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COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

WCCO-AM (830):

• NEW! April 4, 1968 - Breaking news coverage of the assassination of Dr. King by WCCO Radio and CBS Radio with

  Gary Shepard and Daniel Shorr plus an address to the nation by President Lyndon Johnson - 10 MB

• April 5, 1968 – CBS Radio News - Special Report with Douglas Edwards - 26 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

• June 8, 1968 – CBS Radio News - Announcement of capture of James Earl Ray - 1 MB (provided by Larry Haeg, Jr.)

AIRCHECKS OF TRUE DON BLEU (from 1968-1978) Don can be heard today on KOSF-FM in San Francisco Learn more about Hall of Fame broadcaster True Don Bleu on the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting website

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KDWB-AM (630) October 1968 - 12 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes commercials for "A Country Music Spectacular" from Nashville (album), Velvet Glove Malt Liquor, Wrigley's Spearmint Gum, Coca-Cola (sung by Gladys Knight & The Pips), Minnesota Drag Racing in Coon Rapids, True Don Bleu at Brady High School for the Pepsi Pop Hop and Furniture Barn.

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KDWB-AM (630) October 1968 - 8 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes commercials for 5th Avenue Candy Bar's "Uptight on 5th Avenue" album, The Prison Bar in Burnsville, Lancer, Dayton's Record Shop, Pepsi and Furniture Barn.

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KDWB-AM (630) 1971 - 6 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

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KDWB-AM (630) 6/30/1971 - 22 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes a newscast with Michael J. Douglas and commercials for American Motors Dealers (Hornet), Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Bright Side Shampoo, Mountain Dew, Protein 21 Hair Spray, Brown's Clothing in Minneapolis, Wrigley's Spearmint Gum, Tanya Hawaiian Sun Tan Lotion, Clairol Lemon Go Lightly, GAC Finance, Grain Belt Beer, Global Van Lines, Milk: First Aquatennial Milk Carton Boat Race, Black Sabbath and Bloodrock at the St. Paul Civic Center, Schmidt Beer, Coca-Cola (sung by Aretha Franklin), Budweiser and The Big Doll House (movie).

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KDWB-AM (630) 1974 - 4 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes commercials for KDWB Burger King Popularity Poll, Stridex Medicated Pads and Body All Powdery Spray w/out Talc.

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KDWB-AM (630) 6/19/1976 - 18 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes commercials for New Horizon Townhomes; Henry Gross, Jeff Beck and Fleetwood Mac at Parade Stadium, K-Tel Mind Bender album (22 original hits), That's Entertainment Part II (movie), Stayfree Mini Pads, McDonald's McFeast, Goodman Jewelers, Southtown Shopping Center Summer Fair, GiGi's Summer Sale, Coppertone Tropical Blend, White Castle, Mountain Dew, Sun In, Mudd (Zaps Zits), Sklar's Furniture in St. Paul, H Salt Fish & Chips and Olympia Beer (sung by Jose Feliciano).

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KDWB-FM (101.3) 4/17/1978 - 17 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes commercials for Hopkins Honda, St. Paul Citizens for Human Rights, Super America, Schaak Electronics, Bootsy's Rubber Band at the St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press, Busch Beer and Flicker Women's Shaver.

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KDWB-FM (101.3) 8/1/1978 - 14 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes commercials for 10,000 Auto Parts, 7-Up, Army Reserve, Anacin, Preparation H, Baby Ruth, The Pearl Diver Restaurant in Minnetonka, Rockford House, Busch Beer, Valleyfair, Southtown Freeway Toyota and Hurrah.

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KDWB-FM (101.3) 9/5/1978 - Final Show - Part 1 19 MB - Part 2 15 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

Includes commercials for The Brothers Deli, 7-Up, Farrah Fawcett Shampoo, Dayton's JRS Sale, Dad's Root Beer, Pickwick International (needing warehouse employees), Wrangler sportswear, Max Factor Pure Magic, Super America, Aspen League Ski Sale, Palmolive dishwashing liquid, US Army, Busch Beer, Aqua Night waterbed store, Pepsi US Women's Indoor Tennis Championship, Donaldson's, Red Owl grocery stores, Valley Fair, US Air Force, Long Cadillac, Dunwoody Institute, Goodman Jewelers, Southtown Freeway Toyota, K-Tel The Hot Ones album, Burger King, Burnsville Bowl Entertainment Center andm Excedrin.

REMEMBERING TAC HAMMER

(Tac passed away in the early 1990s)

WAKX-AM (1320 - Superior/Duluth) - 9/30/1965 - Part 1 6 MB - Part 2 - 9 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

Includes commercials for Superior Co-Op, Total cereal, State Employment Service and Kapus Erickson

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NEW! KDWB-AM (630) - 9/28/1966 - 23 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes two newscasts, Don Riley's Spot Check on Sports and commercials for Grain Belt Beer, Wrigley's Spearmint Gum, Sussel, St. Payl Life and St. Paul Suburban Newspapers and Dayton's, Ruffles.

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NEW! KDWB-AM (630) - 10/11/1967 - 19 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes two newscasts and commercials for Donaldson's Brookdale, Grossman Chevrolet, STP, First National Bank of St. Paul, Up With People, Wink soft drink, Lovable's Sweetheart Bra, Bimbo's Bar with Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs and The Happiest Millionaire (movie).

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NEW! KDWB-AM (630) - January 1968 - 8 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes commercials for Grain Belt Beer, Crown Auto Stores, Marigold Foods Pennant Drink and More Downstairs.

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NEW! KRSI-FM (104.1) - 10/25/1973 - 13 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes newscast from ABC American FM Radio Network plus commercials for Lee Two Stage Maxi Air Filter, Leisure Lane Shopping Center in Edina, New Horizon Homes (voiced by Ernie Martz), The Electric Fetus, Young America at Southdale, Kalso Earth Shoe, Tops & Bottoms and Village Sports in Plymouth.

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KQRS-FM (92.5) - 4/18/1978 -  #1 15 MB  -  #2 18 MB -  (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Includes commercials for Dolphin Waterbeds, Bob Short for Senate, Larry Reid's Bloomington Chrysler Plymouth, Brandy's Restaurant, Jackson Brown at the St. Paul Civic Center, Clairol Short & Sassy, Todd Chevrolet, Excedrin, Team Electronics, Dayton's Hi-Fi Sale, Bonnie Bell at Dayton's, Audio Warehouse, Loudon Wainwright III at the Guthrie, McDonalds and Lancer. Plus Zodiac News with Nancy Rosen.

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WLOL-FM (99.5) - 5/7/1982 - 3 MB (provided by Brian Carlson)

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WLOL-FM (99.5) - 1983 - 2 MB

KQRS-FM (92.5) - Tom & Dan Show (Tom Barnard and Dan Culhane) the morning after the Twins won the 1987 World Series

(10/26/1987) including Mark Rosen and a Twins highlight tape produced by Culhane. 25 MB (provided by John Oleson)

Includes commercials for Millstone Coffee, St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center and NutriSystem.

KTTB-FM (96.3) - B96 urban music format (August 2000) 10 MB (provided by Mark Pfeifer)

Includes commercials for Bring It On (movie), ACE After School Program, Minnesota State Fair, Auto Fun and B96 Target Market Battle of the Bands.

BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE OF THE SHOOTING AND DEATH OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY

WCCO-AM (830):

• Breaking news coverage of the shooting of Robert Kennedy during Hobbs House with Franklin Hobbs

including CBS Radio coverage (6/5/1968) - 13 MB

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• Announcement of the death of Robert Kennedy (6/6/1968) - 7 MB

Click here for extensive continued coverage of the shooting/death of Robert Kennedy.

COVERAGE OF THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN

WCCO-AM (830) - Coverage of the capture of former Iraq leader, Saddam Hussein, with Jack Rice and Eric Eskola.

(12/14/2003) - 25 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger)

KQRS-FM (92.5) Street Sheets

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Oct 1979

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Oct 1980

KDWB-AM (630) Music Surveys

10/2/1979

10/23/1979

10/30/1979

11/6/1979

11/13/1979

1/15/1980

1/22/1980

1/29/1980

KDWB-AM/FM (630/101.3) Music Surveys

12/27/1977

11/7/1978

Top 78 of 1978

2/5/1979

2/20/1979

4/24/1979

5/1/1979

5/8/1979

6/12/1979

6/26/1979

7/24/1979

7/31/1979

8/14/1979

9/5//1979

Musicland Music Surveys

1/8/1979

1/15/1979

1/22/1979

1/29/1979

2/12/1979

2/26/1979

4/9/1979

4/21/1979

5/7/1979

5/14/1979

5/21/1979

6/2 & 6/9/1979

6/11/1979

6/25/1979

7/5/1979

7/9/1979

7/30/1979

8/6/1979

8/13/1979

8/27/1979

9/10/1979

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10/10/1979
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11/5/1979

12/17/1979

1/21/1980

2/11/1980

2/18/1980

2/19/1980

3/3/1980

3/17/1980

4/7/1980

4/14/1980

4/21 & 4/28/1980

5/5 & 5/12/1980

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

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.

WLTE-FM (102.9) - Jingles (2011)

• Most Music For Your Workday Jingles:  #1   #2
• Christmas Jingles:  #1   #2

KDWB-AM (630) Airchecks from 1/1/1962

The following recordings feature many "color radio" jingles and liners. Audio quality varies, but is definitely worth listening to. (provided by Darryl Kuka)

Bob Friend - Includes commercials for Twin City Federal, Griswold Typewriter Company, Northwest Direct Center, KDWB Disc/Coveries album (see part of album cover to the left) and "Hey, Let's Twist" (movie). Surprising to hear a few announcements saying, "... the best of Bob Friend. If you are keeping a rating diary, you may want to write that down." Includes newscast by Art Blaske and "Live Line to the World of Sports" with D. J. Leary.

James Francis Patrick O'Neill - Includes commercials for Twin City Federal, Wrigley's Spearmint Gum, Royal Crown Cola, Clark Gas Stations, RDI - Retail Discounts Inc and "Hey, Let's Twist" (movie). Includes newscast by Art Blaske and " Live Line to the World of Sports " with D. J. Leary.

Steve Cannon Recently Discovered Airchecks Learn more about Hall of Fame broadcaster Steve Cannon on the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting website Thanks to Tom Mischke and the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, we are pleased to showcase wonderful rare recordings spanning part of Steve Cannon's early career including WLOL-AM in the late 1950s, KSTP-AM throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and WCCO-AM in the mid 1980s. Posted 2/20/12:  WCCO-AM (830) Steve Cannon's first appearance on WCCO Radio on 11/15/1971 - 13 MB (provided by an anonymous contributor) All Steve Cannon recordings below provided by Tom Mischke Posted 2/20/12: KGO-AM (810 San Francisco) Steve Cannon with the "Steve Cannon Slump" from 4/7/1958 - 13 MB. Includes appearances by Cannon's less known characters including Jethro Caulfield (sp?) and Alavain. Plus a newscast by Hartley Sader. Includes commercials for Ford Edsel, Guardian Thrift and Loan, and Ford Dealers. - Posted 2/19/12:  WCCO-AM (830) Steve Cannon and Herb Brooks with Gopher Hockey (vs. Providence) play-by-play (first period) from 1/24/1986 - #1 21 MB -  #2 18 MB      (FYI: The Gophers won this game 4 to 1) Includes commercials for Pine Tree Apple Orchard, Cherokee Power Equipment and Army Reserve. Posted 2/18/12:  KSTP-AM (1500) Steve Cannon from 9/22/1971 - 18 MB  Aircheck Includes appearances by Morgan Mundane and Contemporary Collins. (Cannon's final show on KSTP-AM was a few weeks later on 10/8/1971) Includes commercials for Mr. Joe's Supper Club, The Hang Up in St. Paul, University of Minnesota Football, Phillips 66 Tires, Badger Factory Discount Paint Stores, KSTP Vikings Football Promo and Preparation H. Posted 2/17/12:  KSTP-AM (1500) Steve Cannon from 11/4/1966 - #1 14 MB -  #2 14 MB  Aircheck Includes an appearance by Ma Linger, Joe Garagiola Sports Show, and news headlines with Bob Ryan. Includes commercials for Welcome Wagon, KSTP Midas Mufflers Ticket Sweepstakes, New Made Magazine, LeVander for Governor Volunteer Committee, Pure Oil Jackpot, No Tax Increase Committee, State Farm Mutual, Public Finance, "Texas Across the River" with Dean Martin at the Northstar Theater, MLS Home Survey Week and First National Bank of St. Paul. Posted 2/16/12:  KSTP-AM (1500) Steve Cannon from 8/23/1966 - #1 18 MB -  #2 18 MB  Aircheck Includes appearances by Morgan Mundane & Ma Linger, Joe Garagiola Sports Show, plus news by J.B. Eckert and Bob Ryan.. Includes commercials for a land public auction at the Thunderbird Motel, Welcome Wagon International, Wickes Lumber and Building Supply Center, Camel Cigarettes, Midas, Firestone, Chrysler (read by Joe Garagiola), NBC Monitor Promo (ready by Gene Rayburn), Public Finance, Hormel Holiday Glazed Ham, Pepsi Cola Sweepstakes Contest, Metropolitan Home Investment Association, First National Bank of St. Paul, Northern Pacific Railway, Method Master, Field-Schlick and Skellet Van & Storage. Posted 2/15/12:  KSTP-AM (1500) Steve Cannon from 12/21/1964 - 12 MB  This aircheck includes one of Cannon's less known characters, Contemporary Collins, along with Ma Linger. In addition, Bob Ryan with the news. Includes commercials for Winston cigarettes, Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank, Field-Schlick Shoes and Tidy House "Spring Rain" water softener. Posted 2/14/12:  WLOL-AM (1330) - Steve Cannon and Leigh Kamman from 3/1/1957 - 15 MB. Includes commercials for Broadway Plymouth, Local Owned, and Smith Bros. Black Cough Drops. Plus, "Yuck for a Buck." Posted 2/13/12:  WLOL-AM (1330) - Steve Cannon with the "Noontime Slump" from 7/19/1957 - 16 MB. Includes commercials for Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank, Klein Supermarket at Sun Ray Shopping Center, Royal Crown Cola, Jell-O, Roberts Family Shoe Store, Instant Fels Naptha, Bachman’s, Ralston Rice Chex and Neighborhood Theaters.

1/21/12 

WCCO-AM (830) Morning after coverage (6/14/1968) of the deadly tornado in Tracy, MN with Franklin Hobbs, Roger Erickson, news director Jim Bormann (reporting from Tracy), Jergen Nash and Howard Viken.  The tornado was an F5 that killed nine people and injured 150 others. #1 12 MB  #2 12 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger)

1/21/12 

WDGY (1130) - Seven music surveys from 1964-1965 - PDF Files June 27, 1964 August 22, 1964 September 5, 1964 September 19, 1964 September 26, 1964 July 24, 1965 July 31, 1965

1/21/12  Sign-off announcements from approximately 1970 (provided by Jeff Paletz)

• KRSI-AM/FM (950/104.1)

• WCCO-AM (830)

• WDGY-AM (1130)

• WLOL-AM (1330)

• WWTC-AM (1280)

1/15/12  WCCO-FM (102.9) 

The following WCCO-FM airchecks from 1975-1978 provided by Curt Lundgren:

• Paul Stagg (3/31/1975) - 7 MB - Includes a commercial for K-Mart. Includes a WCCO-FM newscast.

• Greg Gears (3/31/1975) - 5 MB - Includes commercials for Music of the Big Bands promo with Tom Ambrose and Arts and Science Fund. Starts with newscast.

• Carl Lensgraf (9/18/1976) - 23 MB - Includes commercials for Kline Oldsmobile in Roseville, Spaghetti Emporium, Schaak Electronics, Sears Men’s Store, Leon & Mary Russell and Firefall at St. Paul Civic Center, Shirt Shack, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (movie) with Richard Pryor, Apache Plaza Craft Show, Jennie-O Brand Turkey Roast, Iten Chevrolet, NSP, Zantigo Mexican restaurant (name change from Zapata), Sure Footing, Dayton’s RCA and Zenith TV sale, Musicland and Turquoise Turtle in Richfield. Plus ABC Contemporary Newscast, Sven Skarnasdag and more.

• Jerry Brooke (12/31/1977) - 13 MB - Includes commercials for Wally McCarthy Lyndale Oldsmobile, Schaak Electronics, Veterans Administration and K-Mart. Includes ABC Contemporary newscasts.

• Peter May (1978) - 21 MB - Includes commercials for Sun In (hair lightener), US Navy, Contac, Rudy Boschwitz, New Horizon Townhomes, Musicland, Shivers (movie), Saint John's Preparatory School, Winwood Edina Condominiums, Grease (movie), Audio Warehouse, JC Penny’s Summer White Sale, North Central Florists and Super America. Also includes WCCO-FM newscast.

The following WCCO-FM airchecks from 1979 provided by Al Arneson:

• Tom Ambrose (1979) - 1 MB
• Johnny Canton (1979) - 1 MB
• Terri Davis (1979) - 1 MB
• Mesa Kincaid (1979) - 1 MB
• Curt Lundgren and Captain Buzz Studley (Tim Russell) - 2 MB
• Pat O'Neil (1979) - 1 MB

1/12/12

COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY (11/22/1963) ABC Radio - An excellent quality recording starting with the breaking news of the shooting of President Kennedy to the announcement of his death. Part #1 22 MB - Part #2 22 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

1/8/12

The Big EBS (Emergency Broadcast System) Mistake of 1971 WCCO-AM (830) - EBS Error - A rare recording - as it sounded on WCCO during the Howard Viken Show on 2/20/1971 with follow-up reports and coverage on 'CCO Radio and CBS Radio. See below and to the side for more details. - 6 MB On the morning of Saturday, February 20, 1971, Wayland S. Eberhardt, a civilian teletype operator, was going about his routine duties at the National Emergency Warning Center at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. One of the functions of “the Mountain” during this era was to send out the weekly Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) test directive to the nation’s radio and television stations. They were also responsible for sending out the real warning. When stations received these messages they compared it against a card to determine what action to take. At 7:33 a.m. local time on that fateful Saturday, Mr. Eberhardt, a fifteen-year veteran of his job, fed the wrong tape into the transmitter. He was later quoted by the New York Times as saying “I can’t imagine how the hell I did it.” Text source.

The teletype message that went over the wires: MESSAGE AUTHENTICATOR: HATEFULNESS/HATEFULNESS THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ACTION NOTIFICATION (EAN) DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDENT. NORMAL BROADCASTING WILL CEASE IMMEDIATELY. ALL STATIONS WILL BROADCAST EAN MESSAGE ONE PRECEDED BY THE ATTENTION SIGNAL, PER FCC RULES. ONLY STATIONS HOLDING NDEA MAY STAY ON AIR IN ACCORD WITH THEIR STATE EBS PLAN. BROADCAST EAN MESSAGE ONE. MESSAGE AUTHENTICATOR: HATEFULNESS/HATEFULNESS

(previously posted) WCCO-AM (830) - A very rare set of recordings of civil defense announcements from 1961 that would have aired on WCCO Radio in the event of a probable or actual enemy (nuclear) attack. These announcements were pre-recorded by WCCO announcers Howard Viken, Dick Chapman and Governor Elmer Andersen, and most likely would have aired from the station's transmitter facility in Anoka which included a fallout shelter.  8 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

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