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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!
5/3 5/10 5/17 NOW - Week ending May 23, 2020
3 4 2 1 Dick Biondi on WLS, Chicago, 1963
- - - 2 Larry Lujack, Tommy Edwards, WLS Chicago May 26, 2008 10AM-12N
1 1 1 3 The REELRADIO Tenth Birthday Special
- 34 39 4 Johnny Mitchell, Tommy Vance, KHJ Los Angeles, November 23, 1965
- - - 5 Tony Taylor, Jim O'Brien, WOR-FM New York, May 2, 1968
39 20 13 6 Charlie Tuna, KHJ Los Angeles, May 27, 1968
- - - 7 The Monkees, KRUX Phoenix AZ 1967 (RESTORED)
- - - 8 Bill Beamish, Ed Baer, Dean Anthony, WMCA NY 1969,1970
7 3 7 9 Dick Biondi, WLS Chicago, May 2, 1962
- - 3 10 The Real Don Steele, KHJ Los Angeles, July 21, 1969 Pt.1
- - 23 11 Gus Gossert, WCBS-FM New York, May 12, 1970 Part One
- - - 12 Larry Lujack, WCFL Chicago, June 6, 1975
- - - 13 Larry Lujack, WLS Chicago April 1971
6 8 27 14 The Real Don Steele, KHJ Los Angeles May 3 1967
4 - 4 15 The Real Don Steele, KHJ Los Angeles, 2-27-67
- - 6 16 Cousin Brucie, WABC NY November 5, 1968 Pt.1
- - 36 17 The History Of The Rock & Roll Disk Jockey, 1970
- - - 18 Kris Stevens, WCFL Chicago, August 23, 1972
- - - 19 TM Productions AirPower 83 Demo
- - 29 20 The Real Don Steele, KHJ Los Angeles, July 21, 1969 Pt.2
- - - 21 Sebastian Stone, WOR-FM New York NY May 18, 1970 Pt.1
- - - 22 Cousin Brucie, WABC NY 1-29-1969
- - - 23 Coyote Calhoun, WAKY Louisville, 1973
- - - 24 Chuck Dunaway, WKYC Cleveland Power Debut, 1968
- - - 25 Dick Biondi, WCFL Chicago, June 4, 1970
- - - 26 Dan Ingram, WABC New York, December 21, 1971
- - - 27 Lou Kirby, WNOE New Orleans, LA. 1964
- - - 28 The Adventures of the O.B. Ranger
- - - 29 The Real Don Steele, KHJ Los Angeles, January 8, 1970
9 6 15 30 The Real Don Steele, KHJ Los Angeles, May 18, 1968
- - - 31 Tuesday Productions WHISPERS Demo, 1977
- - - 32 American Top 40 Greatest Disappearing Acts, July 7, 1973 Pt.1
- - - 33 Bob Dayton, WABC, New York 1965
- - - 34 Bill Gable, CKLW Windsor-Detroit May 21 1977 Pt.2
- - - 35 Bob Moody & Mickey Schorr, CKLW December 31, 1973 Pt. 4
- - - 36 Charlie Brown, KJR Seattle, April 1976
- - - 37 Dick Biondi, WLS Chicago, June 7, 1960
- 5 5 38 Dan Ingram, WABC New York, April 17, 1970
40 14 22 39 Dan Ingram, WABC New York, August 7, 1963 (restored)
- 25 24 40 Gary Owens, KMPC Los Angeles, June 16, 1973

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