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HITBOUND!
Fresh FAB 40
For The Week Beginning
June 2, 2019

Richard W. Irwin, WIXE July 1969

June 6, 2019, marks one year since the passing of Uncle Ricky. In rememberance, Reelradio looks back at his radio career with this special recording of a young, 18 year-old Ricky at the helm of WIXE in Monroe, North Carolina. Please enjoy and remember Richard in the comments.

REELRADIO
FAB 40!
11/7 11/14 11/21 NOW - Week ending November 27, 2021
- - 1 1 K.O. Bayley, KFRC San Francisco, December 1968
- - - 2 Jimmy Jet, KYA San Francisco 1974
- - - 3 Programmers Digest Profile: WOKY Milwaulkee WI 1973
- - - 4 Dan Ingram, KBOX, Dallas, 1959
- - - 5 Don Imus, Wolfman Jack, WTEM Washington, D.C. June 1995
8 - 4 6 The REELRADIO Tenth Birthday Special
- - - 7 Bob Dearborn, WCFL Chicago November 25, 1971
- - - 8 Al Brady, WOR-FM New York, May 30, 1969 Pt.3
- 15 - 9 Dr. Don Rose, WFIL Philadelphia PA. October 6, 1973
- - - 10 Jay Stevens, KFRC San Francisco, December 2, 1968
- - - 11 Larry Lujack, KJR Seattle November 1966 (restored)
- - - 12 Mike Shepherd, KDIA Oakland, CA. 1967
- - - 13 Orson Welles Voice Over Session
- - - 14 The Real Don Steele, KTNQ Los Angeles, February 24, 1977
- - - 15 WOKY Snippets, 1970-1973
- - 14 16 Johnny Donovan, WOR-FM New York March 16, 1969 (unscoped)
- - - 17 Larry Lujack, WCFL Chicago, October 1975
- - - 18 Larry Lujack, WCFL Chicago IL December 7, 1973 (scoped)
- - - 19 Pat O'Day, KJR Seattle WA November 1966 (RESTORED)
- - - 20 Scott Burton, WDGY Minneapolis, MN July 6, 1967
- - - 21 TM Retaliate Jingle Demo
- - - 22 Casey Kasem, American Top 40, AFRTS October 20, 1973
- 1 - 23 Bob Chase, WNOE New Orleans June 28 1963 (restored)
- - - 24 Bob Raleigh, WPGC Morningside December 31, 1967
- - - 25 Bill Wade, Bob Elliot, KGB San Diego, July 28, 1967 Pt.1
- - - 26 Bobby Wizard Wayne, WCBS-FM, New York NY, July 12, 1971 (Part One, RESTORED
- - - 27 Chris Bailey, KCBQ San Diego, 1972
- - - 28 Mike Kelly, CKLW Logger #6, June 29, 1973
- - - 29 Chuck Leonard, WABC New York, December 25, 1970
- - 22 30 Dave Diamond, K.O. Bayley, KFRC San Francisco 1968
- 9 - 31 Dan Ingram, WABC New York, NY July 22, 1967
- 36 - 32 Dan Ingram, WABC NY July 22, 1967 Pt.2
- - - 33 Dan Taylor, WNBC NY Time Machine, October 1, 1988
- - - 34 The Elvis Presley Story, The Final Tribute
- - - 35 Frank Thompson, KOGO San Diego, CA. June 30, 1966
- 17 - 36 Jay McKay, WFUN Miami FL Fundamental News, 1961
- 18 - 37 Fred Winston, WKYC Cleveland OH Summer 1968
- - - 38 Jack Armstrong, WJAS Pittsburgh, PA. March 14, 1973
- - 30 39 Jack Armstrong, WKYC Cleveland, 1967
- - - 40 John Driscoll, WCFL July 2, 1975

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