Larry King, Scott Shannon, Greaseman Mutual 1984 Part One (49:12)

. . . you custom-build your radio (station) to fit the community . . .

[Description by Uncle Ricky from notes by contributor Bob Campbell]

This Best Of Larry King network capture is incomplete. The first half-hour, featuring airchecks of the program's guests, was not recorded. Examples of Scott Shannon and Greaseman are available elsewhere on REELRADIO.

According to the contributor, this was recorded in the Spring of 1984, a "Best Of" broadcast taken from a previous "live" broadcast. We believe the original broadcast was on Saturday, January 14, 1984, and the re-broadcast (featured here) was on April 1, 1984.

However, in the Mutual newscasts, there is reference to Daylight Savings Time (the first Sunday in April, April 1, 1984), and President Reagan in China (April 26, 1984). Clearly, we don't understand this. We welcome comment and correction.

Larry King, Scott Shannon, Greaseman Mutual 1984 Part Two (48:21)

. . . There are no geniuses in this business, just hard workers . . .

[Description by Uncle Ricky from notes by contributor Bob Campbell]

We were drunk at a convention, staggering in the hallway, and there you were... Larry King takes calls and talks to Greaseman (WWDC/DC-101 (who made over 600 thousand dollars in five years at WAPE) and Scott Shannon, who explains the Z100 FlameThrower T-shirts.

It's gonna take just as long to develop AM stereo as it took for FM stereo. And, it's not show business - it's just hard work! (Does this mean show business *is not* hard work?) MTV will not hurt radio. Anyway, Scott was making big money doing what he liked to do. Can anyone ask for more?