WCCO-AM (830) - AUGUST 26, 1966 - 5:00 AM-11:00 PM (58 YEARS AGO!)

Here is a rare opportunity to enjoy approximately 17 hours of continuous programming as heard on WCCO-AM on August 26, 1966. These recordings were digitized off of a very slow moving "logger" reel-to-reel tape kept by 'CCO. As a result, the audio is not studio quality but more like what it would have sounded like listening with a 1960s small pocket AM transistor radio. We hope you enjoy this wonderful audio journey back in time. File sizes range between 23 MB to 30 MB. Music has been scoped.

5:00-6:00 AM – Sunrisers Show with Roger Erickson and Maynard Speece. Includes conversation, newscasts, morning hymn, morning Bible story, and commercials for Cargill Seeds and Copenhagen.

6:00-7:00 AM – Top of the Morning Show with Roger Erickson and Maynard Speece and later joined by Howard Viken. Includes newscast with Jim Hill, Farm and All News Time with Jim Hill, Land O’Lakes Weather Show with Bob DeHaven, Good Morning Song, plus commercials for M & M (Minneapolis Moline Co.), General Tire, Pall Mall cigarettes, Gift House Stamps, Creamette macaroni, Plywood Minnesota, Standard Oil, Your Full-Service Banker, Peterson Mercury, Lucky Strike LS Green menthol cigarettes, F & M (Farmers and Mechanics) Bank, Chrysler Plymouth, Land O’Lakes, and Northwestern National Bank.

7:00-8:00 AM – With Roger Erickson includes CBS World News Roundup with Dallas Townsend, Standard Oil News Roundup with Bob DeHaven, First Bank Notes with Bob DeHaven and Joyce Lamont, Sports with Paul Giel, On This Day and WCCO Good Neighbor Award (recognizing Betty Crocker) with Dick Chapman. Plus commercials for Northwest Orient Airlines, Milk Foundation, Donaldson’s, Standard Oil, Swanberg & Scheefe Buick, Ozark Airlines, and Blue Shield.

8:00-9:00 AM – Howard Viken Show with WCCO newscasts with Dick Enroth and Jergen Nash, Special Events with Joyce Lamont, CBS The Morning Report with Alan Jackson plus commercials for NSP (electric heat), Pennzoil, Federated Insurance, Bill Boyer Ford, Cloverleaf Milk, First National Bank, Schweigert, Contact (pills), Kemps Strawberry Ice Cream, Pall Mall cigarettes, Twin City Federal, Lucky Strike LS Green menthol cigarettes, Upper Midwest Council for Better Vision, Corn Huskers Lotion, Dayton’s, Midway Chevrolet/Downtown Chevrolet, Minnesota Turkey, United Airlines, Chevrolet Chevelle SS396, United Airlines, Sinclair, and Camel cigarettes.

9:00-10:00 AM – Howard Viken Show with CBS Newscast with Dallas Townsend, Weather Ball Weather, Joyce Lamont Special Events, an Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) test, WCCO News with Dick Enroth plus commercials for Arm & Hammer Washing Soda, Sport Magazine, Northwestern National Bank, Long Distance Calls, Camel cigarettes, Lunds, Oldsmobile Dealers, Philco Dealers, Hormel Ham (at Super Value stores), Dayton’s, Quaker State Motor Oil, Pall Mall cigarettes, Gleem toothpaste, American Motors Rambler Dealers, Newport menthol cigarettes, CW Sugar, Standard Oil, Coca Cola, Oldsmobile, First Federal Saving & Loan, and American Dairy Association.

10:00-11:00 AM – Arthur Godfrey Show national show with guest host Howard Viken with singer Jane Morgan and daytime TV talk show host Virginia Graham. This hour includes a CBS Newscast with Alan Jackson, plus commercials for Look Magazine, Minneapolis Federal Savings and Loan, Miracle White, Lysol, Kerr Jars, and Ayds Diet Candies.

11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Jergen Nash Show with CBS News with Dallas Townsend, Dear Abby, Dimension on Health with Charles Kuralt, Allen Gray, and Joyce Lamont talking about the "house of tomorrow." Includes commercials for Hartz Flea Protection, Campbell’s Soup, Minneapolis Federal, Newport menthol cigarettes, Ajax, Family Circle magazine, Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum, Fleischmann's Margarine, Coca Cola, Hormel Holiday Glazed Ham, Camel cigarettes, Contact pills, DFL candidate Elva Walker for Congress, Creamette, Harold Chevrolet, Gleem Toothpaste, Donaldson’s, Miracle White, and Old Dutch Potato Chips.

12:00-1:00 PM – Good Neighbor Time with Bob DeHaven includes AAA Road Report, Jim Hill with ag updates, Special Events with Joyce Lamont, Land O’Lakes Noon Livestock Summary, WCCO Radio News with Jergen Nash, Livestock Trade update, and Maynard Speece farm report from the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Includes commercials for DeKalb, Campbell’s Soup, Smith-Douglas Fertilizer, Frigidaire, Coca Cola, Philco Dealers, Case Farm Tractors, Land O’Lakes, Cargill, Twin City Federal, and Old Gold Filters cigarettes.

1:00-2:00 PM – (Charlie) Boone & (Roger) Erickson Show. Begins with an address from President Lyndon Johnson from at the National Nuclear Reactor Center in Arco, Idaho (CBS mistakenly initially says Utah) followed by Art Linkletter interviewing American writer, educator, and politician Max Rafferty, CBS Radio Dimension with actress Betty Furness, Boone & Erickson Jokes of the Week, and WCCO Radio News with Dick Enroth. Includes commercials for Grain Belt Beer, Hormel and Holiday Glazed Ham, Certo, Bigelow Tea, Philco Dealers, American Dairy Association, CW Sugar, Ajax, First National Bank of St. Paul, Long Distance Calls, Gleem Toothpaste, St. Luke’s Hospital of St. Paul, Gerber, and First Federal of Minneapolis.

2:00-3:00 PM – Boone and Erickson Party Line Show including CBS Radio News with Ned Calmer and WCCO Radio News with Dick Enroth. Joining Boone & Erickson are Barbara (?) from the WCCO Radio news department and Richard Cisek managing director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Includes commercials for Coca Cola, Hillbilly Bread, Philco Dealers, Peter’s Ring Bologna, Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum, Brown Photo, Minneapolis Federal, Old Dutch Potato Chips, Frontier Furniture, Roto Rooter, Miracle White, NSP, First Federal Savings and Loan, and American Dairy Association.

3:00-4:00 PM – Boone in the Afternoon with Charlie Boone – Including CBS News with Neil Strawser, CBS Dimension with Mike Wallace interviewing Woody Allen, and WCCO Radio News with Dick Enroth. Includes commercials for 3M Dynachrone Color Film, Bell Phone System, Frigidaire, Oldsmobile, Northland Ice Cream, Family Circle magazine, Old Gold Filters cigarettes, Chrysler Plymouth, Long Distance Calling, Hartz Flea Protection, Look magazine, Grain Belt Beer, American Motors Rambler Dealers, Plywood Minnesota, Camel cigarettes, Minnesota State Fair, Remington Tire, Plymouth Optical Company, Vademecum Toothpaste, First Federal of Minneapolis, and STP Oil Treatment.

4:00-5:00 PM – Boone in the Afternoon with Charlie Boone (continued) – Including CBS News with Douglas Edwards, Weather Ball Weather, Allen Gray chat, WCCO Radio News with Dick Chapman, and Jim Hill weather from the Top of the Foshay. Includes commercials for Arm & Hammer Washing Soda, American Motors Rambler Dealers, Family Circle magazine, Northwestern National Bank, Chrysler Plymouth, Grain Belt Beer, Newport menthol cigarettes, Contact (pill), Creamette macaroni, Harold Chevrolet, Coca Cola, Hamm’s Beer, Pennzoil, Chevrolet, Plywood Minnesota, STP Oil Treatment, Downtown Chevrolet and Midway Chevrolet, Camel cigarettes, Lutheran Brotherhood, and Hamm’s Beer.

5:00-6:00 PM – WCCO Radio news with Jergen Nash and sports with Dick Enroth, and Point of Law with Charlie Boone. Plus commercials for Twin City Federal, Ford Dealers, and Mileage and Direct Service Stations. Minnesota Vikings Exhibition Game (Minnesota Vikings vs. Washington Redskins at Cleveland Municipal Stadium) starts with the Norm Van Brocklin Show (Viking Head Coach) with Sid Hartman followed by the start of the game coverage with Ray Christensen and Paul Giel. Additional commercials for Coca Cola, United Airlines, and Minneapolis Federal.

6:00-7:00 PM – Minnesota Vikings Exhibition Game (Minnesota Vikings vs. Washington Redskins at Cleveland Municipal Stadium) (continued) with Ray Christensen and Paul Giel. Includes multiple commercials for Minneapolis Federal.

7:00-8:00 PM – Minnesota Vikings Exhibition Game (Minnesota Vikings vs. Washington Redskins at Cleveland Municipal Stadium) (continued) with Ray Christensen and Paul Giel. Includes a WCCO newscast during halftime, plus multiple commercials for Ford Dealers. At 48:00 minutes into the recording, WCCO cuts away from the Vikings game for the Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park with Herb Carneal, Ray Scott, and Halsey Hall including the Sam Mille Show (Twins Manager) with Sid Hartman. Additional commercials for Muska Lighting, Culligan, Woodhead Ford, North Central Airlines, and Wheaties.

8:00-9:00 PM – Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park (continued) plus commercials for Hamm’s Beer, Twin City Federal, Clover Leaf Chocolate Milk, Pure Oil Firebird gasoline, and Home Town Feed Store.

9:00-10:00 PM – Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park (continued) plus commercials for Hamm’s Beer, Twin City Federal, General Mills Betty Crocker Kitchen, Hoigaards, and Pure Oil Firebird gasoline.

10:00-11:00 PM – Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park (continued) plus commercials for Hamm’s Beer, Twin City Federal, Stewart’s Flint Top Paints, Ford Dealers, Home Brand Peanut Butter. Followed by the WCCO Big 10 News with Dick Chapman and WCCO Dimension with Arv Johnson, Sports with Chuck Lilligren including commercials for Lunds, Camel cigarettes, Blue Cross, General Motors, First State Bank of New Brighton, and 3M Dynachrone Color Film.