlie Brown, Jack Kane (Walter Knox), Pat Patterson, Russ Spooner, Bob Jones, Charlie C, Rich Reim, Joe Goodpasture, Clay Sledge, Bob Kelly, and Ray Caulder. A big dinner event was held on Saturday night September 22.
