DON VOGEL - MORE THAN 25 AIRCHECKS

The Round Mound of Sound, The Swami, Howard Cosell and Willie Griffin are just some of the names that were synonymous with the very talented talk show host and leader of the Don Squad, Don Vogel. Don worked at KSTP-AM from 1984-1987 and 1992-1995. Don passed away in 1995.

1987

Don Vogel - Final show before leaving for Chicago - #1 22MB - #2 22 MB (provided by

Irwin "Irv" Schreiner) - #3 30 MB (provided by Brian Veys)

1992

Don Vogel & Tom Mischke - #1 11 MB  -  #2 11 MB (provided by David Ocar)

1992

Show from June 1992 #1 25 MB   #2 28 MB

1992

Show from 1992 #1 25 MB   #2 28 MB (provided By Kenny Olson)

8/28/1992

Don Vogel - 21 MB (provided by Retro Radio Rangers)

June 1995

Don Vogel tribute aired shortly after his death with Bruce Gordon, David Ruth

and Patrick Reusse (June 1995) - #1 17 MB    #2 18 MB    #3 22 MB (by Tom Oszman - TC Media Now)

1995

Best of Don Vogel - #1 23 MB  -   #2 22 MB (provided by Tom Oszman - TC Media Now)

Don Vogel Segments:

Bagpipe

Can I Gain Weight By Breathing

Chief of Police Scam

Dare Line

Heaven Hotline Richard Nixon

Hey Dave Cold or Cool

Howard Cosell Montage

Killing Off Characters

Larry King Hello

L-I-B-Y-A

Mr. Slob

Phantom Caller

Presidential Debate

Rules of Conduct

Swami

Vomit Vomi Vomit

Willie Sings the National Anthem

JESSE VENTURA - ACTUAL INTERVIEWS AND PARODY SKITS

KSTP-AM (1500) - Jesse Ventura Show - 1995 - #1 15 MB - #2 14 MB (provided by Aircheckairwaves)

KFAN-AM (1130) - Jesse Ventura - The day after he was elected Governor of Minnesota on November 4, 1998 - 25 MB

KNOW-FM (91.1) - Interview with Gary Eichten on January 5, 1999 - #1 23 MB - #2 22 MB (provided by Jacob Hammond)

WCCO-AM (830) - Interview with Moose Miller on January 21, 1999 - 11 MB (provided by Jacob Hammond)

KQRS-FM (92.5) - Parody Skits: X-Mas Carol - Mission Accomplished - At Harvard - Defends Tyrell - Jesse Golf

Jesse, Gore and Coach Green (mp3 files 1 to 2 MB) (some skits contain adult language)

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KXXR-FM (93.7 - 93X) - Patrick Olsen - Various airchecks/demos from around 2010 - #1 - #2 - #3 (mp3 files range from 2-3 MB)

JERRY LEWIS AND DEAN MARTIN ON WCCO RADIO

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WCCO-AM (830) - WCCO's Cedric Adams interviews Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in 1952 - 7 MB

WCCO'S MINNESOTA HOSPITAL - 13 NEW EPISODES ADDED!

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.

• 1988 - 4 MB
• Late 1980s - MN State Fair - (Herb Carneal, John Gordon, Paul Flatley) - 9 MB
• 1990 - WCCO Radio Marketing Department - 7 MB
• NEW 8-17-1991 - 3 MB
• 8-23-1991 - MN State Fair - 9 MB
• 8-30-1991 - MN State Fair - 5 MB
• NEW 11-22-1991 - Broadcast from Willmar - 5 MB
• NEW 1-8-1993 - 4 MB
• 1994 - Broadcast from Winthrop, MN - 6 MB
• NEW 4-1-1994 - 5 MB
• NEW 1995 - Undated - 4 MB
• NEW 3-19-1995 - John Gordon - 4 MB
• 9-1-1995 - MN State Fair with William Christopher - 5 MB
• NEW 10-27-1995 - 4 MB
• NEW 11-24-1995 - 4 MB
• Sept 1996 - 4 MB
• NEW 3-14-1997 - Live audience - 6 MB
• 7-12-1997 - Broadcast from New Ulm, MN - 9 MB
• NEW 8-28-2009 - MN State Fair - 13 MB
• NEW 8-27-2010 - MN State Fair - 10 MB
• 8-24-2012 - MN State Fair - 11 MB
• 8-23-2013 - MN State Fair - 12 MB
• 8-30-2013 - MN State Fair - 10 MB
• 8-29-2014 - MN State Fair - 9 MB
• 8-28-2015 - MN State Fair - 12 MB
• 9-4-2015 - MN State Fair - 10 MB
• 8-26-2016 - MN State Fair - 6 MB
• 9-2-2016 - MN State Fair - 14 MB
• NEW 8-25-2017 - MN State Fair - 14 MB
• NEW 9-1-2017 - MN State Fair - 13 MB

Minnesota Hospital Open and Close Theme Music - 1 MB

Greetings from Chuckerland

Alan Ray (comedian)

Amy Block Joy (nutritional science)

Andy Andrews (Christian comedian)

Baby from Dinosaurs

Barry White (musician)

Benny Andersson (musician - ABBA)

Bernie Koppell (actor - The Love Boat, etc.)

Bob Dylan (trying to reach))

Bob Guccione (founder of Penthouse)

Bob Lurtsema (athlete - former MN Viking)

Bob Schwartz (author)

Bob Weir (musician - Grateful Dead)

Bobby Goldsboro

Buddy Hackett (comedian)

Calvin Griffith (former owner MN Twins)

Carl Reiner (comedian)

Carl "The Truth" Williams' Brother

Carrot Top (comedian - Scott Thompson)

Chef Tell (Friedemann Paul Erhardt)

Chinese Acrobats (translator)

Chris Ocasek (musician)

Chuck Woolery (trying to reach)

David Crosby (musician)

David Fisher (author)

Dennis Miller (comedian)

Dennis Miller (comedian)

Dick Van Patten (actor)

Dick Wilson (Mr. George Whipple)

Donald Trump (trying to reach)

Dr. Dean (hypnotist)

Dr. Judy Kuriansky (sex therapist)

Dr. Ruth Westheimer (sex therapist)

Eddie Albert (actor)

Eddie Murphy (actor)

Eric Beanstalk (author)

Fred Savage (actor)

Gary Coleman (actor)

George Carlin (comedian)

George Lindsey (actor)

George Takei (actor)

Geraldo Rivera (reporter)

Herschel Walker

Imelda Poppins

Irwin Blye (author, private eye)

James Brown's Brother (Joseph)

James Buster Douglas (boxer)

James Kottak (musician)

Janet Jackson (singer, song writer)

Jeopardy! (trying to reach Alex Trebek)

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jesse Jackson (civil rights activist)

Jim Baker

Jim Nabors (actor)

John Chancellor (news anchor/reporter)

John Tesh

Kathleen Turner

Ken Berry (actor)

Keanu Reeves (actor)

King Boreas (Winter Carnival)

King of Iraq

Leo Buscaglia (author)

Leslie Nielsen (actor)

Mama June (Here Comes Honey Boo Boo)

Maury Povich (talk show host)

Michael Jackson

Michael Storm (actor)

Mick Jagger

Mike Farrell (actor)

Mike Reilly (game show host)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Morton Downey Jr. (talk show host)

Edwin Moses (athlete)

Naura Hayden (actor, author, singer)

Olga Korbut (athlete)

Ozzy Osbourne

Planet Hollywood Premier

Paul Hogan (actor)

Paul Shaffer (musician)

Pearl Bailey (actor)

Phil Lamar (MAD TV)

Phyllis Diller (actor)

Playgirl

Red Strangland (radio broadcaster)

Rob Schneider

Rob Lowe (actor)

Robert Conrad (actor)

Ron at Power 92

Sam Kinison (comedian)

Sandra Margot (porn star)

Star Search

Steve (DJ) Gives The Chucker Radio Tips

Tatoo

Victor Brooks (dancer Chippendales)

WCCO Radio Audition

Will Steger (actually Paul Schurke)

Woody Harrelson (actor)

We Will Rock You

Yakov Smirnoff

Playhouse Farewell

Breaking news coverage: Minnehaha Academy Explosion on August 2, 2017

WCCO-AM (830) - #1 28 MB - #2 27 MB - #3 37 MB

KNOW-FM (91.1) - Coverage - 27 MB

KTLK-AM (1130) - Newscasts - 2 MB (provided by Jacob Hammond)

COVERAGE OF THE 35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE (10 Years Ago)

August 1, 2007

• KSTP-AM (provided by Tom Ring) - All files 14 MB 

6-7 PM (first news report airs 25 minutes into this aircheck)  7-8 PM  8-9 PM   9-10 PM  10-11 PM  11 PM-MID

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• WCCO-AM - Live Coverage: Composite starting with the first report - 24 MB

• KNOW-FM - Live Coverage - #1 5 MB -  #2 22 MB -  #3 26 MB -  #4 26 MB -  #5 29 MB

• NPR - All Things Considered - Minnesota Public Radio's Cathy Wurzer - 4 MB

• WWTC-AM - The Hugh Hewitt Show - 7-8 PM (edited) - 9 MB

August 2, 2007

• KSTP-AM (provided by Tom Ring) - All files 14 MB 

MID-1 AM    1-2 AM    2-3 AM   3-4 AM    4-5 AM    5-6 AM   6-7 AM   7-8 AM   8-9 AM   9-10 AM   10-11 AM

11 AM-12PM  12PM-1 PM  1-2 PM  2-3 PM  3-4 PM  4-5 PM  5-6 PM  6-7 PM  7-8 PM (Disaster on the River)

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• CBS World News Roundup - 3 MB

• WCCO-AM - Morning Show - News Conferences (before 8 AM) - 27 MB

• WCCO-AM - 8-9 am (entire hour) - #1 28 MB  - #2 29 MB

• WCCO-AM - Eric Eskola interviews Governor Pawlenty - 4 MB

• Minnesota Public Radio - News Report - 5 MB

• KQRS-FM - Interview with driver who was on the bridge - 10 MB

• KTIS-FM - David Christian talks with Governor Tim Pawlenty - 1 MB

• NPR - Day-to-Day - 3 MB

• KTLK-FM - Jason Lewis   3-4 PM 14 MB - 4-5 PM 13 MB - 5-6 PM  13 MB - 6-7 PM 12 MB

August 3, 2007

• CBS World News Roundup - 3 MB 

August 4, 2007

• CBS News Weekend Roundup - 15 MB

KARE-TV First two hours of coverage of the 35W Bridge Collapse - August 1, 2007: 6:30-8:30 PM

Pioneer Press Obituary

Star Tribune Obituary

Bill Diehl Profile

REMEMBERING BILL DIEHL

It is with sadness that we report the death of former WDGY and WCCO Radio personality, Bill Diehl.

WDGY-AM (1130):

1/6/1961

Bill Diehl - 23 MB

7/10/1963

Bill Diehl - 8 MB (provided by Phil Kitchen) -

February 1964

Bill Diehl interviews Bob Reed and Tony Andreason from The Trashmen (a popular 1960s Twin Cities rock & roll band) - 5 MB

5/30/1964

Bill Diehl - 5 MN (provided by Curt Lundgren)

WCCO-AM (830):

12/30/1977

Announcement of the death of Halsey Hall with Bill Diehl interviews with Calvin Griffith, Paul Giel, Charlie Johnson, Rollie Johnson and Dr. E.W. Ziebarth.  #1 28 MB  - #2 28 MB (provided by Bill Lund, Digital on Location, Woodbury, MN)

6/16/1979

Bill Diehl - "The Class of 1969" - 10 MB

12/20/1981

Viking Feedback (post-game show) with Bill Diehl, Paul Flatley, Paul Giel & Dick Enroth - 20 MB (provided by Kurt Rosselit)

10/19-20/1985

Bill Diehl - Wally McCarthy's Lindahl Olds Commercials - 7 MB (provided by David Ocar)

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WDGY-AM (1130) - Johnny Canton interviewing John Lennon on October 8, 1974 - 14 MB

(provided by Tom Oszman of TCMediaNow)

It is with sadness that we report the death of former WDGY, KDWB and KRSI personality, Jimmy Reed.

10/21/1967 - KDWB-AM

Jimmy Reed - 12 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

1971 - WDGY-AM

Jimmy Reed - 8 MB

October 1978 - WDGY-AM

Jimmy Reed - 5 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

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Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis Star Tribune and WCCO-AM featured on NBC's Sunday Today Show broadcast on March 5, 2017 (click on photo to play video)

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WCCO-TV Mark Rosen and WCCO-AM Sid Hartman commercial broadcast during Super Bowl programming on WCCO-TV on February 7, 2016 (click on photo to play video)

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KDWB-AM (630) - True Don Bleu (March 31, 1972) - 7 MB

Including commercials: Super America, K-Tel 20 Dynamic Hits, Coke (Quincy Jones & Orchestra), Cycle Rama at the St. Paul Armory, Kawasaki Motorcycles, Clairol, Ford (Pintos, Mavericks and Mustangs), Earl Brown Farm Apartments (remote with Michael J. Douglas), Milk, Certs, and Purple Barn.

REMEMBERING RAY CHRISTENSEN

It is with sadness that we report that Ray Christensen, the longtime voice of Gopher football and basketball, has passed away.

WCCO Radio - Ray Christensen Airchecks:

• 1960s - On The Go
• 1977 - Gopher Football - Gophers Beat Michigan
• 1981 - Gopher Football - Gophers Upset Ohio State
• 1987 - Darrell Thompson's 98 Yard TD Run
• 1990s - Gopher Football - Story of Floyd of Rosedale
• 1990 - Gopher Basketball
• 1991 - Newscast 
• 1992 - Gopher Football - Look Back at Gopher Rose Bowl Win
• 1994 - Gopher Basketball - Gophers Beat Iowa
• 1997 - Gopher Basketball - Gophers Clinch Big 10 Title
• 1999 - Gopher Basketball - Gophers Upset Indiana
• 2017 - Ray Christensen Tribute - Dave Lee, Mike Lynch, Former Newsmen, Bruce Hagevik and Steve Murphy, Dave Mona,

  former Gopher Athletic Director Mark Dienhart and others remember Ray Christensen

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WCCO-TV Report 2/6/2017

KMSP-TV Report 2/6/2017

- KNOW-FM Report Pioneer Press Report Star Tribune Report Star Tribune Obituary Pavek Museum of Broadcasting

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(Canton appearance in

the 1970 movie Airport)

REMEMBERING JOHNNY CANTON

It is with sadness that we report that Johnny Canton has passed away, apparently after suffering a stroke.

From The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting website: When Johnny Canton visited a Warrensburg, Missouri, radio station as a teenager, it inspired him to begin a broadcasting career that has lasted nearly fifty years and has made him an important figure in Twin Cities radio and television. He got his first on-air job at age 16 at KLEX AM in Lexington, Missouri, and for the next several years worked in radio at stations in Colorado, Kansas City, Pennsylvania, Rochester, and Cleveland. In 1966 he joined the staff of WDGY as music director and became a much-loved and widely popular rock ‘n’ roll disc jockey and concert emcee. After 11 years at WDGY, he moved to WCCO FM (WLTE 102.9 Lite FM). The former host of Bowling for Dollars on KSTP TV and Bowlerama! on KMSP TV, he has appeared in numerous national and regional television and radio commercials, as well as such films as Airport and Mad Dogs and Englishmen. He has participated in many charity golf tournaments and other community events, and has been president of the advertising and production firm Canton Communications. One of his many claims to fame is that he was the first DJ to play John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

A video and photos of Johnny Canton, who was inducted into the MN Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2006, can be found on the Pavek Museum website.

• 1959: KCMO-AM (Kansas City, MO) - Johnny Canton with actor Eddie Bracken, singer/actor Johnny Desmond - 3 MB
• 1962/1963: WRAW-AM (Reading, PA) - Production elements voiced/produced by Johnny Canton - 3 MB
• 1963: KUDL-AM (Kansas City, MO) - Johnny Canton - 1 MB
• 1964: WHAM-AM (Rochester, NY) - Johnny Canton - 1 MB
• 1965 : WHAM-AM (Rochester, NY) - Johnny Canton interview on Dick Clark's American Bandstand - 2 MB
• 1966: WIXY-AM (Cleveland, OH) - Johnny Canton - 1 MB
• Johnny Canton personalized jingles and liners - 3 MB (intro by Canton)
• Various interview (snippets) - 3 MB (intro by Canton)
• 1966: WDGY-AM (Minneapolis/St. Paul) - Johnny Canton - 8 MB (provided by Aaron Mintz)
• 1967: WDGY-AM - Johnny Canton - 1 MB
• 1968: WDGY-AM - Johnny Canton - Interview with Roger Miller and Andy Williams - 2 MB
• 1968: WDGY-AM - Johnny Canton - Interview on Dick Clark's American Bandstand - 1 MB (intro by Canton)
• 1971: WDGY-AM - Johnny Canton - 7 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren
• 1973: WDGY-AM - Johnny Canton & Donald K. Martin - 11 MB (provided by Al Arneson)
• 1976: WDGY-AM - Diamond Jim Dandy and Johnny Canton - 26 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)
• 1976: WDGY-AM - Johnny Canton - 7 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)
• 1979: WCCO-FM (Minneapolis/St. Paul) - Johnny Canton - 1 MB (provided by Al Arneson)
• 1983: WCCO-FM - Johnny Canton, Charlie Bush, Tim Russell - 6-7 AM -  #1 10 MB  -  #2 11 MB

• 1998: WLTE-FM (Minneapolis/St. Paul) - Johnny Canton - 8 MB (provided by Al Arneson)
• 2006: WLTE-FM - Johnny Canton - 1 MB

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