1995 - Legal IDs - 4 MB - Composite featuring Andy Savage, Lisa Miller, Matt Hansen, Cane and Brian Davis - 12 MB
KFAN-AM(1130)
11/4/1998 - Jesse Ventura - The day after he was elected Governor of Minnesota - 25 MB
8/15/2011 -
KFAN-AM/FM - Switch from 1130 AM to 100.3 FM with a farewell to AM tribute and start of programming on FM - 13 MB
KFMX-FM (104.1)
7/9/1974 - Gold 104 oldies format with Keith Simmons, Doug Gregory and Ken Cook - 15 MB (Provided by Curt Lundgren)
Includes a NBC Radio newscast and Edwin Newman Critic at Large plus commercials for Armour Hot Dogs, Quaker State, Midas, House of Television, Ultra Brite Toothpaste, Pants Plus, Minnesota Buckskins and Buick.
6/14/1978 - The Village People spent a morning show at KFMX with program director Gary DeMaroney.
This was 10 days before the release of "Macho Man" which was their first single. Three of the members helped Gary with the news, weather, etc and talked about their group. This was recorded when KFMX offered a light pop format 6 am-7 pm and broadcast disco 7 pm-6 am, about three months before they made the switch to disco full time in the Fall of 1978. #1 8 MB #2 9 MB #3 10 MB #4 19 MB(provided by Scott Johnson and Jay Philpott) - Note: Airchecks #3 & #4 have the best audio quality.
Newscast - 13 MB - Coverage of US military activities in Cambodia, pressure for President Nixon to release White House tapes, John Ehrlichman testimony at Watergate hearings, etc. (provided by Stuart Held)
7/27/1973 -Newscast including reports on
the Senate Watergate Hearings(provided by Stuart Held)
1976 - Country music format with David Leroy (11/16/1976) - 17 MB - (Provided by Curt Lundgren)
Includes commercials for Boyer Ford, Valley Furniture in Apple Valley, Peterson Pontiac GMC, Larry Reid's Bloomington Chrysler Plymouth, Hoigaards, Bruce Cressy Cokato Motors, Armour Golden Star Turkey, Armour Hot Dogs, The Dales (shopping centers), Hansen's Auto Spa, Badsons, Knox Lumber, GMC and JC Penney.
Richard Sigurdson writes: "I can identify the voices heard on this aircheck: Bruce (James) Browning is the D.J. Gregg Ellsworth voiced the House of Television spot and is on remote at the Olds Dealer. At that time KTCR's FM studios and transmitter were at 3800 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, the AM studios and transmitter were in New Hope."
5/9/1975 -Rick
Mason - Final Show - 2 MB (provided by Rick Burnett)
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for more airchecks of KTCR-FM and other Twin Cities radio stations: twincitiesradioairchecks.com
1979 - Beautiful music format with Dick Driscoll including a commercial for First Federal Savings- 2 MB (provided by Al Arneson)
1983 - When KTWN-FM (see above) dropped its jazz format and switched to satellite pop music, WAYL-FM tried programming smooth jazz at night.
This is a unique WAYL-FM clip going from beautiful music into mellow jazz, with announcer Beth Kidd. 12 MB (provided by Jeff Blakeslee) - Newspaper articles about WAYL-FM introducing an evening jazz show.
2001 - V105 rhythmic oldies format () 20 MB (provided by Mark Pfeifer)
Includes commercials for Hall & Oates and Todd Rundgren at the Xcel Energy Center, Maple Tan, ABC Radio Marketing, Augsburg College, AT&T, US Department of Health and Human Services, Brambilla’s RV Center, Turn Style Consignment Shops, Lookout Bar & Grill in Maple Grove, Color Tile and Floor to Ceilings Stores, Sharks, Airlake Ford Mercury in Lakeville, NyQuil, and Robitussin Flu.
On
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foothold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was 9,000 Allied Soldiers killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler. The following historic airchecks were provided by Todd Kosovich.
On August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the United States and her allies. President Truman decided that he
would not broadcast, but would allow the four radio networks to announce the good news. All broadcasts from inside the White House were banned. President Truman called the reporters into the oval office, told them the news and the race to the telephones was on! The newsrooms of ABC and Mutual relied on the speed of the wire services. NBC and CBS kept open phone lines from the White House press room. The four clips below are from around 6 p.m. Central War Time that night as the news reached the network studios. This is believed to be the first time the surrender news from all four networks has been available in one place. The NBC material was recently discovered by Todd Kosovich, who provided all these clips.
Unidentified Station - This aircheck is dated May 23-24, 1947. It consists
of a newscast; live commercials for Shredded Wheat, Libby’s, Crisco and
Ovaltine; Gopher sports show with Bernie Bierman and portion of a Gopher
Maroon-Gold spring football broadcast. The announcer is Earl Moseman
(sp?). Our guess is that the aircheck is from WMIN-AM or WTCN-AM. If
anyone can provide any additional information on this recording, please contact us. 18 MB (provided by Stuart Held)
Twin City/Northwest Radio Weekly
Magazine - 3/7/1931 PDF 4
MB - 4/18/1931 PDF 3 MB - 5/2/1931 PDF 3 MB 
