KSTP-AM (1460 kHz) - Wendell Hall, The Pineapple Picador. NBC Blue network. This is the oldest known surviving broadcast recording that aired on KSTP-AM. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple ("Hawaiian Sea Beads Necklace" premium). "The Red Headed Music Maker" presents a program of ballads written by himself. The broadcast originates from Chicago and was heard twice a week on KSTP. 10 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)
A great collection of recordings/airchecks of Bee Baxter (Beatrice Meyer) from 1942-1955 with many submitted by her son Roger Meyer. These recordings contain program content from two periods of radio broadcasts on KSTP AM (1500) Minneapolis/St. Paul and KSOO-AM (1140) Sioux Falls, SD. Her KSTP program titles were "The Household Forum" and the "Saturday Smorgasbord." During her seven years in Sioux Falls, her program was called "The Bee Baxter Program." Broadcasts in the Twin Cities took place from the KSTP studios, while Baxter's half hour broadcasts at KSOO emanated from her home address kitchen via a dedicated phone line hookup. Read more about Bee Baxter here (you can also read expanded descriptions of the airchecks at the bottom of the Bee Baxter page). Some of the recordings, such as the KSTP 1955 aircheck, also include commercials.
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KSTP-AM - Announcement of the the birth of Bee's twins recorded from KSTP broadcast at the beginning of "The Household Forum" - March 12, 1942 - 2 MB (provided by Roger Meyer)
KSTP-AM - Private send-off production with Jimmy Valentine, Leonard Leigh, Cal Karnstedt and others in a specially written script written by those announcers. This "live but private production" was never broadcast and makes its first public appearance here. The script contains many insider references to Baxter's family and social history -- some true, and some fantasy - 1945 - 9 MB (provided by Roger Meyer)
KSOO-AM - Announcement by Murray Stewart of the birth of Bee's daughter, Debbie - 9/15/1948 - 3 MB (provided by Roger Meyer)
KSOO-AM - Thanksgiving broadcast - 1950 - 17 MB (provided by Roger Meyer)
KSTP-AM - Bee Baxter/Mary McLeod Bethune interview - 1954 - 9 MB (provided by Roger Meyer)
KSTP-AM - "Roger's Music" - Bee Baxter with her son, Roger - 1955 - 11 MB (provided by Roger Meyer)
6/6/1944
Brooks Henderson - A report on local reaction to D-Day broadcast nationally the evening of D-Day as part of an NBC Round-Up of reactions around the country - 3 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)
10/24/1949
Newscast followed by "The Lighter Side of the News" - 7 MB
Vocal Jingle - .5 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger)
1965-1966
Paul Jay and
Jane Johnston #1 21 MB - #2 21 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)
Includes commercials for Anjou Pears, Minnesota Church Radio Television Committee, KSTP Bingo, Gain Belt Beer, Salem Cigarettes, St, Paul Pioneer Press, Hamm’s Beer and Downtown Minneapolis.
Dick Pomerantz interviews KSTP-TV anchor Stan Turner - #116 MB - #219 MB
9/12/1983
SportsTalk with Patrick Reusse and Joe Soucheray - #122 MB #2 19 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)
Includes commercials for Minolta Beta 450Z copier, MetroPhone Pocket Pager, KSTP Vikings Newsline, The Connection House Hunter, Dick Pomerantz Show, Miller Mortgage Company, C.O.M.B and Minnesota North Star Hockey on KSTP. Part 2 ends with an ABC Newscast report about the aftermath of the Soviet Union shooting down Korean Air Lines flight 007.
Monday Night Sports Talk 3rd anniversary program with Patrick Reusse and Joe Soucheray including bits and more broadcast over the previous
three years. #1#2#3#4 (mp3 files range from 18-22 MB) (provided by Chuck Spear)
Includes ABC newscasts, weather updates by John MacDougall, Duck feature by Dennis Anderson and commercials for Leinenkugel Beer (voiced by Ray Scott), Travel Pursuit, The Map Store, Prime Computer, Whirlpool, Kenwood Isles Apartments, Schmidt Beer, SuperAmerica, Twin Cities Chevy Dealers, Campbell’s Soup, Minnesota North Stars, and Guthrie Theater production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor."
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)
Tuesday Night Sports Babble including Greg Harrington, Guy Green and Dan Rowles with sports personality impersonations including Lou Holtz,
Jerry Burns, Kirby Puckett, Keith Jackson, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Dick Vitale and Sid Hartman - broadcast in December 1989. 21 MB (provided by Bryan Olson)
1991
Very funny and also "a little edgy" promo sampler of station personalities and programming including Don Vogel, Turi Rider, etc. - 5 MB (promos produced and provided by Ben Patrick Johnson)
1992
Don Vogel & Tom Mischke - Part 111 MB - Part 211 MB (provided by David Ocar)
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 (provided by Tom Oszman) Be sure to visit Tom's aircheck website: TC Media Now.
1995
Best of Don Vogel - #1 23 MB #2 22 MB(provided by Tom Oszman - TC Media Now)
A 1971 magazine ad promoting station personalities including Steve Cannon, Dan Hertsgaard, Charlie Bush, Bob DeHaven, etc. (3/14/1971) PDF File.(provided by Brian Carlson)
Chuck Knapp and Michael J. Douglas with announcements about KS95 becoming the radio play-by-play home of the Minnesota Vikings including an interview with Bud Grant - 20 MB
Carl Lensgraf and Michael J. Douglas. Plus weather with Karen Filloon and traffic with Art Reeder - #1 17 MB - #2 15 MB
(provided by Curt Lundgren). Includes commercials for Winterbrook Seltzer, Lyndale Hardware, NSP, Tires Plus,
Tesseract
School, Twin Cities Oldsmobile Dealers, Abbott Northwestern Medformation, Dayton's semi-annual home sale, Minnesota Dairy Promotion Council/American Dairy Association and Our Own Hardware.