Paul radio stations featuring recordings dating back to 1924, with many from the 19. On the second tape from 1971, I noticed Bob Dayton has some spots with a county twang. Additionally, the recordings can be used byvision impaired visitorsto get an audio perspective of radio history. At 7 AM following the news we played popular music until signoff. Id like to think that 8 Steps Down was some kind of cool jazz program with some Brubeck, some Mingus, etc., but theres no way to know unless someone out there remembers! In the main studio, there was a sticky sap-like residue on everything. (The top 40 announcers were a different breed, and we had little to do with each other off-the-air.). WTCN Radios history goes back to September 1934, and even further back if you count its predecessors, but Ill just start with the 1950s. Tom G. Morris was promoted to station manager and Robert E. Bowdan was named sales supervisor. Here is what had happened. Two of them, a married couple, were from Minneapolis, and they had a loaded submachine gun in the trunk of their car and a .45 pistol under the seat. The old tower was removed and a new tower erected. The show, Pharoah Blacks Soul Til Sundown, began on May 1, 1975, and ran from 7 pm until sundown. On November 8, 1954, WMIN hosted a four-hour remote from the new Melodee Record Shop at 704 Hennepin Ave., advertised in the Minneapolis Spokesman. Bad news from Wikipedia: Despite receiving positive reviews in some mainstream publishings, Purple Haze was a flop. 1400 AM changed its call letters again in January 1972 to KEEY AM, to match that of its FM sister station, and installed a soft rock format separate of the FM, which aired Beautiful Music. The only coordination was (sometimes) the Pick Hit of The Week as a freebie to a record maker.. KUXLs broadcast license was voluntarily assigned from Edward D. Skotch to Greater Happiness, Inc. (presumably his company) on October 7, 1963. SOLD JUN 14, 2022. Music consultants included folks from the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, Schmitt Music, and Leigh Kamman. Recorded of the air in March 1968. Finally, Rob Sherwood arrived back in Minnesota with new jingles for the Twin Cities powerhouse station U100. and the slogan Beat of the Cities., Alan Freed at KMAPs booth at Riverfest, Harriet Island, 1988. I suppose at full speed, in December, the ride to Peoria would take 18 hours. in February 1968. FM station (104.1) was KRSI-FM until 1974. You can see the full shot of the turntables with their massive tone arms. On December 10, 1962, the station launched one of those call-in shows where people argued with the host, who was called Norman Frederick. Mon 13.02 Tue 14.02 Wed 15.02 Thu 16.02 Fri 17.02 Sat 18.02 Sun 19.02 Show by radio station time ( now in Minneapolis 16:44) Unfortunately, the radio station did not provide a playlist for this day. Youll LOVE IT!!!!! The studio, transmitter, and a 3-tower directional antenna array were located off Military Road in Woodbury (just east of Newport). Ike and Tina Turner appeared at the Minneapolis Auditorium under the auspices of Preacher Paul and KUXL on August 1, 1965. The station's studios and offices are in Lakeland, Minnesota, while its transmitter is off Commerce Drive near Interstate 94 in Hudson. And you can try it today. The shooter was never identified. July 12, 1964, brought the advent of Arthur Hoehn, who would become Fat Daddy Washington as the station became more black oriented. The gun-toting news director? By 1957 KSTP was squarely on the rock n roll bandwagon, but got off pretty quickly. Eventually we had to accept the reality of what had happened. Joe came from Cleveland, Ohio, and was a time salesman for WCOW and he just got this wild idea about playing that music. I found no other advertising in the Minneapolis papers, but the St. Paul papers are not online. Proceeds would go to a charity mutually agreed upon by the two teams. Address : PO Box 25130 St Paul, MN 55125. Thats what caused the severe distortion, despite registering a 4 on my Wards Airline signal strength scale of 1 to 5. Black brought major R&B acts to the Labor Temple on 4th Street SE in Minneapolis. What should have been a fun night turned into two nights of fear, anger, and violence not only because of a situation handled poorly but because of underlying conditions that faced black communities all across the country. A few days later, WPBC-FM became WRAH and programmed an automated album oriented rock format. I do believe we did have the first of the top forty station two man morning shows, at least in the Twin Cities, other than CCO. Four people were killed when their light plane, flying in a blinding snowstorm, hit a guy wire holding up one of KDWBs radio towers in Woodbury. Standing from left to right: Steve Shannon and Ed OBrien. More recently, KFAN experienced severe storm damage in April 2004 at their transmission site, with four out of nine antennas at their directional array in Credit River Township (near Prior Lake, Minnesota) getting blown down. The January 1973 tape is poor quality. Jay Philpott was the only holdover from the old format they had me doing 7 to Midnight until I left for WLOL in July 1980., KANO was Disk Jockey Rod Persons first radio job in 1959. See more about Harris under his listing on the Disc Jockey page. Todd Mitchell found this article in the March 18, 1977, issue of Radio and Records, an industry newspaper. In 1962 WDGY broadcast the Vikings games. Phone : (651) 436-4000. . When constructed, a Bloomington transmitter location made sense as there was little development to the south at the time. Doubleday Broadcasting, owner of KDWB, wasnt actively seeking an FM station at the time but offered to buy 101.3 FM in February 1976 after they were offered a rather generous deal for $750,000 that included WYOO-FM and the building in Eagan that housed both stations. The Future is Now (bbzztt) The Future is Y-11, At 3 pm, September 2, 1977, the station changed its format again, this time to country. It had only 250 watts. In 1949 the station moved its transmitter and studio to a new multi-tower array described as at 102nd and Bloomington Freeway/Lyndale Freeway/35W. WDGY/Minneapolis has modified its Top 40 format to an AOR-slanted approach. He was hired to do the jazz show, but moved to take over the R&B show when that opened up. Sources are cited, if known. Whether it actually had to pony up the $10,000 is unknown. The cops busted four men and three women for selling liquor without a license (and on a Sunday!). Well hear more from Preacher Paul down below. KTCR signed on on April 5, 1962, as a Country station. I guess. The jocks shouted, snarled and chanted the KSTP slogan that was spilling from billboards and buses all over town, according to a 1977 Strib article. A 1972 article in the Echo opined that KDWB played new songs that were just released, while WDGY only played nationally-established music. Never would have believed this if I hadnt seen it with my own eyes!. In the first few months of operation, I would guess that WDGY probably lost as much money per month as any station in the history of radio. Selby and Avon Streets. It was payback time. Ironically, WCOW eventually morphed into rock n roll station KDWB in 1959. A gunshot was heard and a policeman was hit in the arm or hand. in Golden Valley was approved. Slogan. KQRS was close to adopting the SuperStars format, making them a major player. KDWB had a prime spot at the State Fair in 1973, one of the great Teen Fair years. First, the typos are NOT mine this time. With that in mind I had Charles Arlington record, as only he could, a theme line: Sixty Three. Peterson cited economic factors as the reason for this change. Check out airchecks and more at RadioTapes.com, where the home page features newly-discovered TV commercials from 1974 1975. In a column dated January 24, 1954, Will Jones of the Trib called Cannon a Hep Talking radio disk jockey.. KRSIs owner, Park Broadcasting, which owned 18 radio and TV stations in 11 cities, asked Drake-Chenault Enterprises of Los Angeles to install one of its systems. Al Tedesco purchased the station in 1968. Everyone made up and by 1972 (and probably before) the station had a Super Shooters basketball team. And it was Snyder Drug Stores. (Only eight stations in Minneapolis-St. Paul. He had a student pilots license and certainly shouldnt have been flying alone, in the night, in a storm, with passengers. Rock. In a 1972 article the Insider noted the leaky roof and yellowed wallpaper at the aging studio in St. Louis Park. I took this from a flight I took in 1977. By 1981 it was back to Country, testified by Chris McKay: In 1981 I had just graduated from Brown Institute, and was the CHIEF ENGINEER at KDAN AM 1370! Fire trucks are on the scene and well up-date you as additional details come in.. In ad in the June 14, 1969, TV Digest pictures Tac Hammer, Rick Easton, Anthony Gee, Jim Reed, and Don Shore. That spring the station presented Saints baseball with Ray Christensen. It was fun, and by then, Charlie was on the mornings, and I did the news and the bits. in 1330s exciting sportscasts and weather reports. The station will feature top cuts from current albums along with a selection of singles, with no jingle package and segued sets. As an example when your unpredictable Carson Rennie of 6-10 spins a yarn about Aunt Julias first trip to the Twin Cities. Rufus Thomas appeared with local group the Amazers on June 24, 1966. WDGY/1130 AM . In September 1979 the station became known as Musicradio I-95, playing Album Oriented Rock/New Wave. WDGY 1130 AM is an online radio station broadcasts from Scottsdale, Arizona providing vintage music. I was the only one there with a GRTO [General Radiotelephone Operator license]. The November 10, 1970 recording was sitting in an unmarked reel to reel box had in storage. WDGY is the only AM radio station in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market that broadcasts in HD. WDGY - The Original Rock and Roll Station. Glover finally finally took two weeks vacation in New York City and never came back. [He became a freelance writer and contributing editor for Circus, a music magazine.]. The problem was that by the time he got to a place that had soul food, it was all gone. The radio studios are on Utica Avenue South in St. Louis Park . Stephen B. Labunski was made General Manager. The station signed on with a cowbell. It was to be a program format, readily identifiable concentrating on jazz, according to Burke. I will cut in on occasion with additional/alternate information from Will Jones of the Minneapolis Tribune. While there were clearly some country/western shows Saturday Hoedown, Western Favorites and perhaps some old time songs Tin Pan Allan was on a lot there were others with intriguing names: Most importantly, WMIN had three powerhouse disk jockeys: Bill Diehl worked at WMIN from 1948-49 and from 1951-55. They broke through one of the doors, and then the police decided to keep them back by lobbing teargas into the crowd. On December 16, 1964, afternoons changed from jazz to Rhythm and Blues. The exact date of the change seems a little murky (unlike the very sharp change to country below), but experts say it was probably in January 1977. Hobart also announced the increase in power. Midge was the luck caller who got to shoot the turkey. The Lucky Lou program was on Sundays and was described as Jazz and Bits and Pieces of Music.. At about 9:30 pm, someone with a shotgun wounded three police officers who, with about 20 others, were trying to break up a crowd of about 200 who had gathered at the site of a firebombing. Whether this was related to the disturbance was not quite clear. However, they were not playing records by local groups Earl Trout III told the Insider that the station was on a tighter playlist.. Subject: Re: Guest Book for Scott Gary Burton. They both became enamored with an air check album that contained KFRC, the San Francisco powerhouse. It was a very high energy top 40 presentation featuring Dr. Don Rose and Ed OBrien. Covering black music was standard operating procedure in those days Pat Boone made a fortune covering Fats Domino records. Pine was known for making people mad, and Dick Driscoll tells of coming on the air after Pine and having people call to yell at him for things Pine said. The station then bought the syndicated program Music of Your Life from Al Ham. On August 19, 1963, the stations license was voluntarily assigned to Edward D. Skotch. The ad pointed out that the stations news came not only from AP and UPI but also from Zodiac and Earth News, and provided exclusive perspectives on ecology, abortion, drug use, and consumer protection. I went out to the lobby to see what they wanted an was totally surprised to see Little Jimmy Dickens! In the first few months of operation, I would guess that WDGY probably lost as much money per month as any station in the history of radio. On the day the station switched over, rival station KEEY, published this rather gruesome ad. The turning point came one night around [January 1956] when we tuned in the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Show on TV and they had on Elvis Presley They predicted that he and his music would be the wave of the future, and when we heard what he sang and how he sang it, we began to be concerned. 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