Our thanks to Gary McBrayer for this GOLDEN GIFT of one of America's greatest Adult Contemporary stations.

TOP STREAM 64Kbps (13KHz) Larry Dixon, KVIL Dallas, March 15, 1988 Part One (01:00:35) This Exhibit 'SCOPED (30:34) UNSCOPED 'SCOPED . . . Yes, (I'm going to stay in radio) - are you surprised at that? . . . Larry Dixon, 2008 [Description by contributor Gary McBrayer] Taped directly from the radio, it's March 15, 1988 and on this afternoon, Larry Dixon is completing his final air shift after 12 1/2 years at KVIL. Today, he is tag-teaming with Bill Gardner who has returned to KVIL to assume the afternoon drive shift as Larry moves on to mornings at WFYR-FM in Chicago. At this point in time, KVIL had dominated the Dallas ratings for over a decade. Along with Larry and Bill, you'll hear Peggy Sears and Ray Walker in the news department, Ted Davis doing sports, and Nick Alexander in the K-V-I-L-icopter — along with the station's usual staple of listener call-ins and promotions — all the parts that went into making the station a programming legend during the 70's, 80's and 90's.

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TOP STREAM 64Kbps (13KHz) Larry Dixon, KVIL Dallas, March 15, 1988 Part Two (58:35) . . . That's right - a quick twelve-and-a-half years, and I'm outta here . . . [Description by Uncle Ricky for contributor Gary McBrayer] Here's Part Two of Larry Dixon on first-class KVIL in Dallas, TX., from March 15, 1988, as Larry wraps up twelve-and-a-half years on this top-rated station. This is just about as smooth and slick as Adult Contemporary music radio could ever be, complete with Al Jarreau for AT&T. The exceptional talent, polished information segments, excellent jingles and tasty music mix all blend together into one of the most pleasant baby-boomer radio presentations you will ever be privileged to hear.

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