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Thank you for visiting RadioTapes.com featuring more than 2,000 recordings of Minneapolis/St. Paul radio stations dating back to 1924 with many from the 1950s to 1980s including WCCO, KSTP, WDGY, KDWB, KQRS and others.

Recent postings are listed below. Popular news related airchecks can be found on the SPECIAL POSTINGS page including coverage of major events as heard locally including tornado and severe weather, JFK and RFK assassinations, 35W bridge collapse, Apollo 11, 12 & 13 flights, Watergate, Twins World Series celebrations and more!

View 175+ videos of Twin Cities radio station (local television news coverage)  on the VIDEOS page. Find more than 1,000 music surveys from KDWB, WDGY and more on the MUSIC SURVEYS page.

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DATE POSTED

9/3/2016

WCCO-AM (830) - A collection of Minnesota Hospital skits with Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson, Dave Lee, Sid Hartman,

Eric Eskola, Mike Lynch, Tim Russell, Mike Max, Herb Carneal, John Gordon, Paul Flatley, Roger Strom, John Rash, WCCO Marketing Department, and more.

Minnesota Hospital Open and Close Theme Music - 1 MB

8/28/2016

 

WCCO-AM (830) - Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson interview Jimmy Hoffa on Dec. 4, 1972. Hoffa was an American labor union leader who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union from 1958 until 1971. He vanished in late July 1975. Also included in the interview is Hennepin Country District Court Judge, Neil Riley. 23 MB

 

4/24/2016

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WCCO-AM (830) - First breaking news announcements on the death of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer

and actor, Prince on April 21, 2016 - including coverage with Steve Simpson, Adam Carter, Lindsay Guentzel (at Paisley Park), Mike "Moose" Miller, J. D. Steele ... plus CBS Radio newscasts and bulletins. - #1 22MB - #2 18 MB

3/27/2016

KDWB-FM (101.3) - Buck McWilliams & Chris O'Connor with comedian Jerry Seinfeld (before his Seinfeld television show) -

March 18, 1987 - 23 MB (provided by Buck McWilliams)

1/5/2016

 

 

KZGO-FM (95.3) - Go 95.3 FM - Start of new format with hip-hop music programming. 4 MB

12/28/2015

 

 

 

WLOL-AM (1330) - Station programming and staff booklet from 1943 - PDF 3 MB

11/22, 11/23, 11/28/2015

VIDEOS

WCCO-AM - 1984

Aired on WCCO-TV

60 Years Strong

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WCCO-AM

Aired on KARE-TV

Boone & Erickson - 1987

WCCO-AM

Aired on KARE-TV

1987

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WCCO-AM -

Aired on KARE-TV

1988

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WCCO-AM - 2009

Aired on TPT Almanac

Boone/ Erickson - 50 yrs

WCCO-AM -  Dec. 2010

WCCO-TV / KARE-TV

Charlie Boone Final Show

Report on Charlie Boone

Passing - WCCO-TV

Nov 22, 2015

Report on Charlie Boone

Passing - WCCO-TV

Nov 23, 2015

Report on Charlie Boone

Passing - KARE-TV

Nov 23, 2015

Report on Charlie Boone

Passing - KSTP-TV

Nov 23, 2015

Report on Charlie Boone

Passing - KMSP-TV FOX 9

Nov 23, 2015

  

MORE PHOTOS

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LINKS

Star Tribune

Pioneer Press

Star Tribune Obituary

Pavek Museum of Broadcasting

Stories have also been posted at WCCO.com

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Boone and Erickson

Minneapolis Tribune in 1981

3 MB PDF

REMEMBERING CHARLIE BOONE

It is with sadness that we report that WCCO Radio broadcast legend, Charlie Boone, passed away on Nov. 22, 2015. We will be posting more on Charlie Boone to this website during the next few days. The following recordings aired on WCCO-AM (830).

Boone & Erickson Show Theme Music ("Swing That Music")

Good Morning Song

1964

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson comedy skits:

1977

Charlie Boone and Joyce Lamont - 5 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

3/18/1978

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson -  34 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

Boone & Erickson - From the 1970s and 1980s

Caesar and the Coliseum - 5 MB

Dragnet - 3 MB

Gunsmoke - 3 MB

The Iron Ranger - 1 MB

The Queen and the Intruder - 1 MB

Worst Jokes - 5 MB

1980

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson Lutefisk Lament - 1980

4/22/1983

Charlie Boone interviews former KSTP-TV anchor Ron Magers 19 MB

10/31/1984

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson - Ma Perkins skit - Charlie and Rog crack up in this aircheck - 6 MB  (provided by Todd Kosovich)

October 1987

Minnesota Twins 1987 World Series Victory Parade including Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson broadcasting live from the WCCO Radio van at the front of the parade, Howard Viken, Ruth Koscielak, Herb Carneal, John Gordon, John Rooney, Harmon Killebrew, Bruce Hagevik, Eric Eskola, Jan Jirak, Dean Spratt, John Lundell and others.  #1    #2    #3    #4   (mp3 files range from 26 to 29 MB)

1990

Boone & Erickson - The Iron Ranger skit (The Iron Ranger was a parody on Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich) - 3 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger)

3/21/1990

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson Morning Drive Scoped Demo 5 MB

8/30/1991

"Minnesota Hospital" - Live at Minnesota State Fair  5 MB

1994

"Minnesota Hospital" - Live at Farm City Day in Winthrop 6 MB

1/10/1998

Final Boone & Erickson Show / Roger Erickson retires - #1 21 MB - #2 31 MB

1998

"Point Of Law" with Charlie Boone - all files approximately 3 MB

12/18/2010

Charlie Boone's Final Show - #1   #2  #3   #4   #5   #6  (mp3 files sizes range from 18 to 20 MB)

11/23/2015

WCCO Radio Morning News with a news story about Charlie Boone's death, an emotional tribute by Dave Lee, and an interview with former 'CCO Radio morning news reporter, Steve Murphy - 7 MB

11/23/2015

WCCO Radio Morning News - Dave Lee interviews former WCCO Radio news reporter, Bruce Hagevik, about Charlie Boone - 4 MB

11/23/2015

WCCO Radio John Hines Show with a Charlie Boone audio montage tribute - 12 MB

11/23/2015

WCCO Radio John Williams interviews former 'CCO Radio morning news reporter Steve Murphy - 9 MB

11/23/2015

KNOW-FM (91.1) Morning Edition with Cathy Wurtzer tribute to Charlie Boone including interviews with Larry Haeg Jr. (former WCCO Assistant Program Director) and Steve Murphy (former WCCO news reporter) - 7 MB

11/23/2015

KQRS-FM (92.5) Morning Show with Tom Barnard Tribute to Charlie Boone - 7 MB

11/23/2015

KSTP-AM (1500) Joe Soucheray Tribute to Charlie Boone - 9 MB

11/7/2015

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KTCZ-FM Cities 97 (97.1) - Brian "BT" Turner from June 26, 1997 - 19 MB

(provided by Todd Fairbanks)

11/1/2015

KDWB-FM (101.3) - Buck & O'Connor from October 13, 1987, the day after the Minnesota Twins won the American League Championship Series by beating the Detroit Tigers ... with Buck McWilliams, Chris O'Connor and Linda Evans (news) and includes the full version of a "Rev it Up" Twins Baseball tribute - 27 MB (provided by Todd Fairbanks)

Listen to more recordings when the Minnesota Twins won the 1987 World Series and 1991 World Series. Click here.

10/29/2015

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KQRS-FM (92.5) - KQ Morning Show from October 28, 1991, the day after the Minnesota Twins won the World Series ... with Tom Barnard, Terri Traen, Bob Sansevere, Jeff Passolt, Tony Lee - 20 MB (provided by Todd Fairbanks)

Listen to more recordings when the Minnesota Twins won the 1987 World Series and 1991 World Series. Click here.

8/15/2015

Current Photo Dave Malmberg

KEEY-FM (102.1) - "The Swing Years" with Dave Malmberg broadcast on May 17, 1980 - 27 MB

(provided by the family of Raymond and Muriel Harrington)

Includes newscasts by Jim West and Tal Bartell. Plus commercials for Wally McCarthy's Lindahl Olds.

8/8/2015

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KDWB-FM (101.3) - Chris Edmonds profiled in 1982 (provided by Curt Lundgren)

(click on image to view the video)

8/2/2015

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WCCO-FM (102.9) - Tim Russell and Carl Lensgraf profiled in 1982 on WCCO-TV's PM Magazine (provided by Curt Lundgren)

(click on image to view the video)

7/12/2015

On Tuesday night (July 14), Blackout, a one hour documentary on the July 13, 1977 New York City power blackout, will air on PBS. An audio clip from RadioTapes is included in that program. The blackout plunged seven million city residents into darkness. By the time power was restored, stores and businesses had been looted and burned and thousands had been arrested. Blackout airs at 9 pm in the Twin Cities on TPT. Here is a link to the full CBS Radio News audio clip.

6/14/2015

WLOL-FM (99.5) 1987 New Year's Eve Music Montage (edited) - (12/31/1987) This was a popular New Year's feature consisting of

music clips through the decades - 28 MB (provided by Jennifer Foxhoven)

Click here for more Music Montage airchecks.

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MORE AIRCHECKS

File sizes listed next to the airchecks are approximate and have been rounded.

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