We Play The Hits! We sold spots a dollar a holler.. Record album issued by WWTC in 1981 image courtesy Jeff Lonto. WDGY: Dick Driscoll remembers trying to sneak in some peppier tunes in the mid- 1950s, to his bosss chagrin. Formula 63 box, courtesy Sam Sherwood. During the KFMX days, one of the frequent sponsors was the Leaning Post. Some notes about this copy. Visit http://www.radiotapes.com for historic airchecks of Minneapolis/St. As part of the anniversary celebration, listeners were urged to send the station a birthday card with a favorite song from the last year, and if it was drawn the listener could win the Yesterhits Souvenir Album and a chance of winning one of six Hondas. The Yearbook also gives the personnel as: Regardless, it went bankrupt by 1983 and left the air. Dandy informs us that if we do not listen, he will tear our heads off. It had hope to start broadcasting a week ago but was held up by equipment delays. Rhythm, a/k/a Joe Zingale, who played an honest-to-goodness Rhythm & Blues show, according to Sam Sherwood. At night (with 25,000 watts) you could hardly pick up the station 5 miles to the south of the site, but the signal had an effective radiated power of 300,000 watts to the north and went right over the North Pole into the Soviet Union. WDGY-AM 1130 Sign-Off, 1970 - YouTube This sign-off announcement from a radio station in Minneapolis (now News/Talk KTCN) is one of many audio files preserved at:http://www.radiotapes.comNo. In summary, it was a conservative, white bread market with only a handful of stations in those days., Although many give Storz the credit for inventing the Top 40 format, Haines asserts that it was already in place. The contributer, 'wild wilson' a/k/a as'wildman' has his onw internet polka radio show. Frequency. I sure miss those days. The 9-tower array beaming 50,000 watts was used to produce one of the most restrictive signals in the USA. 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! Program Director Sam Sherwood: I so remember how Don French was on the hot seat for getting hit by such a large prizehe and I argued: Ill take the hitno I willno no, I will and thats the way it went until the cookie picture hit the front pages of news papers across the country.THEN.we became heroes, both Don and I. It was the old WPBC studio on Stinson Blvd., near Broadway, abandoned because of freeway construction. All stations will soon be equipped with an echo chamber for ON AIR use. You will also hear a commercial for a drive-in promoting a double feature rat movies (Ben) and that you can get free entrance if you bring your family cat. We were doing just that. Kammans show, called KUXL Jazz Club, began on Monday, June 22, and aired Monday through Friday 4 pm to sundown and at 5 pm on Saturdays following Herb Schoenbaums Jazz Festival.. Its the swinginest!, In March 1958, WLOLs catchphrases were The Best Sound for Miles and Miles Around and Bigger, Better, Brighter than Ever.. Clockwise from Jack are Bill Diehl, Don Kelly, Dan Daniel, Stanley Mack, and Ramsburg. Notice the Catman poster on the upper wall. Curt Lundgren, who would go on the air as Evan Curfew, tells us that the studio was in the basement of the South Side Lumberyard Building, right behind McCarthys Restaurant on what is now 394. After a years absence, Sam Sabean was hired back as a DJ and Station Manager, but he had to have a different name, so Sherwood was arbitrarily chosen. ' (April 13, 1965). The station was five years in construction, delayed when its two towers in Eden Prairie fell. Theserecordings are not intended to by used by others for commercial purposes. CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE, WDGY Donald K. Martin contributed this undated from the late 60's - early 70's. Radio Stations in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN Radio stations sorted by popularity Twin Cities News Talk KTLK 1130 AM News/Talk KFAN 100.3 FM KFXN-FM 100.3 FM Sports K-LOVE Radio Contemporary Christian K102 KEEY-FM 102.1 FM Country Music 94.9 El Rey WREY 630 FM Regional Mexican CBS Sports Radio Sports AM 1280 The Patriot WWTC 1280 AM News/Talk Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. Seems to be half and half in the photo below, mid-1960s. Bad luck was cited, as it was the Twin Cities 13th radio station, and Lanphier pointed out that if you added up 1570 it came to 13. Listen To Podcasts That Examine The Passion, Perseverance, And Power Of Black Culture! By 1977, FM radio had arrived big-time in MSP. Paul Franklyn at 6 am, Jim Eckert at 9, Mort Garren at 11, Jim Eckert again at 1 pm, and Leigh Kamman at 4. Rock station WDGY - which can be heard on metro area FM dials at 92.1, 103.7, and 107.1HD2, as well as at 740 AM - announced on Monday that Sue Falls is the new host of its weekday 11:30 a.m. show, slotting in between Morning Drive host Dr. Don Michaels and Afternoon Drive . The team could not play high school and college teams, but would go out to small towns for exhibition games. When even a little pimple of a disaster like this strikes, people rise to the occasion. That beam was so strong that the GROUNDWAVE signal made it at night in addition to the skywave signal. There were fire trucks everywhere. The year closes out with the Fontane Sisters back with Seventeen, a pretty good song if done by Boyd Bennett and His Rockets, a rockabilly band. After 64 years of dormancy, an amateur radio group in the area acquired the W9XAT call sign in 2002 with the intention of using it for mechanical and narrow-bandwidth TV experiments. Will Jones tells us that security was so tight that the 120,000 packages were stuffed at the Society for the Blind. Thanks again for the responseand thanks for the great website! End Of The World - Skeeter Davis 4 3. Forrest Powers of the Star filed his report on March 17, 1964, explaining how Ed Skotch was doing market research with a group of 40 housewives. He's So Fine - Chiffons 9 5. I was still in high school when this photo was taken. The transmitter was destroyed by fire on February 23, 1933 and the station operated with WCCOs old transmitter. Soon, it was possible to see the lights on the six KDWB towers. It faded into obscurity shortly after its release.. For his Masters Thesis on the history of WDGY, Jerry Verne Haines interviewed WDGY announcer Leonard D. Bart on June 15, 1970. KQRS 92.5 FM started out as KEVE-AM on September 1, 1963. Right on Super U became a catch phrase on the station and among its fans. The Sisters version sold six times better. That clock is probably showing real time. Preacher Paul is no preacher. We looked at each other for a long time. Wonder what E.I.I. Access Minnesota is a 30-minute public affairs program airing on Minnesota radio and TV stations. Subscribe Now To Listen Your Favorite Songs On Demand! I asked a black friend of mine how her father heard his music in the 40s and 50s, and he said that Pullman porter friends of his would bring them in on the train from Chicago. After the news, you will hear the Charlie and Don jingle into the music. 2,838 Sq. probably not. Bo Diddley by (are you ready?) More great stuff is on http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wdgy1130tapes.html. The problem was that by the time he got to a place that had soul food, it was all gone. Below is a photo of at least part of the family and shows how close the staffs of the two competitors were. In March 1958 WLOL hosted the Royal Crown Cola Bandstand at the Marigold Ballroom, with DJs Dan Anderson and Don Dahl, Sunday afternoons from 2 to 5pm. I hope to get some late 60's clips up on the site soon. And they would play some jazz, depending on which of the announcers was on or what day of the week or what time of the day it was, youd turn the radio on and hear something different.. In his usual wry style, Irv describes how KRSIs General Manager, John Enoch, was testing Control Unit Model 901, which generated automated programming. There were a few periods of time when the studios were remotely located in (glassed-in) studios across from the 1st floor elevators of Metro Square shopping mall in downtown St. Paul. Unfortunately, I have started to notice some of these posted airchecks from my personal collection are now being sold on eBay, when they are available at this site free. View more recently sold homes. The photo below, provided by Jim Ramsburg to the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, shows Jack Thayer holding the ball. Well, there is an Alan Freed in Minneapolis, but hes not the guy! He expected to shock some people that first day! It was Percy Faith type music. There, at 63, where no Minnesotan had gone before. On January 15, 1969, Minnesota Human Rights Commissioner Frank C. Kent announced that Ray Moss, who had charged KUXL with discriminatory practice in employment when it discharged him, had been been restored to his position. Alonzo himself was to do the afternoon drive. The station began as WMIN in the summer of 1936, when St. Paul furniture retailer Edward Hoffman began broadcasting at 1370kHz. A huge booklet issued in 1949 provides pictures of everyone involved in the station and all the reasons why America is better than any other country. The photo below was posted on Facebook by Paul Strickland, who says. Slogan. I suppose at full speed, in December, the ride to Peoria would take 18 hours. Metropolitan Radio moved to a new site, and built a new and modern transmission facility (4-tower complex west of Highway 100 in St. Louis Park) a broadcast service that brings it within clear signal range of thousands who could nevr before enjoy wtcn 1280 as easily as they wished. As far back as 1950 promoters Rufus Webster and D.P. The transmitters were destroyed, as was the entire engineering area and furnace room. Paul?) September 18, 1964. However, they were not playing records by local groups Earl Trout III told the Insider that the station was on a tighter playlist.. One of the obstacles it ran into was resonating re-radiation from the Bloomington Water tower. Much of the following information about this ever-changing station comes from Jeff Lontos book Fiasco at 1280, The Rise and Hard Fall of a Twin Cities Radio Station, available through the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. The music spanned the black musical spectrum, from bebop to pop, delta blues to Motown, Dixieland to the Philadelphia disco sound, said Adams. We thought Formula 63 with the Colonel was really a good way to introduce our station. Hennepin Ave. looking towards Kenwood Pkwy. I hope to get some late 60's clips up on the site soon. . Tom Wynn at his current job at KFGO in Fargo ND. 740 AM began broadcasting as WRPX, featuring a locally based MOR/adult contemporary format targeting the Hudson/St. KRSI personalities in this second Request Radio stint included Don Thompson, Jerry Anderson, Mike Records Ryan, Ray Walby and Bill Hutchinson., Urban Adult Contemporary (SMN Heart and Soul) 1988, Hard Rock (Satellite Music Networks Z-Rock) as KZOW (1988-1990), Business Radio Network (as KJJO), 1990-1992, R&B Oldies as KSGS (ABC Solid Gold Soul) with local AM Drive) (9-5-0 Solid Gold Soul), 1995-1999, Urban Adult Contemporary (ABC The Touch) with local AM Drive), 1999-2001, Business Radio as KDOW, then KCCO (Business 9-5-0), 2001-2004, KRSI-FM (104.1) went on the air for the first time on about September 1, 1962. It has been my opinion that a big lightning storm in July 1989 was an excuse for the station to shut down operation. In fact, I was just doing news in the mornings, when Scott was doing his morning show, and then one day, I secretly called his special phone line to record my imitation of Truman Capote, with a comment for Scott. WDGY: 740 AM: Oldies: Borgan Broadcasting: KUOM "770 Radio K" 770 AM 100.7 FM, 106.5 FM, 104.5 FM: . Since one company could not own more than one AM or more than one FM station in the same market at the time, they needed to find a buyer for the FM station, and sought out the owners of various AM stations in the area. 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. The WMIN call sign was used from 1936 until 1972 by the predecessor to today's 1400 KMNV, and the call sign was also briefly used for a shared-time television station on channel 11. The recordings on this site provide historical examples of Twin Cities radio and are intended for purposes of archival preservation and for research. The Strib is online now! 36 years later, Im still in the radio game with more than my fair share of terrific experiences. Just tune to 1500 on your dial! In late 1976/early 1977, the station rebranded itself as Y-11 (never losing its WDGY call letters) and switched to a progressive rock, album-oriented format. It was the same night Count Basie was at the Prom, and a conflict was feared, but Will Jones reported that Mr. Diddley drew 1,500 sweating youngsters, and the Count drew 1,350 oldsters. (Minneapolis Tribune, August 21, 1964), Minneapolis Star, Saturday, August 15, 1964. I encourage you to check back from time to time. The Lucky Lou program was on Sundays and was described as Jazz and Bits and Pieces of Music.. Well hear more from Preacher Paul down below. In the fall of 1985, KQ adopted the Classic Rock format. That UP radio uplift all the way. ARSA: ABOUT: SURVEYS: STATIONS: WDGY 1130 AM. September 7, 1963s listings showed: But things were moving along. Ill tell it right when I find it again. On August 22, 1978, a construction permit was approved to increase the stations power to 2.5 kw. Some jingles too. Airchecks are samples of old radio recordings, with the music cut out. This provides a historical look at the times. Bo Diddley got the Marigold going on August 19, 1964. could get them on my Lloyds Transistor Six when the batteries were dead., I dated a girl who lived on Fremont Ave. between 101st & 102nd streets. April 17, 1973, ad image courtesy Mark Luebker. The Gavins sold their mimeographed service to one station per market and it was kind of a co-op into which we all poured our tips. We did it. WDGY 1130 AM is an online radio station broadcasts from Scottsdale, Arizona providing vintage music. And if I were Nancy Wilson, Id be a little ticked to have my song interrupted. He becomes Uncle Snuffy, Radio Daddy-O, The Cat Man. He said that his stations was making a profit from its enlightened programming and others that followed are probably doing the same. We had been wounded, but we werent dead. On the second tape from 1971, I noticed Bob Dayton has some spots with a county twang. The original WDGY DJs were Herb Oscar Anderson, Jack Thayer, Bill Bennett, Don Loughnane, Ralph Martin, and Len Bart. He now does a morning news/talk show in Fargo. Call or Text The Studio Line (651) 564-9349 Trusted Partners We Play The Hits! In April 1957 the studio was in the Builders Exchange Building in downtown Minneapolis, and the transmitter was described as WDGY Transmitter Plant, Oxboro, Minn. On June 12, 1967, the stations application to change its studio location to 5728 Wayzata Blvd. Some not so happily as others, he admits. The gun-toting news director? We do know that the station was playing rock n roll from the WMIN Top 40 dated August 4, 1958. The next night, violence continued on its own momentum. A 1969 shot of me (Rick Burnett a/k/a Rick Mason) when I was visiting the studio. Optometrist George W. Young started radio station KMFT in 1923; his first broadcast was on January 13, 1924 from his house at 2219 N. Bryant. In fact, all were in their 20s. In 1983 the station was sold to John and Kathleen Parker. Despite the high hopes for I-95, it only lasted until February 2, 1980. As it stood, it was then peppered with public service announcements rather than the preferred commercials. More great stuff is on http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wdgy1130tapes.html. Another January 1957 ad said If You Dig Rhythm N Blues Mitchells the Most! CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE, This photo was taken as the car pulls into the driveway on a Richfield winter day. ..This is the true story of the birth of U100. [1] This station is unrelated to the original WDGY, which was a popular top-40 station in the area during the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Photo by Steve Raymer. The first lineup of DJs was Hall Murray, Phil Page, Sam Sherwood, Bob Chasteen, Bob Friend, Randy Cook, and Dick Halvorson John McCrae was the first General Manager, and Sam Sherwood held that position throughout the 60s. Because WTCN-TV was sold to a different company (Chris Craft Broadcast, Inc.), the two stations had to have different names. This a recnet PR photo. I took this from a flight I took in 1977. I was first on so I got to choose radio station. (Will Jones, Minneapolis Tribune). One young man was in a rest room with some others who were drinking, and he flashed a gun. The station had a conglomeration of programs, ranging from waltzes, classical, show tunes, Tin Pan Alley, Hawaiian, religious, cowboy, and novelty. Save peace in the world. History The WDGY callsign was used for another well-known station in the area from 1925 until 1991 and broadcast at 1130 kHz. With a constant bombardment of loud jingles, the jocks would scream YEEEEWWWW ONE HUNDRED! and BOOGIE! when they werent giving the time, temperature (its 72 degrees in Frriiidleeeeey!) or bad jokes. We dug up the Colonel, I called and told him what we had in mind. . In May 2006 the recordings started to beconverted to MP3 andsharedhere. So far, they say, they havent found one. He came with no radio training at all in fact, he was a bartender but the station executives were impressed with his verbal fluency and vast knowledge of music. June 18, WWTC radio replaces every bit of music with news. WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll Station" . It wasnt long before the radio stations heard about the fact that they were advertising a competing radio station. Some took it hard. Performers included: These groups were well known in clubs like King Solomons Mines where Soul music was a staple. WLOL-FM (99.5) (Means Fine Music) was up and running in 1956. The following account was taken from Rob Sherwoods blog: I was listening to WLOL, a smallish AMer that at that time was doing Talk Radio. The stations address was 611 Frontenac Place in St. Paul. I went out to the lobby to see what they wanted an was totally surprised to see Little Jimmy Dickens! With the aid of conviction to principle, an innovative approach to tweaking the automation to liven up the sound and programming our own currents and recurrents, p*ss, vinegar and a well-crafted letter and position paper to Jim Duncan, then R&Rs Country Editor, we managed to get KDAN appointed as the 75th Country reporter for the fledgling trade paper. Merle announced me when I called in, and gave me five seconds of dead air to start my home recorder at 78 rpm. Rock Around the Clock was recorded in 1954 and became big news in 1955. 2 Baths. decade KDWB-FM was picked up by Chancellor Media. KANO was started in 1956 by Jack Lemme, who owned a radio station in Little Falls. And, those cops took $350 in cash. Five or six foxes shake and gyrate on the stage each night to KUXL records, and Jones assures us they are the liveliest of them all. Those shows included: TV Forecast, October 12, 1963, courtesy Jeff Lonto. Owned and operated by WRPX. The station is the oldest continuously operating station in the state, dating to December 23, 1923 when Dr. George W. Young signed on with the call letters KFMT. As for our own radio stations, there were about nine to choose from the mighty WCCO (which had nothing remotely like rock n roll) and those listed below. The contributed recordings fromfriends and contributors of both airchecks and other material are greatly appreciated. Unfortunately, Mike Siegelman received a letter of cease and desist from Heftel communications in Miami, which owned Y100 Miami. Rob and Bill were in a state of shock, and the decision was made to not launch the station on the first day of the State Fair. I wonder how long this crazy schedule lasted! So if you went into a Red Owl store to shop, there would be a voice saying something like, Want to perk up family meals. WDGY 40 STAR SURVEY Week *Ending* May 7, 1966 1. I got my First in 6 weeks at Brown Institute. 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.]. Thanks to all contributors. Hobart also announced the increase in power. So many questions. the second line is pretty shocking: Skotchs research concluded that the suburban housewife was a lonely person was too busy to hear her troubles and who tied herself in knots over small problems. TeleVue magazine, 1980. He didnt want to scare people away, and he wanted to lure sponsors to the program. The report by the St. Paul Human Rights Department, released in February 1969, placed the blame for the disturbances mainly on how the police handled it. 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