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Jack O' Reilly

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John1

The Inquirer today reports the passing of Jack O'Reilly at 89. He had a long history in radio, WOR, WPEN, but I remember him as the sidekick to Wynn Moore on the mornings in the early years of WWDB doing "characters" like "Doc Helpful". They list him as the sportscaster in the obit but at that time Merill Reese was there doing sports & I think Jack was newscaster & person to interact with Wynn. The morning show was more news & lighthearted banter then, steering away from politics for the most part.

The obit says he moved to WYSP in 1968 but 94.1 was dark then Pirate Jim's site says they signed on as WYSP in 1971. He may have been there duing the MOR years 1971-1973 as "Your Station in Philadelphia".

He's probably not real well remembered anymore but the WWDB morning show was very entertaining those first few years starting in 1975.
 
I have fond memories of the great chemistry between Wynn and Jack. I recall Jack did several characters, "Muscles Marinara," a takeoff on Jim Corea, and "Mistress Claire," a parody of an on-air psychic. Very funny.

I won a WWDB contest and was a guest with Wynn and Jack. Still have the tape. I showed up with a sound effects "clicker" and proceeded to show "slides" of my family. Jack went along with it and Wynn was the perfect foil.

Along with his family, a piece of Jack's immortality will the smiles many of us get when we think of one of his bits. "A fine epitaph for any man." (The quote is from "Forbidden Planet," when Leslie Nielson delivered a eulogy about a fellow shipmate.)
 
> He's probably not real well remembered anymore but the WWDB
> morning show was very entertaining those first few years
> starting in 1975.
>

Although I doubt many people will remember, Jack was the first
News Director and morning news anchor of WIOQ back when it was
W-102. The station had just been sold from Triangle to Jack
Richer and moved to 2 Decker Square. In addition to Jack we
had Jeff Dean, Earl Goodman, Art Andrews, Jeff Mathieu, Roy
Laurence and others that I'm forgetting. Jack was quite a
character in those days!
 
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