We had a guy in MKE who did a blues show on the channel owned by the MKE Public School system, which he recorded to tape and sent to the station over the phone. Audio was OK for AM, but it was an FM station. Didn't care- the music he played was so good the sound quality didn't matter.
Ernie- any idea how old Lew Irwin was or if he may have lived in the Bay area?
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."