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Scads of airchecks and music surveys are posted at, http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/kdwb630tapes.html. There were other ways for Twin Citians to hear pre-WDGY rock n roll, of course: Records from Melodee Record Shop in Downtown Minneapolis, movies like Blackboard Jungle, and live performances of pop, jazz, and country acts. Although its unclear what WLOL was playing from late 1953 to mid 1955, the names of the shows are tantalizing: A playlist from August 1956 shows that it was a major early rock n roll station. Grew up listening to Jonny on my school bus. I know nothing about Billy G! The call letters WDGY were based on the name of the founder Dr. George . in St. Louis Park from May 16, 1958 (at 7am) to October 1972. Contacts. At 7 AM following the news we played popular music until signoff. The other stations had an unwritten agreement not to play race music because they assumed the Twin Cities audience would be outraged. While some of us labored shoveling and wives and girlfriends scrubbed the residue gunk off everything, KDWB, like a phoenix, was about to arise from the ashes. In a column dated January 24, 1954, Will Jones of the Trib called Cannon a Hep Talking radio disk jockey.. Two days before, Will Jones reported: Solomon Burke, who has taken to wearing kingly robes and calling himself King Solomon, is booked for a Friday night bash at the Pick-Nicollet Hotel, promoted by a young married folks group called The Weekenders. This a recnet PR photo. Matter of fact, the spots started at 6 AM and by 10 seven of the eight stations had called the ad agency making all kinds of threats. The photo below, provided by Jim Ramsburg to the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, shows Jack Thayer holding the ball. The format was Country With A Kick. There was a three tower directional array, and a transmitter that looked more like a refrigerator. He left in July 1957 to become Vice President of ABC in New York and was replaced by Jack Thayer. Disc Jockey Fat Daddy (a/k/a Jimmy Smith) cited statistics that out of 32,000 blacks in the potential audience, between 10,000 and 15,000 listened to the station. Storz also ended the affiliation with the Mutual network. The rest of that Sunday night, people continued to mill about. And then, nothing. The fire department didnt want us beginning the clean up until the inspector could make sure the building was safe to enter. Jeff Lonto provides this info: The station became WJSW Polka Power around 1969, and they picked up the WMIN call letters in November 1973 after being dropped a year earlier by 1400 AM. In April 1957 the station was owned by the Franklin Broadcasting Co., William F. Johns, Jr., Vice President and General Manager. In January 1965 it was reported that staff had increased from 19 to 27 since Red Owl purchased the station in 1961. There were a bunch of people but no real activity. We hired an advertising agency which represented a large local chain of drug stores where free samples of Formula 63 where to be made available. Suddenly the voice of Metropolitan Radio is clear as a bell on the dial. We sold spots a dollar a holler.. The Original Rock and Roll Station. In 1948 the Sepia Serenade show featured black recording stars, Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:15 to 6:45 pm. On November 7, 1961, Will Jones reported in his entertainment column in the Minneapolis Tribune that the station was still awaiting its approval from the FCC to go on the air. This site does not charge any fees to listen to the posted recordings. As a courtesy, once we had been exposed, the agency called them apologetically offering to rescind the non-cancelable clause. Bob Allards call-in show nearly caused a riot on July 14, 1978, when he hosted Nazi Steven Martinson. The text is rather small; it reads: Today WWTC Radio trades violins for violence. He sold me (for the cost of materials and production time) the following: Dick Driscoll, The January '73 Charlie Van Dyke, George Young, Perry St. John, Tom Wynn, Hal Raymond, Dan Daniels, and the Various WDGY DJ (composite) clip. 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. Guaranteed to make life more fun. 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. 1967 bumper sticker courtesy Curt Lundgren. Thats what caused the severe distortion, despite registering a 4 on my Wards Airline signal strength scale of 1 to 5. Casey Kasems American Top 40 began broadcasting on KDWB on January 6, 1974. Enter Bob Reed the news director. Coast to Coast AM Weekend Edition. The policemen called for backup and the melee started. To promote the contest the jocks would ride around on a float in rush hour handing out stickers, hopelessly tying up traffic. The music ranges from the swingtime of the late thirties to the jazz of today. Secret Stash indicates that Bob Smith arrived in January 1965. With the new sound of Metropolitan Radio coming in strong and clear, youll discover perhaps for the first time why so many more people are now enjoying wtcn 1280s outstanding programs in the Twin Cities. Probably poached from Facebook. Photo courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. Although FM radio is not on many car radio dials, it is found on other radios and most of the new hi-fi and stereo sets. One day the station was just there, offering gimmicky, women-slanted programs, not attracting much attention. Bottom Row: Dan Halyburton, Larry E. Cummins, Jimmy Reed. Finally, in the late 50s Sam Cooke broke the color barrier in the Midwest with You Send Me and black artists began to appear regularly on Top 40 charts. 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., Country music (SMN County Coast To Coast) (1982-1984), Contemporary Hit Radio (SMN Rock America) Hot Rock 950 KRSI (1984-1985), The last KRSI logo, 1985, courtesy Jeff Lonto, Simulcast with KRSI-FM as KJJO (1986-1988). By 1972/1973, KRSI and KQRS had almost identical Progressive Rock shows. Seven ways to listen: FM 92.1, FM 103.7, AM 740, FM 107.1 HD2, Live Stream at WDGYradio.com, Smart Speakers through TuneIn and the WDGY Phone App. Then, thinking he may have over-reacted, returned to the studio to start the next song. Tom was a grad of Richard Brown's American Istitute of the Air, a predecessor to Brown Institute. KDWB morning personality True Don Bleu launched the new KDWB-FM simulcast the following morning at 6 AM, replacing WYOO-FM. At the time you want it. They built their studio on Stinson Blvd. Well, there is an Alan Freed in Minneapolis, but hes not the guy! So maybe well never know. To celebrate its first anniversary, WDGY is happy to present this album of YESTERHITS FROM YESTERDAY. It includes a collection of twelve of the greatest hits from the last year. Don reminded me about the Colonel and his pitch prowess. The turntables (pre-historic CD players) are out of the shot to his left side. Then on Wednesday, July 8, 1964, were back to the old KUXL! Storzs company, Mid-Continent Broadcasting, purchased WDGY on February 6, 1956 for $212,000. The why behind a cheeseburger. I remember recording Rock Around the Clock from a WMIN broadcast on my Wilcox- Gay recorder. WLOL FM and KUOM AM cooperated to create the stereophonic sound. Most Top 40 and Rock listening had migrated to the FM band (which had necessitated the Mighty 1130s switch in the first place.) An envelope dated October 1, 1956, is addressed to 10350 Fremont Ave. . That clock is probably showing real time. ..This is the true story of the birth of U100. Most of them were from me. And its guaranteed to relieve ennui! 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. Top of a Top 40 from August 1956, courtesy of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. If we had to play junky music with morally degrading lyrics, wed get out of the business.. WeeGee tended to be a little more conservative than KDWB reportedly even their staff wore suits and ties, but that has been disputed. In 1983 the station was sold to John and Kathleen Parker. Sweet Potato, September 1979. Canton, of Edina, had suffered a severe stroke Monday, his family said in an online obituary. Photo courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. I remember that the No. Bottom Row: Jenny Rein (secretary), Vic, Nick, ? Hed also done some research in music therapy, and planned to play records for what they did for the listener. It wasnt until 1964 that the community could support a station that played music that was primarily by and for the black community, and by that time young white listeners were embracing black music as well. It was fun, and by then, Charlie was on the mornings, and I did the news and the bits. Jack Thayer had started his career here, from 1942-1951. In January 1971 the station started to gradually move away from the oldies and gradually more toward album cuts. The first of the stations catchphrases was My Mommy Listens to KDWB., Ad from September 19, 1959 courtesy Jeff Lonto. 1945. And there was one other important requirement. The station was owned by the Peoples Broadcasting Company, founded by former WCCO announcer Bill Stewart and his wife Becky Ann. WWTC AM Radio is something of an oasis in the local radio market. KANO was Disk Jockey Rod Persons first radio job in 1959. Total information News, in-depth, authoritative, 1280s programming for metropolitan listeners has long been one of radios finest. WDGY operated on a number of different frequencies before settling onto 1130 AM in 1941. Ironically, WCOW eventually morphed into rock n roll station KDWB in 1959. I stopped and visited him one morning, and he lowered a Bob Dylan album for me. Much More Music is simply that WDGY played, and is playing, more music with the bright pace of the modern sound. Bob Mitchells show was on Saturdays from 1-5 PM. I purchased some of the WDGY airchecks from collector Arron Mintz in Maine. A Super Soul Thirty countdown dated July 1, 1972, pictures DJ Thomas Love and Music Director Jimmy Smith (. and Louisiana] in St. Louis Park. Tune to the wtcn 1280 signal. http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/kstpam70s.html. And the response has been so good that the weekday evening jazz time may be extended. We asked them what WPBC should be playing and it was almost unanimous that we should play the top 40, rock and roll, Stewart recalled. The old tower was removed and a new tower erected. The company engineers actually had to install coils to de-tune the water tower before the license could be approved for 50kw operation. Those seven people included Mr. and Mrs. He may have been a part owner of the company for a time, or he may have just been the station manager. Seems to be half and half in the photo below, mid-1960s. So., Minneapolis, 5, MN. KDAN may not have been muchbut it provided me opportunity and a beginning. Ed replaced Machine Gun Kelly when he split for KHJ. Two off-duty policemen who were hired for the event came on the scene and took the gun away from him and tried to arrest him. Despite the stations weak signal, the show received over 1,500 letters in four months. In 1959, WDGY gained a formidable challenger when KDWB launched. Screen grab from the movie Purple Haze. Image courtesy Alan Freed. Subscribe Now To Listen Your Favorite Songs On Demand! Performers included: These groups were well known in clubs like King Solomons Mines where Soul music was a staple. A December 1, 1955, ad says Now All Day and announces DJs Texas Bill Strength and Johnny T from Tennessee, and Slim Jim. He had a student pilots license and certainly shouldnt have been flying alone, in the night, in a storm, with passengers. Jack Reynolds became General Manager in April 1971. The station's studios and offices are in Lakeland, Minnesota, while its transmitter is off Commerce Drive near Interstate 94 in Hudson. The Temptations were scheduled to perform at the St. Paul Auditorium on July 12, 1965, sponsored by Preacher Paul and KUXL. Kamman left for New York in 1950. The most interesting thing about working there at the time was feeling the surge of relevance the station had regained on since taking on the Country format. other options The cops busted four men and three women for selling liquor without a license (and on a Sunday!). 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. Now, were not trying to put down all-news radio stations. At that point, having lost the opportunity to peacefully arrest the young man, the police decided to use nightsticks to bar the door to the hall, keeping the people in. To celebrate its first anniversary, WDGY is happy to present this album of YESTERHITS FROM YESTERDAY. It includes a collection of twelve of the greatest hits from the last year. This was on the grounds of the U.S. Silver Fox Farm, at the very northern border of the Village.The document below is the application to move the transmitter in 1927. Sherwood and the rest were at their antic best, cooking up contests and announcing test answers to kids. Due to the re-heightened awareness of HD broadcasting on AM surrounding the October 27, 2020 FCC vote to approve voluntary all-digital broadcasting by AM stations, WDGY resumed an HD Radio signal on November 17, 2020. WMIN was reassigned to the 1400kHz in 1941. The first we hear of programming that was not Percy Faith and not (by this 21st Century womans standards) patronizing, comes in mid 1964. It's like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the radio 24 hours a day. I do enjoy it! 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. Will Jones reported in his column on March 12, 1964: Of all the new for-women-only features on KUXL, the station reports the ladies are most interested in a feature called The Unbelievable, Yet it Happened. Its about the supernatural. Follow the link to read the story of this long-running radio show. It was perhaps the only American commercial radio station the Russians had to jam to prevent their people from hearing all that decadent American Rock & Roll! It was on that day that Rob and Bill decided to emulate KFRC and use the phrase powerhouse. With Mike Siegelmans OK, they decided to call the new station Y100.. I worked with Jim when he was at KTCR-FM. Coast to Coast AM is overnight talk radio with daytime ratings. 1936 ad below courtesy Jeff Lonto. The schedule on December 30, 1971, shows Rhythm & Blues programming from 1pm until dark and 6 am until 6:45 am. (Kamman left for New York in 1950 but came back to the station in 1956-58.). 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. Also my parents listened to WDGY in the mid to late 50's and on the long drive to the lake as well. He had a pilots license so he rented an airplane and he and the engineer, Rey Lark, and someone else hopped in with Bob and flew through the night to Peoria where they picked up the transmitter. Click on a station below for history, photos, etc. Cap Cities/ABC's KQRS combo (1440 AM and 92.5 FM) was a solid top three station by the end of the decade, far ahead of According to the April 13, 1968, issue of Billboard, Chess Records artist Jack Harris is now doing a show on the R&B station Jack Harris, the proprietor of Black & Proud records, became Daddy Soul. The Insider said that he was on-air just an hour a day during the week and from 1 to 3:30 on Saturdays. See Pavek Museum RadioHall of Fame inductee Dale Weber, one time WDGY General Manager,at the Pavek site: http://www.pavekmuseum.org/weber.htm (The 9/30/71 Dayton aircheckisfrom the A. Mintz Collection - The March 1973 tape was recorded off the air by Rick Burnett). In fact, all were in their 20s. Is it possible Don glowed in the dark? 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. Okay, heres a puzzle. In the fall of 1985, KQ adopted the Classic Rock format. The turntables are in the left foreground. The station dropped its ABC affiliation on December 31, 1962 and began a format of light classical and easy listening, The Sound of Beautiful Music in March 1963. The State put it up for sale, and three cheeky guys, Roger Wilson, William Woods, and Dave Herman, put in a bid for $200. The production room was a wreck and there was no heat in the building. In April 1973 there was an ad for WWTC Spectrum, If youre not thrilled with KSTP, WYOO, KEEY, or WLOL. All things to all people, apparently: Every twenty minutes its a different color of spectrum. It was discovered during an antenna proof, when it was noticed there was a drop in signal strength in the main lobe and it was traced to this guys house. The turning point came one night around Christmas 1955 when we turned in the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Show on TV and they had on Elvis Presley, Stewart remembered. This is a good quality recording. By the 1960s, the station didn't use the name itself, but the name stuck among people in the radio industry for many years to come. WLOL-AM (We Love Our Listeners) was out of the rock n roll market and became the Twin Cities first all-talk station in 1967. Alan Freed: Al Alonzo still owes many of us our final paychecks. This aircheck has the music scoped out, but the commercials and promos are left in, providing a glimpse into the times. During the KFMX days, one of the frequent sponsors was the Leaning Post. In March 1970, two engineers struck for higher pay and the disk jockeys honored the picket line. Ft. 31477 E Nine Dr, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677. 2 Baths. Stronger, clearer than ever before. First, the story of the building. That November Ty Mack put in some hours, and it was now Autumn Serenade. Kash Box was apparently an advertising gimmick. Helen Reddy / I Am Woman: 1972-12-01: Albert Hammond / It Never Rains In Southern California: 1972-12-08: Albert Hammond . . Sources are cited, if known. Fortunately, the door blew open before he got there. In 1967, winning a Honda might have meant just a motorbike. It made for a very fast, progressive Top 40 and far less corrupt than sales lists that could be influenced by cases of free product which is how payola really worked. Even among Storz stations, Ramsburg says that each individual station made up its own Top 40. In July the McGuire Sisters were back with a song called Rhythm and Blues Somehow even they heard about it. Oh so many levels. Thats why wed like to call your attention to the music of KEEY-AM at 1400 on your standard radio dial. Paul) Radio Stations, Some Recorded Off The Air by Rick Burnett and Many Others Recorded or Provided by Other Contributors to This Site (see footnote at bottom). The format on the 500 watt station was folksy to the point where it may have out-folksied WCCO. Heres a story from Rod, taken from Bullerdash, the newsletter for KSTP Pioneers: I ran the mid-day shift from 10 AM to 2 PM. Jeff Lonto: The ratings started to go up and so ownership and management had the bright idea of pulling the plug on the whole thing, changing the calls to KJJO-AM, and simulcasting FM sister station KJJO-FM (104.1). Nick came up with WCOW, which was deemed somehow more dignified. It was also appropriate: their records were labeled either O for Old Time or W for Western. This is the best I could do with the poor exposure using photo editing tools. At the time it was programming Classical music. In July 1966 (Smith sold out to Kosofsky?) In late 1953 there were shows called Saturday Date and Rhythm at Random, but what they played is anyones guess. 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. Alan Freed, an employee to June 1989, says July 1989. But its also a dance session. Don Morrison of the Star revealed even better news in his 2 Cents Worth entertainment column on June 20, 1964. Since it was the only bid submitted, they were handed a building worth $35,000, complete with air conditioning, transmitting equipment, control board, and paneled studios and offices. For $7,000 they moved the entire concrete block structure 25 miles across town. A policeman knocked down pregnant woman, pulled her hair, and threw her into a wall. Matchbook images courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, In July 1948, Chuck Mulkern had a fifteen-minute show called Hillbilly Hits.. Courtesy Jeff Lonto. Seriously, who thought progressive rock on AM was a good idea? JAVASCRIPT IS DISABLED. The fire from the furnace traveled to the transmitters and out the intake vents. Although I dont normally provide snapshots of FM stations, this one is pretty interesting. In 1954 the call sign for 1400 AM briefly changed to WMNS, reflecting a change to a full service format of music, news and sports. . Storz's stations were heavy on promotion, headline-grabbing contests, and high profile dee-jays (usually using echo-chamber microphones). WDGY was founded in 1923 by Dr. George Young, an optometrist who dabbled in radio as a hobby, and was one of the first commercial radio stations in the Twin Cities area. More than a nostalgia station, more than a mixture of rock n roll history and local rock trivia, TC offers listeners personality programming and a fun sense of belonging to a rock n roll community. In January 1957 Will Jones of the Trib said that the station claimed that classical music has doubled its nighttime ratings in a matter of a few weeks. WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll Station" . Found on Radiotapes.com: Ballad of Minnesota!. 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. On December 20, 1977, a permit was approved to change the tower location to 5650 St. Croix Ave. in Golden Valley. The 9-tower array beaming 50,000 watts was used to produce one of the most restrictive signals in the USA. Top Row: Arnie Peterson (sports), Gene Taylor, Sam Sabean, Jack Douglas. The gun-toting news director? We did it. So many questions. What happened makes a big diferencce to those who know and like good radio. ! Sam also remembered that the President of station owner Crowell-Collier was pretty mad, and annoyed when the guys on the golf course started calling him Cookie, but when he got to become a celebrity as the story went national, everyone job was safe. I hope you have some audio clean up program. A spokesman for the station said: Were promoting a better brand of music because we believe that most teenagers are getting tired of rock n roll. A 15-year-old polio victim was smashed, face-first, into the pavement and sent home bleeding. 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. He plays what the station management calls race music, and what is perpetrators call soul music. The manager was Roger D. Wilson, and in an ad for sales people he called the station Katy Radio.. See more of WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll . 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. WDGY-AM 1130 Perry St. John All Night Shift 5/12/63 The quality is not great on this recording, but you can still hear everything. Our playlist stores a WDGY track list for the past 7 days. On September 2, 1951, the station sponsored a concert by the Blind Boys, advertised in the Minneapolis Spokesman. An interesting headline in the March 11, 1973, Minneapolis Tribune was Automated Radio: Nobody is there by Irv Letofsky. Johnny Canton in the main WDGY Control Room (1970's), WDGY's Donald K. Martin at the newsroom mic. Charlie playfully talked to Don about a glee club and does the Weatherball Weather, sponsored by North Western National Bank.."May We Help You Today." UP radio sparkles in Rod Trangards newscastsin exclusive Mutual news remotes . 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