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WDGY-AM

(all 1130 AM unless otherwise noted)

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AIRCHECKS

7/14/1938 

WDGY's (1180 AM) coverage of Howard Hughes landing at Minneapolis' 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 - 8 MB - (provided by Todd Kosovich)

1956 

Jingles - 2 MB (provided by Stuart Held)

9/7/56

Aircheck including WDGY's attempt to contact the planet Mars and more - 16 MB

1960

CRC Jingles - 3 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger and Mark Fuller)

1960

CRC Jingles  - 6 MB (provided by Mark Fuller)

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Early 1960s

PAMS - "Little Girl" Liners - 6 MB (provided by Mark Fuller)

Early 1960s

Wonderful WDGY Jingles - 3 MB

1960s

Various jingles from the 1960s including singing jingles for Perry St. John, Johnny Canton, Scott Burton, Diamond Jim Dandy, George Young and more - 3 MB (provided by Jonathan Sucha)

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1/6/1961

Bill Diehl including lots of great jingles - 23 MB

1963

Perry St. John  - 10 MB (provided by Mark Fuller)

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7/3/1963

Hal Raymond - 14 MB (provided by Stuart Held)

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7/10/1963

Bill Diehl - 8 MB (provided by Phil Kitchen)

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February 1964

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

At the very end of the above WDGY interview with Tony Andreason, Bill Diehl references the new Music Survey that has Freddy Cannon's Abigail Beecher at No. 13.  Here is a link to the WDGY Music Survey on Oldiesloon from Sunday, February 22, 1964 which shows the song in that position. 

 
July 7 & 8, 1964
Sam Babcock counting down the "Tall Tiger Top 50." Included are many commercials and jingles. You will also hear the influence The Beatles had on the station's programming.  #1 29 MB - #2  27 MB  (provided by Phil Kitchen) Phil says that the aircheck was recorded on a Wollensak tape recorder with an audio cable clipped to the speaker terminals of a Setchell Carlson tube table radio.
 

1965

Wonderful WDGY jingles - 3 MB

1965

All American Jingles - 2 MB

1965

Mort Crowley -  Part 1 10 MB  -  Part 2 11 MB

December 1966

Johnny Canton - 8 MB (provided by Aaron Mintz)

5/25/1968

Diamond Jim Dandy (final show). Part 1 with newscasters George Young - Part 2 with newscaster Curtis J. Johnson. - Part 1 16 MB - Part 2 9 MB

1971

Jimmy Reed - 8 MB

December 1972

Boom Boom Bailey - 9 MB

5/2/1972

Charley Van Dyke and Donald K. Martin - 10 MB (provided by Donald K. Martin)

September 1974

Wolfman Jack live in studio on the Jimmy Reed Show - 7 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

1975

Donald K. Martin - 16 MB (provided by Donald K. Martin)

July 1975

Catman (Tom Barnard) - 8 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

October 1975

Catman (Tom Barnard) - 6 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

1977

Catman (Tom Barnard) - 2 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

9/2/1977

Format change from Top 40 to Country - Part 1 8 MB  -  Part 2 8 MB (provided by Jay Philpott & Bob Rivard)

October 1978

Jimmy Reed - Country - 5 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

January 1991

Sports Warp with Guy Green and Greg Harrington (1991) - Part 1 14 MB - Part 2 14 MB (provided by Brian Keenan)

1991

News Radio/Sports Radio IDs and various promos - 2 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

March 1992

Automated country music format - (630 AM) - 10 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

1992

WDGY-AM - KDWB-FM (630/101.3) Rare station IDs that mention both call letters - .5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

2006

WDGY Radio Rey ID (630 AM) - Spanish Programming

2008

WDGY Jingle (740 AM) - True Oldies Channel

PRINTED MATERIALS

WDGY-AM (1130) - Music Surveys (PDF files) 

      * = provided by Kirk Morgan

Happy Hollow Boys brochure (1930) - PDF

WDGY QSL 1945 (provided by CPRV)

Station profile 1951 -  1 MB

The History of WDGY Radio 126 page 1970 master's thesis Jerry Verne Haines 4 MB PDF

WDGY-AM T-Shirt from the 1970s-1980s - click on image to enlarge - provided by Bob Vesely:

VIDEOS

PHOTOS

The following WDGY-AM North Country Radio images are scanned from a children's book called "Careers with a Radio Station" (written in 1983 by Mark Lerner with photographs by Milton J. Blumenfeld). Click on photos to enlarge.