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Click on AIRCHECKS to find historic recordings of Twin Cities radio stations dating back to 1924. Recent postings are listed below. Some of the more popular airchecks can be found on the SPECIAL POSTINGS page including major news events such as local tornado coverage, JFK and RFK shooting/assassination coverage, 35W bridge collapse, Apollo 11, 12 & 13 coverage, Jay Philpott's Montage Mania and more!

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8/30/10 KQRS FM/AM (92.5/1440) - 100 commercials from 1973-1976 promoting record album releases (provided by Alan Stone and Tom Oszman)

Ace - Five-A-Side -1975

Ace - Time for Another - 1975

Allman Brothers - Brothers and Sisters - 1973

Amazing Rhythm Aces - Stacked Deck - 1975

Ambrosia - Ambrosia - 1975

Asleep at the Wheel - Asleep at the Wheel - 1975

Baker Gurvitz Army - Elysian Encounter - 1975

Billy Cobham - Total Eclipse - 1974

Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet or on Your Knees - 1975

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties - 1974

Brian Auger - Reinforcements - 1975

Charlie Daniels Band - Nightrider - 1975

Charlie Pride - The Happiness of Having You - 1975

Chicago - Chicago 9 – 1975

Climax Blues Band - Stamp Album - 1975

Danny OKeefe - So Long Harry Truman - 1975

Dave Mason - Dave Mason - 1974

Dave Mason - Split Coconut - 1975

Edgar Winter - Jasmine Nightdreams - 1975

Elvin Bishop - Juke Joint Jump - 1975

Eric Anderson - Be True to You - 1975

Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All - 1975

Gary Wright - The Dream Weaver - 1975

George Carlin- An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo -1975 (5 spots)

Gregg Allman - The Gregg Allman Tour - 1974

History of British Rock Vol 2 - 1975

History of British Rock Vol 3 - 1976

Hoyt Axton - Fearless - 1976

Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky - 1974

Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow - 1975

Jerry Jeff Walker – Ridin’ High - 1975

Jesse Colin Young - On the Road - 1976

Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust - 1975

Joan Baez - From Every Stage - 1976

Joe Walsh - So What - 1974

Johnny Winter - John Dawson Winter III - 1974

Johnny Winter - John Dawson Winter III - 1975

Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles - 1974

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns - 1975 - AM Station Version

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns - 1975 - FM Station Version

Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Kate and Anna McGarrigle - 1975

Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge - Breakaway - 1974

Laura Nyro - Smile - 1976

Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony - 1975

Melissa Manchester - Better Days and Happy Endings - 1976

Melissa Manchester- Melissa - 1975

Mick Ronson - Play Don't Worry - 1975

Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn - 1976

Monty Python - The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 1975

National Lampoon - Gold Turkey - 1975

New Riders of the Purple Sage - Brujo - 1974

New Riders of the Purple Sage - Oh What a Mighty Time - 1975

Orleans - Let There Be Music - AM Station Version - 1975

Orleans - Let There Be Music - FM Station Version - 1975

Ozark Mountain Daredevils – It’ll Shine When It Shines - 1974

Pablo Cruise - Pable Cruise - 1975

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 1975

Poco - Cantamos - 1974

Poco - Head Over Heels - 1975

Poco - Poco Live - 1976

Pure Prairie League – Bustin’ Out - 1975

Pure Prairie League - Two Lane Highway - 1975

Ray Manzarek - The Whole Thing Started With Rock & Roll Now It's Out

of Control - 1974

Renaissance - Scheherazade - 1975

Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior - 1976

Rita Coolidge - Its Only Love - 1975

Robert Palmer - Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - 1974

Roxy Music - Siren - 1975

Rusty Wier - Rusty Wier - 1975

Shawn Phillips - Do You Wonder - 1974

Shawn Phillips - Furthermore - 1974

Stanley Clarke - Journey to Love - 1975

Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent - 1975

Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent - 1976

The Band - Northern Lights Southern Cross - 1975 – (2 spots)

The Outlaws - Outlaws - 1975

The Outlaws - Outlaws - 1976

The Who - The Who By Numbers - 1975

Tim Weisberg - Listen to the City - 1975

Tim Weisberg - Tim Weisberg 4 - 1974

Tomita - Pictures at an Exhibition - 1975

Tony Williams - Believe It - 1976

Tracy Nelson - Tracy Nelson - 1974

Weather Report - Tale Spinnin’ - 1975

Wishbone Ash – There’s The Rub - 1974

BONUS ... Concert Commercials

Climax Blues - Leonard Skynard - Elvin Bishop - 1975

Frank Zappa - 1975

Melissa Manchester - 1975

Movie Commercials

Monty Python - Monty Python & the Holy Grail - Inaccuries - 1975

Monty Python - Monty Python & the Holy Grail - Queen of England 1975

8/1/10

KDWB-FM (101.3) -

KMSP-TV report about Dave Ryan, Lee Valsvik and Pat Ebertz – (approx. 1996)

8/1/10

KEEY-FM (102.1) -

K102 "More Music. Less Bull." commercial from 1983 (rough quality video)

7/22/10 KDWB-AM (630) - Music Surveys - 1/7/1961 1/14/1961 1/21/1961 1/28/1961 2/4/1961 2/18/1961 2/25/1961 3/4/1961 3/11/1961

3/18/1961 PDF Files

7/3/10 SPECIAL RADIOTAPES PRESENTATION - COVERAGE OF THE FALKLANDS WAR

The Falklands War was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The war started on April 2, 1982 with the Argentine invasion and occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The war lasted 74 days and resulted in the deaths of 257 British and 649 Argentine soldiers. (per Wikipedia)

WCCO-AM - Extensive collection of CBS Radio newscasts covering the Falklands War all

recorded by broadcast historian, Todd Kosovich:

#1 - April 1-16, 1982 - 25 MB

#2 - April 17-21, 1982 - 29 MB

#3 - April 30-May 3, 1982 - 22 MB

#4 - May 20, 1982 - 27 MB

#5 - May 20 to early June, 1982 - 21 MB

In 1982, the Internet as we know it did not exist. To hear newscasts/reports from foreign countries, in many cases, a shortwave radio was needed. The following are Falklands War related shortwave broadcasts as received in Minnesota by Tom Gavaras. Some recordings have rough audio, but if you listen closely, you will hear history "as it happened."

- BBC Newscast - 4 MB

- BBC Radio Newsreel - 7 MB

- BBC "Calling the Falklands" Messages to family members on the Falkland Islands (poor audio as transmission was directed to the South Atlantic).

At the end of the broadcast, the announcer says, "Keep your heads down. Keep your hearts high." - 2 MB

- Radio Atlantico del Sur - British clandestine station broadcasting to Argentine troops in Spanish (Argentina jamming transmitter in background) - 5 MB

- Argentina Clandestine broadcasting to British troops. Audio quality from this station was always extremely poor and distorted (even in the South

Atlantic). As on the aircheck, broadcasts would start with an instrumental version of "Yesterday" by The Beatles. In this transmission, the announcer opens with, "Hello, I am Liberty. A voice, a thought, a [?], a woman who is proud to know that the world listens when Argentina speaks." Lots of British music was played. For example, in one broadcast after the announcer criticized British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the song "Honky Tonk Women" by the Rolling Stones was played. - 1 MB

7/2/10 WCCO-AM (830) - CBS Radio breaking newscasts covering the Beirut barracks bombing resulting in the deaths of 241 American

servicemen (10/23/1983) - 19 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

7/2/10 KSTP-AM (1500) - Bee Baxter interviews radiologist Dr. Paulson (6/23/1954) - 7 MB

Click to learn more about Bee Baxter and to listen to more of her airchecks.

WCCO-AM (830) - Farm City Day broadcast from Lake City, MN on 11/22/1966 including Maynard Speece, Roger Erickson, Howard Viken, Joyce Lamont, Jergen Nash and Jim Hill - #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 (mp3 files range from 24-31 MB) - (provided by James Schrimpf).

The above recording features many vintage commercials (which we have also isolated) including (approx. 1 MB each):

Anacin     Camel Cigarettes     Camel Cigarettes     Copenhagen Tobacco     Corn Huskers Lotion     Fresh and Air Humidifiers

Gleem Toothpaste     Great Northern Train     Local Florists     Lucky Strikes Cigarettes     Mustang     Mustang

Northwestern National Bank ("May We Help You Today")     O'Brien Paints     Pall Mall Cigarettes     Pure Oil     Sara Lee     Southdale

True Cigarettes     True Cigarettes     United Airlines ("Fly the Friendly Skies")     Vantage Watches

SPECIAL RADIOTAPES PRESENTATION - TWIN CITIES AM & FM BAND SCANS

Twin Cities AM Station Scan - May 2010

Recording length 5 minutes - 5 MB

Most recordings include top of the hour legal IDs and more.

630 WREY – Radio Rey

690 KFXN – The Score

740 WDGY – The True Oldies Channel

770 KUOM – Radio K

830 WCCO – News Radio

900 KTIS – Faith 900

950 KTNF – Voice of Minnesota

980 KKMS – Twin Cities Christian Talk

1030 WCTS – Central Baptist Theological Seminary

1130 KFAN – The Fan

1220 KLBB – Music of Your Life

1280 WWTC – The Patriot

1330 WLOL – Relevant Radio

1400 KMNV – Radio La Invasora (also 1470 AM)

1440 KDIZ – Radio Disney

1500 KSTP – ESPN

1530 KQSP – La Picosa

1570 KYCR – Business Radio

1600 KPNP – Hmong Radio

Twin Cities FM Station Scan - May 2010

Recording length 14 minutes - 14 MB

Includes HD channels.

Most recordings include top of the hour legal IDs and more.

88.5 KBEM – Jazz 88 FM

89.3 KCMP – The Current (MPR)

89.3 KCMP HD2 – Wonderground Radio (MPR)

89.9 KMOJ – The Peoples Station

90.3 KFAI – Fresh Air Radio (also 106.7)

90.7 KLOV/K214DF – K-LOVE

91.1 KNOW – News (MPR)

91.1 KNOW HD2 – Radio Heartland (MPR)

91.1 KNOW HD3 – BBC

91.5 WJRF/K218DK – The Refuge

92.5 KQRS – Minnesota’s Classic Rock

92.5 KQRS HD2 – Bear Country

93.7 KXXR – 93X Rocks

93.7 KXXR HD2 – The Machine

94.5 KSTP – KS95

95.3 KNOF – PraiseFM

96.3 KHTC – 96.3 NOW Hit Music

97.1 KTCZ – Cities 97

97.1 KTCZ HD2 – Studio HD acoustic

98.5 KTIS – Christian Contemporary

98.5 KTIS HD2 – The Remnant

98.5 KTIS HD3 – Legacy HD3

99.5 KSJN – Classical (MPR)

99.5 KSJN HD2 – Classical 24 (MPR)

100.3 KTLK – FM News Talk

100.3 KTLK HD2 – The Wolf classic rock

100.3 KTLK HD3 – KFAN-AM

100.7 KUOM/W264BR (also 770/104.5/106.5)

101.3 KDWB – Hit Music

101.3 KDWB HD2 – The Party Zone

102.1 KEEY – K102 Country

102.1 KEEY HD2 – K102 New Country

102.5 KHRI/K273BH – Air One Radio

102.9 WLTE – Lite FM

102.9 WLTE HD2 – WCCO-AM

104.1 KZJK – Jack FM

104.1 KZJK HD2 – Pure Jazz

105.7 WGVZ – LOVE 105 (also 105.1/105.3)

106.1 KLCI – BOB FM Total Country

106.1 KLCI HD2 – KBGY-FM La Mera Buena

106.5 KDXL – St. Louis Park High School

107.1 KTMY – myTalk 107.1

107.9 KQQL – KOOL 108

107.9 KQQL HD2 – KOOL One-Oh-Eighties

MORE AIRCHECKS

MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING HALL OF FAME

The Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its new members for 2010. Honored by their peers and selected for induction into the 2010 Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame are:

• Cyndy Brucato - Peabody Award Winning Journalist and Anchor at KSTP 5 Eyewitness News

• Eric Eskola - Longtime WCCO Radio Political Reporter and Co-Host of tpt’s Almanac

• Frank Fee - Longtime Owner of Gopher Communications and KROX Radio, Crookston

• Arthur Hoehn - Minnesota Public Radio’s First Classical Music Host

• Michelle Lee - Respected Anchor with Northland’s NewsCenter KBJR 6/Range 11, Duluth

• Donald K. Martin - A Key Figure in the Heyday of Twin Cities Top 40 Radio

• Phil Nolan - Respected Radio Executive and Former Owner of KAUS, Austin, and KEEZ, Mankato

Three other outstanding broadcasters will be posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame:

• Bob DeHaven - One of WCCO Radio’s Most Popular Personalities

• Marty O’Neill - AWA Wrestling Announcer and Pioneer in Minnesota Radio and Television

• Darcy Pohland - WCCO TV Reporter Who Inspired Viewers and Colleagues Alike

Receiving the 2010 Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Award is:

Brad Nessler - Minnesota Native and Nationally Known ABC and ESPN Sportscaster

These outstanding men and women, recognized for their contributions to both broadcasting and to the community, will be honored at the 10th Annual Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame Gala on Saturday, October 9, 2010, at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Golden Valley, Minnesota. To reserve your tickets, or for more information, visit www.museumofbroadcasting.org or call 952.926.8198.