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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 local tornado coverage, JFK and RFK shooting/assassination coverage, 35W bridge collapse, Jay Philpott's Montage Mania and more!

You can also view a collection of radio station videos (local television news coverage) by clicking on the VIDEOS button. This website also features an extensive collection of airchecks from U100 WYOO AM/FM. This station had a short life span from 1974 to 1976, but is still well remembered by many.

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Date Posted

7/2/09 KDWB-AM (101.3) - Steve Cochran and Lee Valsvik (1992) - 14 MB - (provided by Tim Dunbar)

6/29/09 KEEY-FM - K102 (102.1) - John Hines & Pam Lewis (1992) 12 MB - (provided by Tim Dunbar)

6/27/09 Coverage of the death of Michael Jackson

WCCO-AM - Michele Tafoya, Jeff McKinney, CBS Radio (6/25/2009) - #1 6 MB - #2 2 MB - #3 15 MB

KNOW-FM - NPR's All Things Considered's coverage (6/25/2009) - #1 3 MB - #2 2 MB - #3 5 MB - #4 2 MB

KSTP-AM - Garage Logic (6/25/2009) 6 MB

KTLK-FM - Jason Lewis (6/25/2009) 3 MB

KQRS-FM - KQ Morning Show (6/26/2009) 8 MB

6/26/09 WLOL-FM (99.5) JJ Fly and Tiffany (1/301989) 29 MB (provided by Tom Wollenberg)

6/13/09 WDGY-AM (1180 - frequency used in 1938) - WDGY's coverage of Howard Hughes landing at Minneapols' Wold-Chamberlin Field to re-fuel for the last leg of his around the world flight. This coverage was also broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System. (7/14/1938) - 8 MB - (provided by Todd Kosovich)

6/3/09 WCCO-AM (830) - Tiananmen Square protest coverage from CBS Radio and WCCO Radio's Rich Holter, Denny Long and guests (6/5/1989) - #1 (19 MB) - #2 (16 MB) - #3 (10 MB)

5/28/09 WCCO-AM (830) / CBS Radio - Coverage of Apollo 11 - (provided by Todd Kosovich) - More Apollo 11 airchecks here

July 16, 1969 - CBS Radio Launch of Apollo 11 with CBS Radio's Reid Collins - 1 MB

July 20, 1969 - CBS Radio News 5pm - First hourly newscast after continuous coverage of landing - 5 MB

5/28/09 KMSP-TV video report on Morning Radio Wars (1997) including interviews with WCCO-AM's Roger Erickson and a brief clip of Jesse Ventura on KSTP-AM. (provided by David Ocar)

5/22/09 KDWB-AM (630) Music Surveys 2/9/1970 - 5/25/1970 - 8/30/1971 - 12/20/1971 - 1/17/1972 - 2/21/1972 - 4/17/1972 - 5/1/1972 PDFs (provided by Anthony Thompson)

UPDATED 5/17/2009 KDWB-AM (630) - Sample of "Image Part 1" by Hank Levine, an instrumental based on the KDWB/KEWB/KFWB jingle signature. (1961) 1 MB. This song reached #98 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #19 on the KDWB Fabulous Forty. The song is a tribute to Chuck Blore's "Color Radio" image campaign, which can be heard here. (Added on 5/17/2009): Flip side of the record, a sample of "Image Part 2" 1 MB

5/16/09 WCCO-AM (830) - Final Boone & Erickson Show / Roger Erickson retires (1/10/1998) #1 21 MB - #2 31 MB - TV Coverage:

(video provided by David Ocar)

5/6/09 WCCO-AM (830) - Coverage of the Halloween Blizzard of 1991 with Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson, Dick Chapman, Eric Eskola, Dean Spratt, Jerry Peterson, Karen Filloon and more. (10/31/1991) - 20 MB

5/5/09 WEBC-AM (560 / Duluth) - Dr. Don Rose (1962-1966) 5 MB (provided by Pat Puchalla)

5/4/09 A montage sample of music from the 1987 Minnesota Twins World Championship Season as heard on Twin Cities radio stations including "Win Twins" (WCCO-AM), "The Light, Happy Music" (KQRS-FM), "Polka for the Pennant" (KQRS-FM), "The World Series Shuffle" (WCCO-AM), "Pennant Fever '87" (WCCO-AM), "A Matter of Pride" (WCCO-AM), "Voodoo Magic" (KQRS-FM), "Rev it Up" (KDWB-FM), "Homer Hanky" (Star Tribune), "Win Twins '87" (WCCO-AM/KMSP-TV) and "Win Twins Win" by Slave Raider (KJJO-FM) - 9 MB - ("Win Twins Win" provided by Jay Philpott)

5/3/09 KEGE-FM - The Edge (93.7) (1995) Legal IDs - 4 MB - Composite featuring Andy Savage (Savage Radio), Lisa Miller, Matt Hansen, Cane and Brian Davis - 12 MB

4/30/09 WCCO-AM (830) - Video of Roger Erickson interviewing his pig, Sheldon, at his farm (2004) - (provided by Paul Bergly)

4/25/09 WWTC-AM (1280) - Barry Siewert (1981) - 5 MB (plus a number of commercials including McDonald's "You Deserve a Break Today")

4/23/09 KDWB-AM (630) - Photos from 1976 (Provided by David Senechal) (Click on photo to enlarge)

KDWB Building

Brian Phoenix

Dynamite Dave

Jeff McKee

Joe Hager

Transmitter

4/18/09 WCCO-AM (830) - Phil Hendrie (1994) - More than 3 Hours! #1 37 MB #2 25 MB #3 29 MB #4 22 MB #5 25 MB #6 27 MB - (provided by Anthony Thompson)

4/18/09 KSTP-AM (1500) - NBC Radio coverage of the third stage separation of Apollo 11 (July 16 1969) - 8 MB - (provided by Todd Kosovich)

Listen to previously posted Apollo 11 airchecks here.

Remembering Steve Cannon - For airchecks, videos, newspaper links and more (click here)

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