WOKY Snippets, 1970-1973 (0:06:30)

The Mark "MD" Heleniak Collection
… . . . You know what? My radio broke down yesterday . . . …

PROGRAM NOTES:

Ron Richards opens, then into WOKY-Talkie (aired nightly at 11pm with newsman Bob Sherwood).

Listen to Jack McCoy developing his soon-to-be-famous Last Contest vocal style (about 4 years before KCBQ).

Also a cool-for-1970 montage of WOKY promo bits. On to >Chip Taylor -1971-late nights followed by (from 12/73):

 

She thinks she needs a new condenser for her radio. Johnny Dark‘s not sure, Robert L. (Bob) Collins thinks it’s her vibrator.

“WOKY Snippets” – An ExplanationSomebody’s Uncle wanted 4 – 7″ reels of tape transferred to cassette. Not my favorite favor. However, when I learned it was 4 reels of classic WOKY, I jumped – only to find mostly music. Ugh. I guess the then-teenager wasn’t interested in what the DJ’s had to say. Years later however, we are. And thanks to The Repository, classic WOKY jingles I luckily found in my tape closet, and computerized audio editing, I’ve been able to construct these “WOKY Snippets”. Snippets are not airchecks and do not give justice to the talented jocks and great-sounding station. Snippets do give an idea of why this station was top dog for so many years. We’re continuing to scour the closets of Milwaukee for the REEL WOKY thing. Until then, Snippets will have to do.

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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. 

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