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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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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 aircheckshere
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)
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 - #231 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
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rounded.
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