John Records Landecker, WLS Chicago Rewind, May 28 2007 9-10 pm (0:51:35)

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… . . . by the hand, pretty mama, that’s not my hand, pretty mama . . . …

Following the lead of sister-station WABC, WLS brought back some of the music and personalities of the station’s legendary MusicRadio days on Memorial Day (May 28) 2007, for THE BIG 89 REWIND.

This exhibit highlights one of our favorite hours: John Records Landecker from 9-10 PM, the last of four hours. Landecker does his first Boogie Check since 1979, and is joined in the last few minutes by Tom Kent.

REELRADIO previously streamed the entire BIG 89 REWIND broadcast on July 4, 2007.

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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”.

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North Carolina Broadcast History Project