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WWTC AM

(Also WRMH-AM and WTCN-AM)

PRE-WWTC-AM:

WRMH-AM:

WRHM-AM (1250) - "Rosedale Hospital Minneapolis" - (photo taken sometime between 1930-1934). WRHM later became WTCN-AM (eventually moving to 1280 AM) followed by WWTC-AM. Note that WWTC-AM returned to the Wesley Temple building in the early 1980s (see 1980s photo here). (provided by Alan Freed)

WTCN-AM/FM

WTCN-AM (1250) Verification Card: (1935) (provided by CPRV)

WTCN-AM (1250) Station profile (12/27/1936) 6 MB PDF

WTCN-AM (1250) - QSL verification card 1938 - JPEG

Note: The station also broadcast in the upper portion of the shortwave spectrum (26,050 kHz), then called the APEX radio band. Read more here.

WTCN-AM (1280) - Ad in St. Paul Pioneer Press promoting station local announcers (5/12/1946) - 1 MB PDF

WTCN-FM (97.1) - Program schedule from January 26 to February 1, 1947- PDF file (provided by Tom Oszman)

The 97.1 FM frequency in Minneapolis is one of the oldest in the Twin Cities, having been established in 1947. The original call letters were WTCN-FM to match its AM sister station, now WWTC-AM. (per Wikipedia)

WWTC-AM:

WWTC-AM verification letter from 1964 (provided by CPRV)

WWTC-AM SAMPLE OF PROGRAMMING FROM 1972-1975

Paul Stagg (1971) - Paul Stagg - 2 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Jingle + Promo (1972) 313 KB

Jingle (1972) 262 KB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Fast Eddie Wake-Up Call (1972) 1 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Glen Olson (1975) Glen's final show and the final day of music format before switching to All News Radio format - 9 MB

ALL NEWS RADIO

"All News Radio" With WAYL-FM Promo (1976) 1 MB - (WWTC-AM News Radio and WAYL-FM Beautiful Music were owned by different companies, but for awhile cross promoted each other)

News Radio Format (1/23/1976) - #1 24 MB - #2 26 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

NewsRadio - (1977) - 6 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Bob Allard (1978) 2 MB (opening segment provided by Bob Rivard)

Bob Allard Show (Interviews Steve Martinson of American Nazi Party) - 7/14/1978 - #1 40 MB - #2 45 MB (provided by Jeff Lonto)

Bob Allard + Newscast (7/15/1978) - 7 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Bob Allard Show (Local Restaurants and Food Fest) (7/19/1978) - #1 29 MB - #2 28 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Bob Allard Show (Interviews Kim Andrew Elliott about shortwave listening) (8/26/1978) - #1 38 MB - #2 38 MB - #3 25 MB - #4 26 MB

Bob Allard Show (Open Phone Lines/Christmas Day) (12/25/1978) - #1 29 MB - #2 29 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Bob Allard Show (One of Bob's final shows) (2/21/1979) - #1 29 MB - #2 27 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Article about WWTC News Radio (7/15/1975) Appeared in Illustrator News - .5 MB PDF

WWTC-AM - News Radio "News" Summary - 1977 JPEG (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Consultant Report (1979) This fascinating report provided by a national consultant gives an analysis of the Twin Cities radio market in 1979 and the reasons for WWTC-AM to discontinue the "All News Format" in favor of an oldies format - .5 MB PDF

SPLENDID BLEND

Montage of Announcers (1979 including Dave Hellerman, Deanna Love, etc.) 3 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

THE GOLDEN ROCK

The Golden Rock Sales Demo (1979) 2 MB

The Golden Rock Sales Demo (1982) 4 MB

Steve Bowman - "Late Night Dedications" (1980-1981) - A collection of 160 recordings:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 - (mp3 files 1-5 MB) (Provided by Larry "Hutch" Hutchinson and Twin Cities eMedia).

Steve Bowman (Oct. 1981) 3 MB

Steve Bowman Obituary PDF (1986)

Roger Bull (1/20/1983) - 15 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Roger Bull (11/5/1984) 4 MB

Roger Bull (11/6/1984) 2 MB

Scott Carpenter (March 1980) 3 MB (provided by Tom Oszman)

Susan Carr (Jan.1982 - including interview with Paul Revere) 9 MB

Chickenman Sales Demo (Early 1980s) 5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

BJ Crocker (10/8/1980) - 25 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

BJ Crocker (1981) 18 MB

BJ Crocker - "Golden Top 40 Countdown" (all broadcast in 1981):

Featuring week of Aug. 29, 1957 Songs 40 to 26 14 MB - Songs 25 to 11 14 MB - Songs 10 to 1 9 MB (by Joe Nechanicky)

Featuring week of Oct. 31, 1960 Songs 40 to 27 11 MB - Songs 26 to 16 9 MB - Songs 16 to 1 8 MB (by Joe Nechanicky)

Featuring week of Sept. 26, 1962 including an interview with Steve Ward of The Trashmen - Songs 40 to 26 14 MB - Songs 25 to 12 12 MB - Songs 11 to 1 16 MB (provided by Joe Nechanicky)

Featuring the week of Sept. 5, 1964 including an interview with Gregory Dee of Gregory Dee And The Avanties - Songs 40 to 27 16 MB - Songs 26 to 24 7 MB - Songs 23 to 10 10 MB - Songs 9 to 1 10 MB (provided by Joe Nechanicky with with audio enhancement of the first two segments by Mark Durenberger). Note: The audio can be a bit scratchy at times because this aircheck was recorded outside of the Twin Cities metro in Owatonna, MN.

Featuring week of Oct. 24, 1965 - Songs 39 to 33 21 MB - Songs 32 to 21 23 MB - Songs 11 to 1 19 MB

Featuring week of Sept. 19, 1968 - Songs 40 to 25 11 MB - Songs 24 to 13 11 MB (provided by Joe Nechanicky)

BJ Crocker (1981) 4 MB - The conclusion of the WWTC/Coca Cola Golden Top 40 Countdown. Throughout the morning, BJ counted

down the top 40 songs from that day in 1965. However, as he went to play the #1 song, the cart was not cued up. Listen how he handled and recovered from that moment.

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BJ Crocker (1/20/1983) - 15 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

BJ Crocker (Nov. 1984) 4 MB

BJ Crocker (11/9/1984) - Final Show 3 MB

Dick Driscoll "Flying Officer Nelson" Demo (1979) 2 MB

Dick Driscoll & Arne Fogel (Oct. 1980) Taking calls on release of John Lennon's "Starting Over" - 4 MB (by Jeff R. Lonto)

Dick Driscoll "Flying Officer Nelson" (1981) 2 MB

Dick Driscoll (6/30/1981) - #1 9 MB - #2 11 MB

Dick Driscoll (5/7/1982) - 15 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes Mutual newscast at end of aircheck. Includes commercials for Esteban’s Mexican Restaurant, Hansord Downtown Pontiac, Hamburger Joint, LaBelle’s, Youngstedts, Sugar Free Rondo, Western Airlines, Burch Pharmacy & Gift, Bel Furniture Showrooms, Allied Van Lines, Campbell’s Crispy Soup, True Value/Eveready Batteries, and Ramada.

Alan Freed (1982) 2 MB

Nancy Gallos (8/14/1982) Final Show 5 MB

Steve Garren (1984) - 3 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Mary Hatcher (6/30/81) Final Show 8 MB

Brad Piras (Aug. 1980) Including Flying Officer Nelson & The Maintenance Man - 7 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

"Ugly" Del Roberts (11/9/1984) 4 MB

Nancy Rosen (4/19/81) Final Show 4 MB

Michael Ryan and Steve Bowman (Nov. 1981 during Twin Cities ice storm) 9 MB

Michael Ryan (12/24/1981) 3 MB

Barry Siewert (1981) 12 MB

Barry Siewert (1981) - 5 MB (plus a number of commercials including McDonald's "You Deserve a Break Today")

Scott Stevens (1983) 5 MB (provided by Scott Stevens)

Don Thompson (Dec. 1981) 8 MB

Rate card (1/1981) and ratings research (Oct/Nov 1980) PDF

Article about "The Golden Rock" (12/19/1980) Appeared in Sweet Potato - 1 MB PDF

WWTC-AM Class Reunion Ad - 1983 JPEG (provided by Curt Lundgren)

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