WCCO RADIO - February 24, 1972

Here is a rare opportunity to enjoy 24 hours of programming as heard on WCCO-AM on February 24, 1972. Listen to WCCO Radio broadcasting legends including Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson, Steve Cannon, Howard Viken, Maynard Speece, Franklin Hobbs, Joyce Lamont, Jergen Nash, and others. Also included is a Minnesota North Stars game with Al Shaver and Steve Cannon, along with reports throughout the day on President Richard Nixon’s historic trip to China.

These recordings were digitized from a very slow-moving “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.

12:00–1:00 AM: Hobbs House with Franklin Hobbs. Includes CBS Radio News, local news with Joe McFarlin, and commercials for Minnesota Federal Savings & Loan, Lunds, Minnesota Watchmakers Association, Wisconsin’s Wild Rivers Area, Hamm’s Beer, Clover Leaf Chocolate Milk, Shrine Circus, and Tousley General Store.

1:00–2:00 AM: Hobbs House with Franklin Hobbs. Includes local news with Joe McFarlin and a conversation with Johnny Desmond, an American singer popular in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Commercials include Minnesota Federal, Minneapolis Floral, Hamm’s Beer, Blue Flame Gas Association, and European Health Spas.

2:00–3:00 AM: Hobbs House with Franklin Hobbs. Includes a CBS Radio special report on President Nixon’s trip to China, plus commercials for Minnesota Federal, Tousley General Store, Hyatt Lodge Minneapolis, Lunds, Crystal Furniture, El Dorado Dealers, Bursch's Restaurant in Hopkins, and Tousley Ford.

3:00–4:00 AM: Hobbs House with Franklin Hobbs. Includes news and commercials for Kahler Hotel in Rochester, Minnesota Watchmakers Association, Mama Cordano’s Tortillas, Wisconsin’s Wild Rivers Area, Tousley General Store, H&R Block, European Health Spas, and DeLaria’s.

4:00–5:00 AM: Hobbs House with Franklin Hobbs. Includes news and commercials for Tousley Ford, Hyatt Lodge Minneapolis, Clover Leaf Milk, DeLaria’s, El Dorado Dealers, Wisconsin’s Wild Rivers Area, European Health Spas, and Mama Cordano’s Tortillas.

5:00–6:00 AM: Roger Erickson and Maynard Speece. Includes CBS Radio News with Dallas Townsend, a morning sermon, and commercials for FTD Florists, Buick, Alka-Seltzer, Massey-Ferguson, d-Con, Furadan, Amiben, Anco Wiper Blades, and Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn.

6:00–7:00 AM: Top of the Morning Show with Roger Erickson and Maynard Speece. Includes CBS News with Charles Osgood, the Good Morning Song, and a CBS Radio special report from Peking with Bernard Kalb. Commercials include FTD Florists, Buick, Alka-Seltzer, Ford Galaxie 500, FFA, Western Airlines, Delco Energizer Batteries, Northrup King, Chrysler Corporation, Texaco, Minnesota Federal, Eastern Airlines, Plywood Minnesota, Pioneer Seeds, Miracle White Detergent, Wally McCarthy-Lindahl Oldsmobile, Roof Guard, Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum, and Land O’Lakes.

7:00–8:00 AM: The Morning News. Includes CBS World News Roundup with Dallas Townsend, local news with Howard Viken and Dick Chapman, and sports with Al Shaver. Commercials include Northwest Orient Airlines, Twin City Federal, Vademecum Toothpaste and Complexion Soap, Poppin’ Fresh Rolls, Standard Gasoline, Minar Ford, Harlem Globetrotters, First Minneapolis, Frigidaire air conditioners, Jonathan Homes, Ford Galaxie 500, Schweigert Meats, and Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum.

8:00–9:00 AM: Howard Viken Show. Includes news with Jergen Nash, sports with Al Shaver, and Weatherball Weather. Commercials include Pennzoil, Western Airlines, Chrysler Corporation, Northwestern National Bank, Nika Contractors, Scandinavian Airlines System, Old Home Dairy Foods, Twin City Federal, Blue Flame Gas Utility, Pond Hill, Taster’s Choice Coffee, and Southview Chevrolet.

9:00–10:00 AM: Howard Viken Show. Includes CBS Radio News with Dallas Townsend and Newsmaker with Douglas Edwards. Commercials include Contac cold medicine, Texaco, Hitachi television sets, Crystal Sugar, Roof Guard, FTD Florists, Tree Top apple juice, Twin City Federal, Upper Midwest Council for Better Vision, Sears, Farmers Security Administration, and Ford dealers.

10:00–11:00 AM: Howard Viken Show and Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson Show. Includes CBS Radio News with Allan Jackson, Good Buys with Joyce Lamont, WCCO Radio News, Allen Gray commentary, and CBS Morning Report with Alan Jackson. Commercials include Shell gasoline, Alka-Seltzer, Camp Fire Girls, Lunds, Western Airlines, Pennzoil, Buckwheat cereal, Morton House beef stew, Plywood Minnesota, Creamette macaroni, and Wickes Furniture.

11:00 AM–12:00 PM: Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson Show. Includes CBS Radio News with Alan Jackson, an interview with Garson Kanin, Allen Gray commentary, and WCCO Radio News with Jergen Nash. Commercials include Family Circle magazine, Lucite paint, La Choy, Miracle White detergent, Mama Vitale’s lasagna, Hitachi television sets, Quality Mercury, Community Credit, and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

12:00–1:00 PM: Noon News. Includes CBS Radio News with Douglas Edwards, an AAA Road Report, Noontime Markets with Maynard Speece, and WCCO Radio News with Jergen Nash. Commercials include Ogilvie shampoo, Alka-Seltzer, Campbell’s soup, Double Circle Co-op, Peterson Seed Company, Furadan rootworm killer, Western Airlines, Idaho potatoes, Pioneer corn, Funk’s G-Hybrids, Minnesota American Dairy Association, Ortho, DeKalb, Morton House, and Echo seed corn U3-33.

1:00–2:00 PM: Arthur Godfrey Show and Afternoon with Howard Viken. Includes Dear Abby on the CBS Radio Network, Mike Roy’s Cooking Thing, and WCCO Radio News with Jergen Nash. Commercials include Lady Schick hair curler, Red Owl, United States Savings Bonds, Red Star yeast, Thomas’ English Muffins, United States Catholic Conference, Buckwheat cereal, Idaho potatoes, Slumberland, Campbell’s soup, The Making of a Surgeon book, Crystal Sugar, and Speas apple juice.

2:00–3:00 PM: Afternoon with Howard Viken and Charlie Boone in the Afternoon. Includes CBS Radio News with Douglas Edwards, Joyce Lamont discussing camping in Hawaii, CBS Radio Dateline America with Charles Osgood, Osgood Profile, and WCCO Radio News with Jergen Nash. Commercials include Family Circle magazine, United States Savings Bonds, Plywood Minnesota, Ogilvie conditioning shampoo, Miracle White detergent, Social Security public service announcements, Glamour Foods, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Red Star yeast, Morton House, Red Owl, Taster’s Choice coffee, and Thomas’ English Muffins.

3:00–4:00 PM: Charlie Boone in the Afternoon. Includes CBS Radio News with John Meyer, Mike Wallace at Large, CBS Radio Byline with George Herman, and WCCO Radio News with Jergen Nash. Commercials include STP, the Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, Idaho potatoes, Southview Chevrolet, Air Canada, Iron Mining Industry of Minnesota, Contac cold medicine, Morton House stew, Ford Pinto, Scandinavian Airlines System, Andy Williams and Henry Mancini at the Met Sports Center, Old Dutch potato chips, and American Express Travelers Cheques.

4:00–5:00 PM: Charlie Boone in the Afternoon and Cannon Mess with Steve Cannon. Includes CBS Radio News with Douglas Edwards, Today’s Sports Hero with Sid Hartman featuring Henry Boucha of the Detroit Red Wings, Allen Gray with Coffee Break, and WCCO Radio News with Dick Chapman. Commercials include Hansord Pontiac, STP, Northwest Orient Airlines, Chrysler Corporation, Capp Homes, Home-A-Rama at the St. Paul Armory, Edgewater Inn, Minnesota Federal, Typhoon Car Wash, Ortho, Ford, Pond Hill, Curtis Hotel, and Red Owl.

5:00–6:00 PM: Cannon Mess with Steve Cannon. Includes WCCO Radio News with Jergen Nash, CBS Radio News with John Meyer, sports with Al Shaver, Point of Law with Charlie Boone, and business news with Dick Chapman. Commercials include Twin City Federal, Frigidaire, Lucite paint, STP, Malmgren Lincoln-Mercury, Minnesota Federal, Benson Optical, Poppin’ Fresh dough, Midway Chevrolet, Delco Energizer Batteries, Northern States Power, Northwestern National Bank, and American Express Travelers Cheques.

6:00–7:00 PM: Cannon Mess with Steve Cannon. Includes news with Steve Edstrom, sports with Al Shaver, Today’s Sports Hero with Sid Hartman featuring Henry Boucha, CBS Radio News with Douglas Edwards, Today in Business with Gary Shepard, a Minnesota Twins spring training report with Herb Carneal, Sports Picture with Phil Rizzuto, and News and Analysis with Roger Mudd. Commercials include Quadna Resort, Western Airlines, Schwanberg and Schiefelbein, Twin City Federal, Plywood Minnesota, Chevrolet Nova, United Van Lines, Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge, Shell Oil Company, Furniture Barn, Midwest Federal, Chester E. Groth Music Company, Chrysler Corporation, State Farm, Texaco, and Chevrolet Vega.

7:00–8:00 PM: Includes CBS Radio News with Alan Jackson, Prep Parade with Al Shaver, Fan in the Stands with Steve Cannon and Al Shaver, and the Jack Gordon Show with Sid Hartman. Commercials include Quaker State, the Alcoholism Council, American Cancer Society, Southview Chevrolet, Midwest Federal, Eastern Airlines, Lancer, Ski-Doo, Bob’s Produce Ranch, and Bridgeman’s.

8:00–9:00 PM: Minnesota North Stars hockey versus the Montreal Canadiens with Al Shaver and Steve Cannon. Commercials include Midwest Federal, Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield, MII, Western Airlines, Grain Belt Beer, and Dodge.

9:00–10:00 PM: Minnesota North Stars hockey versus the Montreal Canadiens with Al Shaver and Steve Cannon. Commercials include Midwest Federal, Clover Leaf Milk, Western Airlines, Grain Belt Beer, Dodge, and Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield.

10:00–11:00 PM: Minnesota North Stars postgame coverage, a newscast with Dick Chapman, and the start of Hobbs House with Franklin Hobbs. Commercials include Midwest Federal, Bridgeman’s, and Blue Flame Gas Association.

11:00 PM–12:00 AM: Hobbs House with Franklin Hobbs. Includes a weather update with Joe McFarlin and commercials for Minnesota Federal, Mama Cordano’s Tortillas, Hamm’s Beer, Tousley General Store, DeLaria’s, Bursch's Restaurant, and Shrine Circus.