In the fall of 1985, KQ adopted the Classic Rock format. As far back as 1950 promoters Rufus Webster and D.P. See www.radiotapes.com/WDGY.html for airchecks and much more, including the very entertaining history of the station written by Haines. But its also a dance session. The very next day, November 13, 1963, the stations permit was approved to change its studio location and remote control point to the Golden Valley Inn, a motel at 4820 Olson Memorial Highway. Contacts. (Guess who said that?) The station had a country format at the time and was owned by Benita Soho of Los Angeles, doing business as Newport Broadcasting. Dan Pothier (pronounced Poh-SHAY) worked at the station around this time as well. Engineer Herb Schoenbohm, a jazz buff, started by emceeing a nightly 7 7:30 pm spot. KQRS 92.5 FM started out as KEVE-AM on September 1, 1963. and the slogan Beat of the Cities., Alan Freed at KMAPs booth at Riverfest, Harriet Island, 1988. What Storz did was apply the Top 40 concept to rock n roll. On August 30, 1968, a concert and dance was held at Stem Hall at the St. Paul Auditorium, emceed by Jack Harris, a/k/a KUXL disc jockey Daddy Soul. Somewhere theres a story about how a station staffer would drive a dune buggy around town, and the listener who guessed closest to the number of miles driven at the end of the summer won the vehicle. June 18, WWTC radio replaces every bit of music with news. They used KUOM AM instead of WLOL AM because they did not want to scare away their AM Top 40 listeners by playing even only one hour of the FMs classical music. 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. When did they first hear this new music that some loved, some hated, some called just a fad, but few could ignore? Jimmy Reed let me sit in his chair, but did not let me go on the air. Jim Foster was the Program Director. I really dont remember which station I was on then. This first tape was recorded of the radio on June 4, 1973 from 10 AM to 11:30 AM with the music and commercials out. Bo Diddley got the Marigold going on August 19, 1964. The simple fact was that the black population was so small (less than one percent of the states population through 1970) that the community wasnt able to support one. In an article in the February 1972 Insider, Tom Murtha noted that Glover was the prime mover in bringing more diversified programming to local radio. Glover was not the first to present underground music in the Twin Cities when he took on the overnight shift in 1969, George Fisher at KQRS had already been playing a diverse selection of underground rock, jazz, blues and comedy (Firesign Theatre, Cheech and Chong) for a couple of years. Its a NEW concept in news coverage! Scientifically Designed Entertainment $100,000 worth of better listening Big Big Big 40,000! All on the Northwests QUALITY station. So., Minneapolis, 5, MN. 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. He taped the call, didn't know it was me, and used it on the air. 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. KQRS was close to adopting the SuperStars format, making them a major player. In November 1963 the Program Director was Jerry Cunning and the General Manager was Robert J. Here are some possibilities: Rock n rolls roots lie in pop, country, and most important, rhythm and blues. Protests of the new format came in the form of resignations of staff, pickets, KQ Sucks t-shirts, loss of advertisers, and the formation of an organization called People for Progressive Radio, which strove to bring the free-form format back, either at KQ or otherwise. Listen to our News/Talk 1130 WISN podcasts here! Follow the link to read the story of this long-running radio show. In August 1962 the station was identifying itself as Time-Life Broadcasting Inc. At that time an ad appeared with the following text: What happened to wtcn 1280? Selby and Avon Streets. The brochure inside the box was a ticket to a huge rock n roll show that would kick off the station. From 1969 to mid 1970, Tony Glover held down the midnight to 6 am shift. Photo courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. WDGY-AM (1130): 1/6/1958 Bill Diehl Show - 9 MB (provided by Helen Diehl and Tom Oszman of TCMediaNow) Includes commercials for Hi-Spot Lemon Soda from Canada Dry, Dodge Dealers and Red Devil Soot Remover. On October 16, 1964, Will Jones announced that: Jazzman Rio Pardo has undertaken a new KUXL show, heard at 10:30 am each Saturday and Sunday, called Flying Along With Rio. He stresses soul-jazz and airs a bulletin-board feature for the Negro community. Formula 63 box, courtesy Sam Sherwood. Oldies. The St. Paul Urban League and the St. Paul Human Rights Department also launched their own investigations. The transmitters were destroyed, as was the entire engineering area and furnace room. Croix Valley area on December 14, 1983. 26w; View 1 more comment. Beatles Concert Photos of the Fab Four in 1966 with local radio talend from Cleveland's WIXY radio - Note a young Johnny Canton and Jerry Brooke who both went on to work at WDGY. He spoke about the dangers of ennui, tedium and boredom and how these things could absolutely dull your life. Thats easy to remember. Of course, we could say that sixty three times an hour, and if no one was listening, it wouldnt be that easy to remember. So, we had to do something to let people know we were there there. The station will feature top cuts from current albums along with a selection of singles, with no jingle package and segued sets. In aSeptember 2006 email Tom sent to me, he states he has been on the air for 48 years and is currently at KFGO in Fargo doing a morning news/talk show. Image courtesy Jeff Lonto. An invaluable source of information about the history of WDGY comes from a Masters Thesis written by Jerry Verne Haines in 1970. The Stewarts had worked at WCCO in various capacities since 1944. Jim Ramsburg says that in 1956 we pulled our own music from the big record library with no rules or restrictions. WWTC Stationery from 1979 (scoped!). The switch was preceded by a five minute retrospective radio collage of the history of WDGY, and the first song played was John Denvers Thank God Im a Country Boy.. The program director, Rob Sherwood, used this opportunity to abruptly change the format of both stations, debuting the AM and FM simulcast of Super U100 with a Joe Cocker song and a two-minute montage of the new stations new jingles. Recording are from museum archives and provided courtesy of Steve Raymer and Daniel Henry at the. Only the snakes know for sure. 9:00 AM-11:00 AM. In March 1970, two engineers struck for higher pay and the disk jockeys honored the picket line. 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. Okay, heres a puzzle. Mike Sigelman (General Manager) Rob Sherwood (program director), both hired from KDWB, hired Bill Hartman straight out of WMMR at the University of Minnesota to become a full-time promotion director. The radios had to be placed at one end of a room 6-8 feet apart and the listener had to stand about 10-15 feet away. Were starting a couple of weekend rhythm-and-blues shows as soon as we can get the records. 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. 3 Beds. This is a shot of the transmitter site of WDGY/1130AM radio, along 35W at about 102nd Street. Nearby Recently Sold Homes. 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. Again, I apologize for the quality. Seriously, who thought progressive rock on AM was a good idea? (Storz died in 1964 at age 39.) Contact me at Rick(at)HotMail.com --- NOTE Replace "(at)" with @ when typing email address, Curtis J. Johnson, Former WDGY 20/20 Newscaster. Scripts saved all these years by DJ John Evans list songs such as: WLOL had lots of shows with tantalizing names, such as Top Tunes, Roys Record Shop, Todays Hits, Top Ten, Hit Parade, and Off the Record. Although I adored KLBB, which 1400AM took on in 1981. The Record Rodeo show featured western, folk, and other typical American music on Saturday afternoon. A moment later we were both rolling on the floor, rocking with laughter. In February 2022, the station resumed broadcasting in AM HD. The transmitter location was .3 miles north from the intersection of Sixth Ave. North and Highway 100 in Golden Valley, and the transmitter would be remotely controlled from the studio. In about November 1973, the WMIN call letters moved to 1010kc (formerly polka and country station WJSW). By 1955 the station was starting to play covers of rock n roll in with Perry Como and Doris Day. 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. U100 Studio. He promised: One day it may be modern, the next day flavor of blues. Nearby Recently Sold Homes. They could hear WDGY all across the AM dial, at points on the FM dial, on their CB radio base station, on their telephone, on their electronic organ, and(drum roll please)on their TOASTER! WDGY was different pre-Beatles. ' (April 13, 1965). By 1957 KSTP was squarely on the rock n roll bandwagon, but got off pretty quickly. Shot of Johnny Canton's desk area at WDGY-AM when he was the music director. To protect stations also on 1130 to the south and east, most of the power was directed north. WMIN aired a pop music Spanish-language format as "La Nueva Ley" until November 14, 2005. While a lot of money has gone down the drain, it looks like it has been well spent since the station is gaining solid acclaim in the Twin Cities, and some of the money should start to come back in over a period of the next few years., One fun item is from a Storz Stations Engineering Newsletter dated November 20, 1956. On other pages of this site I also have some airchecks (in addition to tape from my personal collection)I obtained directly from others. From Midnight to 6 am they would broadcast The Quiet Storm, a syndicated program of laid-back music. KDWBs listeners were gradually migrating to the FM signal. The engineers labored through the night and the following night and on Tuesday, we signed back on. The September 22, 1958 survey advertised Down Beat, the Longest radio show in the Twin Cities. It was also the Twin Cities ONLY station with Future-Phonic Sound. The disk jockeys were Ralf Smith, Jere Smith, Dan Allan, Jack Douglas, and Lou House. Roof rebuilt. KDWB went on the air on September 16, 1959, as a top 40 station. I remember recording Rock Around the Clock from a WMIN broadcast on my Wilcox Gay recorder. Humor from a local Twin City news item. Visit http://www.radiotapes.com for historic airchecks of Minneapolis/St. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. It is owned by WRPX, inc. and airs a Classic Hits/Oldies radio format. This is borne out by the number of Grand Ole Opry touring shows that came through in those days. WDGY Jocks teamed up with professionals Ed Kalafat, Bobby Cox, Jim Springer, and Corky Devlin, possibly former Minneapolis Lakers. Once there, scroll down. Bobby Blue Bland might have been the first KUXL show, appearing on July 22, 1964. The roof hadnt collapsed, but the rafters were charred black. Don Betzold recalled, It wasnt really a flagpole. It was Helm that people petitioned to have on the station more than anything, after trying him out on a trial basis starting in the middle of 1972. On November 30, 1969, fire spread through the KDWB studio, destroying two transmitters and shutting it down for two days. Johnny Canton in the main WDGY Control Room (1970's), WDGY's Donald K. Martin at the newsroom mic. Cars were prevented from coming into the area from Interstate 94 at the Dale Street exit. My wife and I had long discussions late into the evening. A couple years back I brought you Serutan, the product guaranteed to cure what ails you. See more of WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll . Don French was the first Program Director. In addition to this web site creator's recorded aircheck collection, there are also manyairchecks that were recorded and submitted by friends and acquaintances, or contributed by other collectors. An historical archive of surveys and nostalgia from radio station WDGY 1130 AM, Minneapolis / St. Paul. Ill always be grateful for the little station in the funky building on Military Road in Newport. 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. There was a live broadcast at 9:15 a.m. and a performance at Graham Temple at 3 p.m. A December 1951 ad said [Cassiuss] Bamboo Room is KEYED for your enjoyment, which may or may not mean that there was a tie-in. Here is what had happened. By 1977, FM radio had arrived big-time in MSP. 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. Metro Student News, April 20, 1979. The ever-blessed Will Jones announced on June 5, 1964: KUXL is airing jazz. That beam was so strong that the GROUNDWAVE signal made it at night in addition to the skywave signal. Efforts to find out who was playing that night were fruitless. The team could not play high school and college teams, but would go out to small towns for exhibition games. The Tams made an appearance on Sunday, August 23, 1964. WCOW was renamed WISK in May 1956, and affiliated with the Mutual network, late of WDGY. I was driving my yellow Toronado through the spaghetti part of I-94 in St. Paul. 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. The presentation was tight, fast-paced and very up-front. After the news, you will hear the Charlie and Don jingle into the music. Other Facebook stories of the strength of the transmission: In 1952 the station was sold to a group of four local businessmen, one of which was Clarence T. Hagman. On WLOL. 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 promotional flier or whatever below was posted on Facebook, and I dont know what the class designations mean. Thank goodness for Will Jones! Listen To The Most Popular Podcasts On iHeartRadio! Will Jones dedicated most of his April 22, 1965, column to the station, saying, Life is simpler on KUXL. He declared that hip teenagers were abandoning the standard rock n roll stations late in the afternoon to tune in to Preacher Paul Anthony. 980 AM was originally staid WPBC from 1949 to 1972. It is believed that the first transmission of the 120- or 125-line systemprobably the first telecast in Minnesotaoccurred on August 4 of that year, featuring a handshake between WDGY station personality Clellan Card and Minneapolis mayor William Kunze. John Fine was also part of this tight social group. The control board (using slider pots) was in the left middle of the shot and two reel to reels in the middle right. There were baffles designed to permit travel only in one direction, so a fire in the vent-work should have just traveled out. 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. In the meantime, it was Zingale who arranged for Augie Garcia to open for Elvis when the King came to town in May 1956. Notice the Catman poster on the upper wall. (Minneapolis Star, March 17, 1978). 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). KEEY seemed to specialize in handing out these FM radio station directories, which seem to me to advertise the competition more than anything else. Although authorized for only 500 watts from midnight to 4am, it had been broadcasting at full 5,000 watt strength since Crowell-Collier Broadcasting bought the station in late 1959. In April 1957 the station was owned by BVM Broadcasting Co. and Victor Tedesco was General Manager, replacing Sam Sabean. Jim provided this aircheck of Johnny Canton. And it is impossible to do a newspaper search on Bob Smith. He did continue to make Wolfman tapes in the Golden Valley studio and ship them to Mexico. We ran through the frigid Minnesota December weather to get to the production room. After becoming VP and General Manager, I made sales calls in all the major markets and it never failed.Sam Sherwood?!!! One was the Uncle Elmer Show. A rural comedy production? This may or may not be the building in another iteration. The contributed recordings fromfriends and contributors of both airchecks and other material are greatly appreciated. In 1959-1960 KEVE had a Sunday remote broadcast from the Fireside in Fridley. Secret Stash indicates that Bob Smith arrived in January 1965. In 1968 Red Owl changed the station policy from middle of the road to all request oldies to try for a high enough rating to at least make the property salable. 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. Wikipedia says that the station went through jazz, and all news formats. Its IN but NOT far out!!!! http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wdgy1130tapes.html. Our family cabin was located north of Park Rapids. (Minneapolis Tribune, September 7, 1976), Pharoah Black introduced Earth Wind and Fire, with the Emotions and Wild Cherry at their October 7, 1976, concert at the Met Center. By 1956 WLOL was squarely in the rock n roll camp and stayed there until at least 1959, although WLOL-FM featured classical music. The station even gave trading stamps three and a half million every week to listeners who called in at the right times. Bill Diehl worked at WMIN from 1948 to 49 and from 1951 to 55. Kamman also hosted the Swing Club Program. Eventually we had to accept the reality of what had happened. The photo below, provided by Jim Ramsburg to the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, shows Jack Thayer holding the ball. There is a promo of Jim Dandy announcing he was returning to WDGY (to fill the shift left by Rob Sherwood when he went to KDWB). No lights. Covering black music was standard operating procedure in those days Pat Boone made a fortune covering Fats Domino records. On August 28, 1981, the station was purchased by Soho Broadcasting, Stanley Soho, President. 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. The stations were reminded that they had a non-cancelable contract. Competition was fierce with five rock radio stations at the time, and compared to U100, WDGY, KDWB and KSTP seemed a bit tame in their original on-air presentation. A license to install a new transmitter was approved on June 29, 1964. As always, they are free. Another genre could be nascent Rhythm & Blues. The Twin City a Go Go January 1966 issue mentioned this station and its DJs: Dean Alexander, Dave Charles, Will Grassman, Myrna Jean, Oliver Towne (nee Gareth Hebert), Don Riley, Bob Leonard, and Charles Conrad. ..This is the true story of the birth of U100. One early promotion involved a sticker that said KDWB is Everywhere. $630 would be awarded to the person who placed the sticker in the most unusual place, which turned out to be on the St. Paul Cathedral dome! The Broadcasting Yearbook for 1983 indicates that the format was country. Mort Garren left but stayed on at KMSP-TV, so apparently he was working at both places. The crowd moved west down 4th Street, smashing store windows, until they got to the Selby-Dale neighborhood, where many of the Citys 10,000 black people lived in what could only be described as a ghetto. Recorded of the air in March 1968. Im going to stop here I should have stopped long ago, since this website only goes to 1974. 2,838 Sq. Glory of Love by the Four Knights. It was KFMX from 1974 to 1979. As always, these recordings will be available at no charge to you. The music first played on KUXL was of the Percy Faith/David Rose/Henry Mancini/Peggy Lee/Bing Crosby/Lawrence Welk fare. It also aired sports talk at various times as well as leasing time to two groups that eventually purchased their own full-time frequencies: "Straight Talk Radio" (later on 950 KTNF) and "Relevant Radio" (later on 1330 WLOL). in St. Louis Park from May 16, 1958 (at 7am) to October 1972. The competition clobbered WDGY, which succumbed in 1977. [In 1961, when the KFWB was having labor trouble, the owner shipped some Minnesota DJs to LA to cover.] Photo by Steve Raymer. Here is a newspaper ad from Sam Sabean of the WCOW jocks from 1955. Today, the station is KTLK, News/Talk 1130, and uses a transmitter site in Credit River Township. Minneapolis Star, Saturday, April 10, 1965. WCOW, owned by the Tedesco brothers, was definitely a country make that a hillbilly station, with DJs named Sidesaddle Sore Sam (Sabean), Denver Don Doty, Buffalo Bob Montgomery, and Pecos Paul (Denault). You will hear the WeeGee $10,000 Record Stash promo and Johnny ply "1130 Caret Gold." The ad below from the October 12, 1963, TV Forecast promises 72 daily features. Whether this was related to the disturbance was not quite clear. Storz quickly changed the format to Top 40, taking advantage of the early rise of rock and roll music. The manager was Roger D. Wilson, and in an ad for sales people he called the station Katy Radio.. After a couple of changes the call letters became WDGY (Dr. George Young) in 1926. was WeeGee getting ready for the country format switch? Record album issued by WWTC in 1981 image courtesy Jeff Lonto. When WDGY began to play it, WDGY salesmen found an amazing reluctance on the part of advertisers to buy time on a station that was rated number two in the market. Around that time, a young Leigh Kamman and his friend Sev Widman hosted Studio Party Wham, named after a Jimmie Lunceford tune, showcasing big bands, small combos, and jazz. There, at 63, where no Minnesotan had gone before. Similar to the biggest Christmas cookie contest of 1963, in 1973 the station sponsored a contest for the biggest snowman. The song list included such gems as You Clobbered Me, Ink Dries Quicker Than Tears, Lie Detector, and Take Your Cotton-Pickin Hands Off My Girl. The station had been playing some Top-10, Classical, semi-classical, some religious, etc. Now that TV had grabbed everyones attention, and radio was just background music, he wanted to reverse the process and create The Nations Most Attention-Programmed Station. 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