AIRCHECKS

KCFE-FM  (105.7) "The Cafe" Light Jazz Format - 5/19/1994 - Part 1 15 MB - Part 2  23 MB (provided by Paul Harner)

KCLD-AM/FM (1450/104.1) T-Shirt from the 1970s-1980s - (provided by Bob Vesely)

KDHL AM/FM (920/95.9 - Faribault, MN) - Mutual Broadcasting System's coverage of the "The Fight of the Century" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier (3/8/1971) #1 25 MB - #2 24 MB

KDHL-AM/FM (920/95.9 - Faribault, MN) - "Countryside with Rex Wilder" - 7/251987 - 20 MB (provided by Jim Beer)

You can also view a KARE-TV video of KDHL from 1987

KEEY-FM (102.1) - Hit Parade '69 jingle (provided by Jerry Geist)  Note: Audio quality is a bit rough, but a great historical clip.

KEEY-FM  (102.1) Hit Parade '71 - 1971 - 1 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KEEY-FM  (102.1) Beautiful Music - July 1976 - 5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KEEY-FM  (102.1) Beautiful Music - "Stop listening to WCCO Radio" announcement - Undated - 1 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

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

KEGE-FM (93.7) The Edge Flashback Lunch with Lisa Miller - 1994 - 1 MB (provided by Brian Carlson)

KEGE-FM (93.7) - "The Edge" liners and legal IDs (1995-1997)

Best New Music First - #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6   #7

Legal ID -  #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6

New Music Alternative -  #1   #2

93.7 The Edge - #1   #2

Forty minutes of continuous music - #1   #2

More:  Tower  -  Andy Savage  -  Freddy  -  Horse  -  Edge Set  -  Devil  -  Mix

KEGE-FM (93.7) The Edge - Andy Savage - 1995 - 15 MB (provided by Aircheckairwaves.com)

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

KFAN-AM (1130) - Jesse Ventura - The day after he was elected Governor of Minnesota - 11/4/1998 - 25 MB

KFMX-FM (104.1) Station ID and newscast about the Fall of Saigon - 4/30/1975 - 3 MB

KFMX-FM  (104.1) Jingles - 1977 - 1 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

KFMX-FM (104.1) - The Village People spent a morning show at KFMX on 6/14/1978 with PD Gary DeMaroney. 

This was 10 days before the release of "Macho Man" which was their first single. Three of  the members helped Gary with the news, weather, etc and talked about their group.  This was recorded when KFMX offered a light pop format 6 am-7 pm and broadcast disco 7 pm-6 am, about three months before they made the switch to disco full time in the Fall of 1978.  #1 8 MB   #2 9 MB   #3 10 MB   #4 19 MB

(provided by Scott Johnson and Jay Philpott) - Note: Airchecks #3 & #4 have the best audio quality.

KFMX-FM  (104.1) Disco - 1978 - 4 MB

KFMX-FM  (104.1) Disco - Pete Thompson, Bill Bauman, Gary DeMaroney, Grace Lorenzi, Jeff Collins 1979 - 4 MB (by Jay Philpott)

KFMX-FM  (104.1) Disco - Jay Philpott 6/28/1979 - 6 MB

KFXN-AM (The Score 690) - Sign off announcement (including a Jesse Ventura clip) - 2010 - 1 MB - KFXN-AM is a daytime only radio station

KJJO-FM  (104.1) Format change from country to rock with K102 commercial - Sept. 1983 - 4 MB

KJJO-FM  (104.1) "K-JO 104"  Twenty Years of Rock-and-Roll - Gary Rawn - 1/1/1985 - 3 MB

KJJO-FM (104.1) - Hot Rockin' 104 including two "Rock Check" segments - 1987 - 6 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KJJO-FM (104.1) Hot Rockin' 104 - Don Thompson -11/23/87 - 4 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KJJO-FM  (104.1) Hot Rockin' 104 Demo "Promo" Tape - 1988 - 4 MB (provided by Jay Philpott) (contains adult language)

KJJO-FM (104.1) Hot Rockin' 104 - J.J. Jeffries - Metal Shop - 4/23/88 - 4 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KJJO-FM  (104.1) Hot Rockin' 104 with a "Rock Check" segment - 1988 - 4 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KJJO-FM (104.1) - KJ104 broadcasting live from Lollapalooza '92 - 8/28/1992 - #1  #2  #3  #4  #5 (audio files range 10-15 MB) (provided by Brian Carlson) Note: Portions of the airchecks have some static due to the station's transmitter located in Somerset, WI at that time.

KJJO-FM (104.1) - End of "KJ104 Modern Rock" format with many of the announcers saying "goodbye" - 9/5/1992 - #1 14 MB - #2 15 MB (provided by Tom Wollenberg)

KKKC-AM (1470) Mark Jones - 1982 - .5 MB

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KLBB-AM (1400) - Del Roberts at the Frogtown Diner - 5/7/1988 - 17 MB (provided by Aircheckairwaves.com)

 

KLBB-AM (1400) Franklin Hobbs Tribute  Part 1 - Part 2 Part 3 - Part 4 (mp3 files: 7 to 14 MB) - 1995 - (provided by Missy Clark, Franklin's daughter)    (KLBB ad from 1985)

KLBB-AM (1400/1470) - "KLBB's Sessions at the Times" with Bick Smith (2004-2005) - 2 MB (provided by Bick Smith)

KLXK-FM (93.7) - Classic Hits - Jeff Collins - 6/12/1990 - 12 MB (provided by Aircheckairwaves.com)

KMFY-AM  (980) Start of new format  - 1984 - 2 MB

KNOW-FM (91.1) - NPR coverage of 9/11 attacks - (click here)

KNOW-FM (91.1) - "50 Years Since 'The Day the Music Died'" - Interviewing Charlie Boone and Bill Diehl - 1/29/2009 - 8 MB

KQQL-FM (107.9) - Start of KOOL 108 when the station played various versions of the song "Louie Louie" continuously - Sept 1988 - 5 MB (provided by Arne Shulstad)

KQQL-FM (107.9) - KOOL 108 - Sept 1989 - 6 MB (provided by Arne Shulstad)

KQQL-FM (107.9) - (KOOL 108) Scott Stevens 1995-1997 - 4 MB (provided by Scott Stevens)

KQQL-FM (107.9) Jim Brunette, Sue Falls, Michael J. Douglas, Bo Tarkenton, Adam Abrams, Dan Donovan, Lois Mae 1999 - 3 MB (by Curt Copeland)

KQQL-FM (107.9) - Dan Donovan - 2006 - 3 MB (provided by Caleb Hanson)

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KQQL-FM (107.9) - Introduction of "The New KOOL 108" (December 2006) 3 MB (provided by Caleb Hanson)  

KRSI-AM  (950) Music Radio I-95 - Jay Philpott - 1979 - 2 MB

KRSI-AM  (950) Music Radio I-95 - Gregg Swedberg, Craig Ashwood, Kelly Loring - 1979 - 4 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KRSI-AM  (950) Music Radio I-95 - Scott Klohn - 11/2/1979 - 11 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

KRSI-AM  (950) Music Radio I-95 - Craig Ashwood and Scott Klohn - 11/16/1979 - 8 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

KRSI-AM (950) T-Shirt - 1979 (provided by Bob Vesely)

KRSI-AM  (950) Music of Your Life - Scott Klohn - 1980 - 2 MB (provided by Tom Oszman)

KRSI-AM  (950) Hot Rock 950 AM - 1984 – First day of new format with Jerry Anderson - 2 MB (KRSI ad from 1985)

KRSI-AM (950) - "Request Radio" with Griff - 3/18/1985 - 3 MB (provided by Brian Carlson)

KRSI-FM (104.1) Ken Mills - 7/4/1973 -  Part 1 9.7 MB  -  Part 2 - 11 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KREV-FM / WREV-FM - REV 105 - (105.1, 105.3) - Mary Lucia - 5/2/1995 - 21 MB (provided by Aircheckairwaves.com)

KRXX-FM (93.7 - 93X) - Laura Gannon - (7/31/1992) 10 MB (provided by Aircheckairwaves.com)

KRXX-FM (93.7 - 93X) - The "O" Brothers - (8/11/1992) 23 MB (provided by Aircheckairwaves.com)

KSGS-AM (950) Solid Gold Soul - (1999) - #1 12 MB  #2  11 MB (provided by Mark Pfeifer)

KSJN-AM (1330) 1981 - Sign-off announcement (provided by Jim Beer)

KSJN-FM (91.1) "Minnesota Educational Radio" from 7/27/1973 - Station ID, promo, start of coverage of the Senate Watergate Hearings - 2 MB  and Newscast - 13 MB - Coverage of US military activities in Cambodia, pressure for President Nixon to release White House tapes, John Ehrlichman testimony at Watergate hearings, etc. (provided by Stuart Held)

KSJN-FM (91.1) - Newscast from 7/27/1973 including reports on the Senate Watergate Hearings (provided by Stuart Held)

KSJN-FM  (91.1) Ratings report on Twin Cities Radio - 1981 - 6 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

KSJN-FM  (91.1) Interview with Twins Baseball play-by-play announcer Herb Carneal1987 - 4 MB

KTCR-AM  (690) Jerry Cunning - 1969 - 3 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

KTCR-AM (690) Signoff - 1983 - .5 MB

KTCR-FM  (97.1) Rick Mason - Final Show - 5/9/1975 - 2 MB (provided by Rick Burnett)  Visit Rick's website for more airchecks of KTCR-FM and other Twin Cities radio stations:  twincitiesradioairchecks.com

KTCR-FM  (97.1) Country Music Format - February 1977 - 2 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

KTCR-FM-KTCZ-FM  (97.1) Format change from Country to Cities 97 w/K102 ads - February 7-8, 1984 - 2 MB - Newspaper article

KTCZ-FM (97.1) - Cities 97 station composite - 1988 - 5 MB

KTWN-FM (107.9) - Article about format switch from MOR to classical - Minneapolis Tribune 8/14/1974 - .5 MB PDF

KTWN-FM  (107.9) MOR format - approximately 1977 - 3 MB

KTWN-AM  (1470) Ralph Strangis - "The Ultimate Album Rock Station" - 1979 - 6 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

KTWN-AM  (1470) Jay Philpott - "The Ultimate Album Rock Station" - 10/8/1979 - 8 MB

KTWN-FM (107.9) Brad Piras - Oct. 1978 - 2 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

KTWN-FM (107.9) Progressive jazz format with Michele McKenzie - 1982 - 9 MB (provided by Jeff Blakeslee)

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KTWN-FM B-108  (107.9) First day as B108 - 9/24/83 - 1 MB -  Newspaper articles about KTWN-FM changing format from jazz to B-108

KUOM-AM (770) Sign off announcement - 2010 - <1 MB - KUOM-AM is a daytime only radio station

KXXR-FM 93X (93.7) Tawn Mastrey - undated - 4 MB (provided by JockConference.com)

KZNR-FM, KZNT-FM, KZNZ-FM: ZONE 105 (105.1. 105.3, 105.7) JP The Radio Slave - 6 MB (provided by Robert Konshak)

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WAKX-AM (1320) Tac Hammer - AM Superior/Duluth) - Sept. 30, 1965 -  Part 1 6 MB -  Part 2 - 9 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

WAVN-AM (1220) Sign-on/sign-off (1982) .5 MB - General Manager Hank Sampson's final Notebook show (1982) 12 MB (by Jim Beer)

WAVN Verification Letter

WAYL-FM (93.7) When KTWN-FM (see above) dropped its jazz format and switched to satellite pop music, WAYL-FM tried programming smooth jazz at night. This is a unique WAYL-FM clip going from beautiful music into mellow jazz, with announcer Beth Kidd (1983). 12 MB (provided by Jeff Blakeslee)  - Newspaper articles about WAYL-FM introducing an evening jazz show.

WAYL-FM (93.7) - Announcements and commercials - 12/24/1986 - 3 MB (provided by Jim Schrader)

WBOB-FM (100.3) - Comedy stunting programming (after Colfax Communications purchased the frequency from WCTS-FM and before the start of the "BOB 100" country music format) (5/4/1993) - 35 MB (provided by Aircheckairwaves.com)

WBOB-FM (100.3) - "Real Rock 100" - Station and Howard Stern show promos and intros - April 1997 - 2 MB

WCOW-AM (1590) Verification Card: 1951 JPG File (provided by CPRV)

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

WIXK-FM (107.1) - Sign-off announcement - 1987 (provided by Jim Beer)

WIXK-FM (107.1 - New Richmond, WI) - Pete Lakin (7/4/90) - 19 MB (provided by Jim Beer)

wmin music guide.jpg WMIN-AM (1400) Music Guide Brochure PDF 1970, Verification Cards: 1937 1941 1986 JPG File (by CPRV),

WMNN-AM (1330) Top of Hour - 2004 - .5 MB

WMNN-AM (1330)     Full Vocal Jingle (:65) 1 MB   -    Instrumental Jingle (:32)  -  Early 2000s - .5 MB  (provided by David Ocar)

WPBC-AM/FM (980 / 101.3) - Posted near bottom of U100 Radio page

WRAH-FM (101.3) - Posted near bottom of U100 Radio page

WRPX-AM (740 - Hudson, WI) - First Day / First Hour of broadcasting (12/14/1983) 18 MB (provided by Jim Beer)

WRRD-AM (1330) BIRTH OF 13 ROCK - Format switch from country to rock - Steve Shannon - July 1979 - 10 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

WRRD-AM (1330) 13 ROCK - 4th day of new format - July 1979 - 5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

  WRRD-AM (1330) T-Shirt - 1979 - (provided by Bob Vesely)

WTCN-AM (See WWTC-AM page)

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WTCX-FM (105.1) Drew Durigan - Jan.1994 - 2 MB

WTCX-FM (105.1) Saturday Night Fever with Drew Durigan (final show) (2/5/1994) #1 19 MB  #2 18 MB  #3 13 MB  #4 13 MB  #5 14 MB  #6 14 MB (provided by Brian Carlson) Note: Repeated commercials have been edited out. Be sure to visit Drew's aircheck website: Radio Geek Heaven.

WVLE-AM (1220) Sign-Off Announcement - 6/25/1983 - 1 MB

WVLE-AM (1220) Newscast (1984) 2 MB  (provided by Jim Beer)

WXPT-FM (104.1) - 104.1 The Point with Amy & Cheeks (Amy is Amy Daniels and Cheeks is Chris Shaffer who is now a weatherman at WCCO-TV) - (2000) - 13 MB (provided by Jerry Geist) 

WXPT-FM (104.1) - MIX 104.1 ID/jingles (April 2005)  <1 MB (provided by Caleb Hanson)


MISC. RECORDINGS & MORE


Twin Cities AM Station Scan - May 2010

Recording length 5 minutes - 5 MB

Most recordings include top of the hour legal IDs and more.

630    WREY – Radio Rey

690    KFXN – The Score

740    WDGY – The True Oldies Channel

770    KUOM – Radio K

830    WCCO – News Radio

900    KTIS – Faith 900

950    KTNF – Voice of Minnesota

980    KKMS – Twin Cities Christian Talk

1030  WCTS – Central Baptist Theological Seminary

1130  KFAN – The Fan

1220  KLBB – Music of Your Life

1280  WWTC – The Patriot

1330  WLOL – Relevant Radio

1400  KMNV – Radio La Invasora (also 1470 AM)

1440  KDIZ – Radio Disney

1500  KSTP – ESPN

1530  KQSP – La Picosa

1570  KYCR – Business Radio

1600  KPNP – Hmong Radio

 

Twin Cities FM Station Scan - May 2010

Recording length 14 minutes - 14 MB

Includes HD channels.

Most recordings include top of the hour legal IDs and more.

88.5    KBEM – Jazz 88 FM

89.3    KCMP – The Current (MPR)

89.3    KCMP HD2 – Wonderground Radio (MPR)

89.9    KMOJ – The Peoples Station

90.3    KFAI – Fresh Air Radio (also 106.7)

90.7    KLOV/K214DF – K-LOVE

91.1    KNOW – News (MPR)

91.1    KNOW HD2 – Radio Heartland (MPR)

91.1    KNOW HD3 – BBC

91.5    WJRF/K218DK – The Refuge

92.5    KQRS – Minnesota’s Classic Rock

92.5    KQRS HD2 – Bear Country

93.7    KXXR – 93X Rocks

93.7    KXXR HD2 – The Machine

94.5    KSTP – KS95

95.3    KNOF – PraiseFM

96.3    KHTC – 96.3 NOW Hit Music

97.1    KTCZ – Cities 97

97.1    KTCZ HD2 – Studio HD acoustic

98.5    KTIS – Christian Contemporary

98.5    KTIS HD2 – The Remnant

98.5    KTIS HD3 – Legacy HD3

99.5    KSJN – Classical (MPR)

99.5    KSJN HD2 – Classical 24 (MPR)

100.3  KTLK – FM News Talk

100.3  KTLK HD2 – The Wolf classic rock

100.3  KTLK HD3 – KFAN-AM

100.7  KUOM/W264BR (also 770/104.5/106.5)

101.3  KDWB – Hit Music

101.3  KDWB HD2 – The Party Zone

102.1  KEEY – K102 Country

102.1  KEEY HD2 – K102 New Country

102.5  KHRI/K273BH – Air One Radio

102.9  WLTE – Lite FM

102.9  WLTE HD2 – WCCO-AM

104.1  KZJK – Jack FM

104.1  KZJK HD2 – Pure Jazz

105.7  WGVZ  – LOVE 105 (also 105.1/105.3)

106.1  KLCI – BOB FM Total Country

106.1  KLCI HD2 KBGY-FM La Mera Buena

106.5  KDXL – St. Louis Park High School

107.1  KTMY – myTalk 107.1

107.9  KQQL – KOOL 108

107.9  KQQL HD2 – KOOL One-Oh-Eighties

 

Twin Cities Radio IDs - February 1977 - 6 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

ABC Radio Network (provided by Jeff Miller)

ABC cueing tone (date unknown)

ABC Radio Network ID (1960s)

ABC Radio News sounder (1960s)

ABC Radio Network ID (1960s)

ABC Radio Network ID (1960s)

ABC Radio Network ID (1960s)

ABC newscast sign-off along with a Christmas Network promo (date unknown)

ABC announcing the end of  the ABC Radio Network.  (12/31/1967) Next day the American Contemporary Radio Network started American Contemporary Radio Network news sounder (late 1960s)

American Contemporary Radio Network closing news sounder (late 1960s)

American Contemporary Radio newscast (3/29/69)

American FM Radio Network newscast (3/29/69)

American Entertainment Radio Network news sounder (date unknown)

ABC Information Radio Network news sounder (1980-1994)

ABC Information Radio Network news sounder (1994-2001)

ABC Information Radio Network news sounder (2001-Present)


Visit Jeff Roteman's ABC Radio News website for more history.

NBC Radio News Sounders (provided by Jeff Miller) - All clips <1 MB unless specified

NBC Chimes (undated) #1    #2

1950-1970

1970

1971-1972

1973-1980

1975-1980 (4 sounders) - 2 MB

1975-mid 1980s

On Tuesday, August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the United States and her allies. President Truman decided that he

would not broadcast, but would allow the four radio networks to announce the good news. All broadcasts from inside the White House were banned.  President Truman called the reporters into the oval office, told them the news and the race to the telephones was on! The newsrooms of ABC and Mutual relied on the speed of the wire services. NBC and CBS kept open phone lines from the White House press room. The four clips below are from around 6 p.m. Central War Time that night as the news reached the network studios. This is believed to be the first time the surrender news from all four networks has been available in one place. The NBC material was recently discovered by Todd Kosovich, who provided all these clips.

ABC 10 MB - NBC 2 MB -  CBS 1 MB - MUTUAL 1 MB

Campbell Mithun samples (montage) of commercials that they produced through the years. The tape was produced in 1983 for their 50th anniversary

Dan Donovan - Career Composite Sample (WMEX-AM/Boston, WFIL-AM/Philadelphia, KSTP-FM/Twin Cities, KQQL-FM/Twin Cities) - 3 MB (provided by Curt Copeland)

Guindon cartoons from Minneapolis Tribune on WCCO-AM, KDWB-FM, KEEY-FM (beautiful music) - Mid to late 1970s PDF

Jesse Ventura for Governor Commercials - 1998 (1 MB each) - Jesse's Theme Jesse + Abe - Insignificant I believe - Economics (provided by Jay Philpott)

Coverage of the death of John Lennon (click here)

KVSC-FM (St. Cloud, MN 88.5 FM) - (1980) 1st Trivia Weekend 4 MB  -  Station ID .5 MB

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MONTAGE MANIA:  A special contribution by Jay Philpott (click here)

Twin Cities Radio Dial Cards

KEEY-FM  (1973) 1 MB PDF (provided by Brian Carlson)

KQRS-FM (1974) 1 MB PDF (provided by Brian Carlson)

Budget Rent-A-Car (1977) 1 MB PDF (provided by Jay Philpott)

WAYL-FM (1978) 3 MB PDF (provided by Jay Philpott)

WAYL-FM (1979) 1 MB PDF (provided by Jay Philpott)

Star Tribune article: "Fine Tuning Drive Time Disc Jockeys" (7/14/1981)   #1 -  #2  PDF Files (provided by Jay Philpott)

 

The Breeze - Demo Tapes

1988 - The Breeze Radio Network - 16 MB

1990 - The Breeze Special - 6 MB

Tom Bodett -The End of The Road - Old Log Theater (1989) (click here)
 
Unidentified Station - This aircheck is dated May 23-24, 1947. It consists of a newscast; live commercials for Shredded Wheat, Libby’s, Crisco and Ovaltine; Gopher sports show with Bernie Bierman and portion of a Gopher Maroon-Gold spring football broadcast. The announcer is Earl Moseman (sp?). Our guess is that the aircheck is from WMIN-AM or WTCN-AM. If anyone can provide any additional information on this recording, please contact us.  18 MB  (provided by Stuart Held)
 
twin city radio weekly 3-7-1931 open.jpg Twin City//Northwest Radio Weekly Magazine - 3/7/1931 PDF 4 MB -  4/18/1931 PDF 3 MB - 5/2/1931 PDF 3 MB

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