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7/5/08 WYOO-FM (U100) (101.3) - More "Boogie Check" broadcasts with Jo Jo Gunne (September 1976) #1 13 MB - #2 12 MB 7/2/08 WCCO-AM (830) - Various videos (scroll down for videos)
7/1/08 KDWB-AM (630) - Photos of station announcers from late 1960s or early 1970s (click here). If anyone has any idea when these photos were taken, please contact us. 6/30/08 WLOL-FM (99.5) - 1983 Music Surveys ads featuring Jay Philpott Debbie Sturges Sharron Tollefson PDF files 6/30/08 Various airchecks from 1220 AM (Stillwater) including WAVN-AM Sign-on and sign-off (1982) .5 MB, WAVN-AM station General Manager Hank Sampson's final Notebook show (1982) 12 MB and WVLE-AM newscast (1984) 2 MB (provided by Jim Beer) 6/29/08 WUSA-TV (now known as KARE-TV) video reports from May 1986 on KABL-FM (Cable Radio), KEEY-FM (K102), KUOM-AM, WLKX-FM (Forest Lake, MN), WRPX-AM (Hudson, WI) and WTCN-AM (Stillwater, MN) - (scroll down for video) 6/29/08 KSTP-TV video report from 1987 on WELY-AM (Ely, MN) - (scroll down for video) 6/29/08 KSTP-AM (1500) - Program Schedule - September 1-15, 1943 PDF 6/29/08 WLOL-AM (1330) - Music Survey - July 26, 1959 PDF 6/29/08 KDWB-AM (630) - Music Survey - September 3, 1966 PDF 6/20/08 WWTC-AM (1280) - A look back when the station programmed an All Weather Format - September 1985 to August 1986:
6/17/08 WCCO-AM (830) - Announcement by Jon Quick and station VP and General Manager Phil Lewis that the 28 day IBEW strike had ended and that engineers and announcers would be returning to work - 11/3/1979 - 2 MB 6/17/08 KTWN-FM (107.9) - Article about format switch from MOR to classical - Minneapolis Tribune 8/14/1974 - .5 MB PDF 6/17/08 Guindon cartoons from Minneapolis Tribune on WCCO-AM, KDWB-FM, KEEY-FM (beautiful music) - Mid to late 1970s PDF
6/2/08 WLOL-FM (99.5) - Countdown '89 with Denny Shaffer and John Drew - counting down the top 99 songs of 1989 (scoped) including a New Year's countdown at midnight - Songs 99 to 63 26 MB - Songs 63 to 27 28 MB - Songs 27 to 1 26 MB (provided by Ron Gerber and Eric P.) - Reference is made to the "Maximum Music Montage" after the countdown, which can be heard below (scroll down) 6/1/08 WRQC-FM (100.3) - Rock 100.3 - Video news reports on a 1998 State Fair "Live in it and Win" promotion - (scroll down for video) (provided by Jay Philpott) 5/31/08 WCCO-AM (830) - "Turn to a Friend" station profile video (1988) - (scroll down for video) (provided by David Ocar) 5/31/08 WCCO-AM (830) - "Every Step of the Day" television commercial (1995) - (scroll down for video) (provided by David Ocar) 5/30/08 WWTC-AM (1280) - The Golden Rock - BJ Crocker - (1984) - 4 MB 5/29/08 WWTC-AM (1280) - The Golden Rock - Roger Bull - (1984) - 4 MB 5/29/08 Article on 1983 Twin Cities Radio - Corporate Report: Making Waves (October 1983) - PDF File 5/28/08 CBS Radio coverage of the shooting of Robert F. Kennedy (6/5/1968) (provided by Todd Kosovich)
5/27/08 WLOL-FM (99.5) / KNBQ-FM (97.3 Seattle) - Jay Philpott writes: When I left WLOL in August of '84, I went to KNBQ-FM in Seattle. Not long after I got there, I played the WLOL-FM Get Me Up demo for my PD and OM and they loved it and bought the package. Aside from those two stations, I don't know of any others that carried the package. Here are the WLOL-FM and KNBQ-FM "Get Me Up" full sing versions. 5/27/08 WLOL-FM (99.5) - Jay Philpott sent the following related to the Countdown '83 aircheck posted below and the Hot Hits Countdown - PDF Files
5/26/08 WLOL-FM (99.5) - Countdown '83 with Jay Philpott - counting down the top songs of 1983. Aircheck begins with song #36 counting down to song #1 (12/31/83 - 1/1/84) including "Year in Review" segments with Bob Berglund and a New Year's countdown at midnight - 30 MB (provided by Ron Gerber and Eric P.) 5/25/08 WCCO-AM (830) - Phil Hendrie Show (1993) - 7 MB 5/24/08 WCCO-AM (830) - Welcome to the Real World "Evolution of Modern Man" magazine ad (approx. 1985) 1 MB PDF 5/24/08 WTCN-AM (1250) - Station profile that appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press in a large two-page spread (12/27/1936) 6 MB PDF 5/23/08 WCCO-AM and FM (830 / 102.9) - A rare station schedule that promotes the station on both AM & FM (1970) PDF 5/23/08 KDWB-AM (630) - Music Surveys 2/10/1962 9/22/1962 3/23/1963 1/25/1964 PDF Files 5/22/08 Format change newspaper articles: PDF Files
5/21/08 WTCN-TV (now KARE-TV) 1984 reports on WCCO Radio and the Emergency Broadcast System (scroll down for video) 5/18/08 WWTC-AM (1280) - BJ Crocker: 1981 18 MB and 1982 4 MB - Alan Freed: 1982 2 MB. The BJ Crocker 1982 recording consists of the conclusion of the WWTC/Coca Cola Golden Top 40 Countdown. Throughout the morning, BJ counted down the top 40 songs from that day in 1965. However, as he went to play the #1 song, the cart was not cued up. Listen how he handled and recovered from that moment. 5/17/08 WYOO-FM (U100) (101.3) - More airchecks from the station's final day of broadcasting (September 15, 1976): Brother Bob Hall 2 MB - Gary DeMaroney 4 MB 5/16/08 WDGY-AM (1130) - Country Top 40 Music Surveys 11/11/1981 12/1/1982 PDF Files 5/16/08 Various radio station print advertisements - PDF Files KSTP-AM (1938) - WLTE-FM (1983) - KGLD-AM (K-Gold 1440) (1983) - WCCO Radio (1987) #1 #2 - WCCO Radio (1988) #1 #2 5/15/08 WDGY-AM (1130) - The History of WDGY Radio - 126 page master's thesis written in 1970 by Jerry Verne Haines 4 MB - PDF 5/14/08 KJJO-FM (104.1) - Hot Rockin' 104 FM format including a "Rock Check" segment (1988) 5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto) 5/14/08 WCCO-AM (830) - Article about Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson - Minneapolis Tribune in 1981 - 15 MB PDF 5/13/08 WLOL-FM (99.5) - A look back at the 1987 WLOL-FM Incredible Prize Catalog Sweepstakes and the controversy it created including newspaper articles and a scan of the prize catalog. 1 MB PDF 5/13/08 WLOL-FM (99.5) - Article about John Hines and Bob Berglund - Minneapolis Tribune in 1983 - 8 MB PDF 5/13/08 KQRS-FM (92.5) - Newspaper ad for the "Cat and Kincaid" (1983) 5/13/08 WWTC-AM (1280) - Newspaper ad for the Splendid Blend format (1979) 5/12/08 KSJN-FM (91.1) - (1973) - Minnesota Educational Radio - Newscast with coverage of US military activities in Cambodia, pressure for President Nixon to release White House tapes, John Ehrlichman testimony at Watergate hearings, etc. - 14 MB (provided by Stuart Held) 5/11/08 WCCO-AM (830) - Portions of a raw tape recorded in 1964 by then current WCCO Radio General Manager Larry Haeg Sr. interviewing former 'CCO Radio GM Earl Gammons about the early years at WLAG-AM / WCCO-AM. - 10 MB (provided by the Library of American Broadcasting, University of Maryland - thanks to Mark Durenberger for enhancing the audio) 5/10/08 KSTP-AM (1500) - (1992) Don Vogel 21 MB - Turi Ryder - Starts with ABC and local newscasts - 12 MB (provided by Retro Radio Rangers) 5/10/2008 Radio Station Posters (click poster to enlarge) - PDF Files
5/8/08 KQRS-FM (92.5) Cat and Kincaid (Tom Barnard and Mesa Kincaid) (1983) 23MB (provided by Retro Radio Rangers) (Click on the "AIRCHECKS" button at the top of the page to listen to additional airchecks)
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Note: WTCN-TV and WUSA-TV are now known as KARE-TV
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