WCCO RADIO - April 29, 1986

Enjoy 20 hours of programming as heard on WCCO-AM on April 29, 1986. Listen to WCCO Radio broadcasting legends including Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson, Steve Cannon, Chuck Lilligren, Joyce Lamont, Tim Russell, Ruth Koscielak, Curt Lundgren, David Hop, Joe McFarlin, and others. Also included is a Minnesota Twins game with Herb Carneal and Joe Angel, along with news reports and updates throughout the day on the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion.

These recordings were digitized from a slow-speed “logger” reel-to-reel tape maintained by WCCO. As a result, the audio is not studio quality, but rather resembles what it may have sounded like on a small AM transistor radio. We hope you enjoy this remarkable audio journey back in time. Music has been scoped.

4:00–5:00 AM: Joe McFarlin. Includes CBS News, weather with Shari Akemann, and commercials for Compoz, Cuticura Medicated Soap, Webb Arnold Markman & Company, Comfo Rest, Franklin Minnesota Tax-Free Income Fund, Kitchens by Phoenix, Liberace at Northrop Auditorium, and Mineral Ice.

5:00–6:00 AM: Top of the Morning Show with Chuck Lilligren and Roger Erickson. Includes CBS Radio News with Bill Lynch, WCCO News, farm news, weather with Shari Akemann, Sharing the Faith, CBS Sports World Roundup, and commercials for Phillips 66, Murine Eye Drops, Sanka Decaffeinated Coffee, Gates Belts, ChemLawn, Sencor, TropArtic Motor Oil, Ford and Lincoln-Mercury Dealers, Ciba-Geigy, Rumatel Dairy Dewormer by Pfizer, NSP, Sears, Liberty Mutual Insurance, the Minnesota Twins, and Vikingland Dodge Dealers.

6:00–7:00 AM: Top of the Morning Show with Roger Erickson and Bill Farmer. Includes CBS News with Charles Osgood, the "Good Morning Song," weather with Milt Lefebvre, sports with Ray Christensen, traffic with Dean Spratt, WCCO News with Chuck Lilligren, Curt Zimmerman with livestock markets, and Tim Moreland and Paul Flatley reporting on the NFL Draft. Commercials include GM Mr. Goodwrench, Alka-Seltzer, Sears, Mita Copiers, WCCO-TV, Marie Lu Biscuits, Kline Oldsmobile, State Farm, Ripon Good Cookies, Canterbury Downs, Mobil, Lunds, Pioneer Midwest, American Dairy Association, Old Home Sour Cream, and Delta.

7:00–8:00 AM: The Morning News. Includes CBS World News Roundup with Bill Lynch, Tim Moreland and Paul Flatley reporting on the NFL Draft, weather with Milt Lefebvre, WCCO News with Steve Murphy, Ray Christensen and Dick Chapman, traffic with Dean Spratt, sports with Ray Christensen, the Piper Jaffray Report, the WCCO Almanac, and Good Neighbor with Dick Chapman. Commercials include Northwest Orient Airlines, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Mobil, Apple Macintosh Plus, Cooper Tires, Wally McCarthy Pontiac GMC, Banvel Herbicide, Peterson Pontiac, St. Mary's and St. Joseph's Hospitals, and Canterbury Downs.

8:00–9:00 AM: Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson. Includes WCCO News with Ray Christensen, Tim Moreland and Paul Flatley reporting on the NFL Draft, weather with Milt Lefebvre, traffic with Dean Spratt, and ag market reports with Chuck Lilligren. Commercials include Roseville Chrysler Plymouth, Pannekoeken, WCCO-TV, Brick Distributors of Minnesota, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Midwest Federal, ACDelco, Bloomington Acura, American Family Insurance, Breezy Point, ZM Skin Care, Tires Plus, and Morrie's Mazda.

9:00–10:00 AM: Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson. Includes CBS Radio News with Judy Muller, weather with Milt Lefebvre, Tim Moreland reporting on the NFL Draft, a Newsbreak with Charles Osgood, ag market reports with Chuck Lilligren, and WCCO News with Ray Christensen. Commercials include Sears, Purex, Sanka, Businessland, Ford and Lincoln-Mercury Dealers, Wally McCarthy Oldsmobile, United Airlines, Torgerson Holiday Inns in Willmar and Fairmont, Liberace at Northrop Auditorium, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Bayer Aspirin, Hartz Pet Collar, Share Senior Care, Marie Lu Biscuits, Thorn Apple Valley Meats, Midas, John Deere, and Morrie's Mazda.

10:00–11:00 AM: Charlie Boone. Includes CBS Radio News with Christopher Glenn, an interview with Colonel Roger Ledding of the Minnesota Highway Patrol, weather with Milt Lefebvre, the WCCO Business Update, ag market reports with Chuck Lilligren, and Joyce Lamont's Best Buys. Commercials include True Value Hardware, Ramada, Kelly Services, Farmers Insurance, Wellington Apartments, Pella Windows, Calico Corners, Thorn Apple Valley Meats, Twins Silver Sweepstakes rules, A Chorus Line at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Wayzata Marine, Old Home, American Tours, Baker's Square, and Breezy Point.

11:00 AM–12:00 PM: Curt Lundgren filling in on The Howard Viken Show. Includes CBS News with Doug Poling, weather with Milt Lefebvre, The Osgood File with Charles Osgood, the WCCO Young Achiever, NFL Draft coverage with Tim Moreland, Tom Flemming and Associates, and WCCO News with Ray Christensen. Commercials include Delcalax, Ramada, GM Mr. Goodwrench, Mutual Insurance, St. Mary's and St. Joseph's Hospitals, Ripon Good Cookies, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Aware Gold, Orchestra Hall Night at the Pops, Nokomis Square Cooperative, GE National Appliance Month, True Value Hardware, Di-Gel Antacid Tablets, TCF, Swenson Furniture, Wally McCarthy Pontiac GMC, Gabbert's, Nature's Harvest Breads, Menards, Creamette, and Sencor Herbicide.

12:00–1:00 PM: Curt Lundgren and Chuck Lilligren filling in on The Howard Viken Show. Includes CBS News with Christopher Glenn, a CBS NetAlert Update, weather with Milt Lefebvre, the AAA Road Report, Curt Zimmerman with the Stockyards Market Report, the WCCO Business Update, WCCO News with Ray Christensen, News Notes and Comment with Harry Reasoner, and Chuck Lilligren with the grain market update. Commercials include International Star Registry, Motorcraft from Ford, Sears, Goodman's Jewelers, Delta Air Lines, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Pioneer Seeds, Sencor, WCCO-TV, Midwest Federal, Carrier Dealers, True Value Hardware, Sanka Decaffeinated Coffee, Seniors Plus, Torgerson Holiday Inns in Willmar and Fairmont, and Rumatel Dairy Dewormer by Pfizer.

1:00–2:00 PM: Ruth Koscielak and Tim Russell. Includes CBS News with Douglas Edwards, weather with Milt Lefebvre, CBS Health Talk, an interview with John B. Davis Jr., Superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools and former executive director of the Children's Theatre Company, Curt Zimmerman with the Stockyards Market Report, and WCCO News with Ruth Koscielak. Commercials include Gates Belts, Sears, WCCO-TV, Wally McCarthy Oldsmobile, Calico Corners, Seniors Plus, Liberace at Northrop Auditorium, Bayer Aspirin, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Hopkins Dodge, Menards, and Columbia Heights Mall.

2:00–3:00 PM: Ruth Koscielak and Tim Russell. Includes CBS News with Doug Poling, weather with Milt Lefebvre, CBS Your Dollars with Marshall Loeb, an interview with Walton Stanley and Jim Hahn about the play Biography at the Illusion Theater, Curt Zimmerman with the Stockyards Market Report, Jack Farrell from Haskell's with Entertaining Ideas, and WCCO News with Ruth Koscielak. Commercials include Big A Auto Parts, Verbal Advantage, Bayer Aspirin, True Value Hardware, Larry Reid's White Bear Dodge Center, The Ford and Lincoln-Mercury Dealers, The Connection, Canterbury Downs, Mita Copiers, Purex, American Family Insurance, WCCO-TV, Marie Lu Biscuits, Calico Corners, and Morrie's Mazda.

3:00–4:00 PM: The Steve Cannon Cannon Mess. Includes CBS News with Christopher Glenn, weather with Mike Lynch, traffic with Dean Spratt, and WCCO News with Steve Cannon. Commercials include Liberty Mutual Insurance, Mita Copiers, Kelly Services, Marie Lu Biscuits, Mobil, Roseville Chrysler Plymouth, Rottlund Homes, Prudential, Hopkins Dodge, WCCO-TV, Instant Office Furniture, and the Ford and Lincoln-Mercury Dealers.

4:00–5:00 PM: Steve Cannon -  Cannon Mess. Includes CBS News with Douglas Edwards, weather with Mike Lynch, traffic with Dean Spratt, Today's Sports Hero with Sid Hartman and Kirby Puckett, and the WCCO News and Business Report with Dick Chapman. Commercials include Hartz Flea Collar, Gates Belts, International Star Registry, North Star Ice, United Airlines, Torgerson Holiday Inns in Willmar and Fairmont, Wally McCarthy Pontiac GMC, AT&T Small Business Connection, Midwest Federal, Mr. Steak, WCCO-TV with Dave Moore, Nissan, Northwest Orient Airlines, Mita Copiers, John Deere, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, New Beginnings at Waverly, Apple Macintosh Plus, Park National Bank, ZM Skin Care, and Cooper Tires.

5:00–6:00 PM: Steve Cannon -  Cannon Mess. Includes WCCO News with Dick Chapman, weather with Mike Lynch, sports with Tim Moreland, traffic with Dean Spratt, CBS News with Bill Whitney, the WCCO Business News with Dick Chapman, the CBS Special Report, "Disaster in Ukraine," Twins manager Ray Miller, and Sid Hartman interviews University of Minnesota football coach John Gutekunst. Commercials include Morrie's Mazda, Mobil, St. Mary's and St. Joseph's Hospitals, Murine Eye Drops, Sears, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Motorcraft, Eddie Webster's, Stonewings Restaurant, Metro Sales, Crosstown Marine, Point of Law with Charlie Boone, Twin Cities Oldsmobile Dealers, Piper Jaffray, Car-X, Tom Flemming and Associates, AT&T Small Business Connection, GMC Trucks, State Farm, Hopkins Dodge, Federated Insurance, Midwest Federal, and Seniors Plus.

6:00–7:00 PM: Steve Cannon -  Cannon Mess / Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Includes news with Steve Cannon, Woodland Point, sports with Tim Moreland, the Midwest Federal feature, Leadoff Man with Sid Hartman and Twins manager Ray Miller, and commentary by Dan Rather. Commercials include North Star Ice, Steel Dealers, Piedmont Airlines, John Deere, Vikingland Dodge Dealers, Midwest Federal, the Radisson Hotel Metrodome, Budweiser, Pella Windows, and, during the rain delay, CBS The World Tonight with Douglas Edwards, the Wall Street Journal report, ROLM, an IBM Company, Ask Mr. Foster Travel Service, True Value Hardware, Ramada with John Madden, Mita Copiers, and Dulcolax Suppositories.

7:00–8:00 PM: Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium with Herb Carneal and Joe Angel. Includes CBS News with Bill Whitney, weather with Mike Lynch, and Twins baseball. Commercials include Mercury, True Value Hardware, Kelly Services, Northwestern Bell, Taco Bell, Mott's Paint, ACDelco, Amoco, Farmers Life Insurance, Midwest Federal, Budweiser, Carquest Auto Parts, and Champion Auto Stores.

8:00–9:00 PM: Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium with Herb Carneal and Joe Angel. Commercials include Vikingland Dodge Dealers, Carquest Auto Parts Stores, Rottlund Homes, Amoco, Budweiser, WUSA-TV News 11 (now known as KARE 11), the U.S. Army, John Deere, and Nissan.

9:00–10:00 PM: Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium with Herb Carneal and Joe Angel. Commercials include Midwest Federal, Taco Bell, Tom Thumb, Budweiser, Amoco, Rottlund Homes, WUSA-TV News 11 (now known as KARE 11), Project Lifesaver, Vikingland Dodge Dealers, and Carquest Auto Parts Stores.

10:00–11:00 PM: Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium with Herb Carneal and Joe Angel. Commercials include Farmers Life Insurance, Midwest Federal, Budweiser, Carquest Auto Parts, John Deere, Amoco, the Radisson Hotel Metrodome, and Vikingland Dodge Dealers.

11:00 PM–12:00 AM: David Hop. Includes WCCO News with Joe McFarlin, sports with Tim Moreland, and weather with Shari Ackerman. Commercials include Webb Arnold Markman & Company, Eddie Webster's, The Tap Dance Kid at the Orpheum Theatre, the Pappagallo shoe sale at Hopkins House, Comfo Rest, Hopkins Dodge, the Minnesota Twins, Kensington Condominiums, Franklin Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund, Orchestra Hall Night at the Pops, Mineral Ice, and Kitchens by Phoenix.