Reeder Custom Guns - in late '63 I got my first job in radio as a DJ. I was makin

Gary Reeder
in late '63 I got my first job in radio as a DJ. I was makin
Thursday, June 07, 2018, 15:32

$62.50 a week, which was a bit over $1.50 an hour and my Dad couldn't understand why I was making so much money sitting on my ass playing records. I think the average pay back then for the average man was around $85 to $100 a week. Plus my first job in radio was in McCook Nebraska and the cost of living at the time was real low there. I was in hog heaven, making $250 a month, driving an almost new '56 Chevy and playing rock & roll. It couldn't get much better for an 18 year old Tennessee boy.

one of my guys left a Guns & Ammo magazine on my desk - Gary Reeder, 2018-06-06, 17:13
- Time Travel - Jim Taylor, 2018-06-06, 18:30
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    - $30 was a lot of money back then, $100 huge amount. (nm) - WB, 2018-06-07, 07:39
      - True - Jim Taylor, 2018-06-07, 08:24
        About 1968 I remember a guy paying my - WB, 2018-06-07, 14:29
        in late '63 I got my first job in radio as a DJ. I was makin - Gary Reeder, 2018-06-07, 15:32
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