The Charlie Jordan Collection

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The Entertainers, CBM Montreal June 1976 (0:31:51)

… ’63 was a good year to be young and to be British …
Description by Uncle Ricky for contributor Charlie Jordan This is DX from CBM Montreal, a capture of Doug Crawford hosting BBC programs broadcast in June, 1976. I suppose the interviews with members of The Beatles included here were fairly hip at the time, but how available are they now? Did you know The Beach Boys were fat? This composite exhibit features two programs that focus, in reverse order, on 1963 and 1962. It’s gritty and muddy, but it’s the REEL thing
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Ron Gregory, WOWO Ft. Wayne IN May 31 1976 (0:19:25)

… Well, come on in …
Description by Uncle Ricky for contributor Charlie Jordan Here’s long-time Fort Wayne dude Ron Gregory recorded many miles away from 50KW WOWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It’s a “’66” Memorial Day weekend, and this DX aircheck includes authentic fading, static and narrowband response. I had hoped to hear some of those WOWO PAMS acapellas, but instead — I was delighted to hear liberal use of GWINSOUND production beds, and some genuinely mysterious early WOWO jings.

Charlie Jordan Presents NY & CT Radio, July 4, 1976 (1:08:04)

… should the music of many languages and many accents fill the air …
take care, for just such a day was July 4, 1776

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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”.

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!

Carl Davis
Trustee
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum