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Remembering Steve Cannon

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WCCO-AM AIRCHECKS

9/12/1924

WLAG-AM (720 kHz) The earliest recording of a program known to be carried by a Twin Cities station, "The National Defense Day Program".  The program begins with a reading of a list of stations in the "chain" and thereby contains the only known recording of someone saying "WLAG Minneapolis" that was actually broadcast over WLAG.  WLAG had left the air on July 31, 1924.  This defense day broadcast was a really big deal in the USA that day, so the parties negotiating the funding and founding of WCCO (out of the ashes of WLAG) agreed to put station WLAG back on the air for this one night so that the station could join this early coast to coast experiment. 3 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

1/30/1937

St. Paul Winter Carnival Coronation Radio Broadcast  (810 kHz) 20 MB

6/18/1939

Anoka Tornado Coverage (810 kHz) 1 MB

12/7/1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor including WCCO ID announcements 17 MB

4/12/1945

WCCO's Paul Wonn reads a flash and bulletin announcing the death of President Franklin Roosevelt  .5 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

1950s

Cedric Adams Production Room Bloopers  7 MB (contains adult language)

1950s

Cedric Adams - "Phone Call Bits" -  Sewer 5 MB - Taxes 6 MB

October 1954

Excerpt from 30th Anniversary Broadcast  4 MB

1954

30th Anniversary Broadcast - Part 1 17 MB - Part 2 18 MB - Part 3 16 MB - Part 4 15 MB

1955

"Good Neighbor Time" - Bob DeHaven - 9 MB (provided by Aaron Mintz)

8/5/1955

First Bank Notes with Joyce Lamont and Ed Viehman 4 MB - Recording is scratchy

1959

Open Mic Program - Listeners call in message to be later played on Russian radio - 2 MB

12/7/1962

Aircheck starts with a Halsey Hall sportscast followed by a Franklin Hobbs (Hobbs House) remote broadcast from Wisconsin State College in River Falls (with great cheers from the students who came out to dance to the music Franklin was playing) lots of commercials and a WCCO Radio newscast. 24 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger)

11/22/1963

WCCO Radio coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy - Part 1 18 MB - Part 2 - 19 MB.  This dramatic aircheck is complete with unscoped coverage beginning with WCCO Radio reading reports from the newswires that President JFK had been shot, CBS Radio "Net Alert" bulletin, back to WCCO Radio followed by CBS Radio coverage through the announcement that President Kennedy had died, which followed with a playing of The Star-Spangled Banner. Thanks to Todd Kosovich for providing the complete CBS Radio News segment.

12/5/1963

Honest to Goodness special "clear channel" coast-to-coast broadcast with Dick Chapman and Randy Merriman 13MB (provided by Mark Durenberger)

1964

Arthur Godfrey Show from Minneapolis Leamington Hotel with Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson and Howard Viken - Part 1 17 MB - Part 2 12 MB (provided by Donald Dornberg)

1964

Portions of a raw tape recorded by then current WCCO Radio General Manager Larry Haeg Sr. interviewing former 'CCO Radio GM Earl Gammons about the early years at WLAG-AM / WCCO-AM. Mr. Haeg was off microphone but can still be heard asking the questions. 10 MB (provided by the Library of American Broadcasting, University of Maryland - thanks to Mark Durenberger for enhancing the audio)

1964 (WCCO-TV/Radio)

Clellan Card (Axel) - The Night Before Christmas - 5 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

August 26, 1964

Hubert Humphrey appearing on the Boone & Erickson show when a CBS "Net Alert" bulletin interrupts with news that President Johnson was considering Senator Humphrey to be his vice presidential running mate. 2 MB

October 1964

40th Anniversary Special - Part 1 15 MB  -  Part 2 17 MB

October 1964

40th Anniversary Broadcast - Radio Voices of the Past - Part 1 18 MB  -  Part 2 15 MB

5/6/1965

Tornado Coverage scoped highlights -  Part 1  10 MB    -    Part 2 10 MB

5/6/1965

Tornado Coverage un-scoped  (7:54 pm to 12:12 am)  Part 1    Part 2    Part 3   Part 4   Part 5   Part 6    Part 7   (mp3 files range from 21 to 40 MB)

12/18/1965

Honest to Goodness with Dick Chapman and Randy Merriman - 8 MB (provided by Larry Haeg, Jr.)

1/20/1967

Noon Hour - Part 1 22 MB - Part 2 25 MB (provided by Bob Rivard)

12/23/1967

Aircheck of Bob DeHaven with the Standard Oil News Roundup, Paul Giel with the sports and Roger Erickson - 6 MB - (provided by Mark Durenberger)

April-June 1968

Coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 5, 1968 CBS Radio News - Special Report - 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.)

6/5/1968-6/8/1968

An extensive collection of airchecks covering the shooting, death, funeral mass and more of Robert F. Kennedy. Thanks to Larry Haeg Jr. and Todd Kosovich for these dramatic historic recordings.  CLICK HERE

8/7/1968

CBS Radio coverage of the Republican National Convention roll call to Richard Nixon's nomination - 25 MB (by Stuart Held)

7/20/1969 (provided by Todd Kosovich)

Coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing with CBS Radio's Reid Collins and Stuart Novins. 20 MB

Coverage of the first steps on the moon with CBS Radio's Reid Collins and Neil Strawser. 10 MB

5/29/1970

Party Line with Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson & Hubert Humphrey - Part 1 14 MB - Part 2 20 MB

1971

Sales Demo -   Part 1 10 MB      Part 2 11 MB

1974

50th Anniversary Broadcast - Part 1 22 MB - Part 2 24 MB - Part 3 25 MB - Part 4 23 MB

4/30/1975

Fall of Saigon CBS Radio and WCCO Radio news coverage on the fall of Saigon -  3 MB

9/22/1975

President Ford assassination attempt - CBS Radio Net Alert 2 MB  -  CBS Radio Special Report 8 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

11/3/1976

CBS Radio News: Jimmy Carter wins presidential election -  2 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

3/18/1978

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson - Part 1 26 MB - Part 2 34 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

3/24/1978

The Cannon Mess - 10 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

10/31/1978

The Cannon Mess - Steve Cannon & Dan Hertsgaard - 4 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

January 1978

Death Coverage of Hubert Humphrey (brief silence between segments)   Part 1  20 MB -  Part 2  20 MB

October 1979

Airchecks during announcer/engineer strike. Station managers, sales people, etc. took over airshifts - 10 MB

11/3/1979

Announcement by Jon Quick and station VP and General Manager Phil Lewis that the 28 day IBEW strike had ended and engineers and announcers would be returning to work - 2 MB

1980

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson "Lutefisk Lament"  4 MB 

4/2/1980

Joe McFarlin and Franklin Hobbs  11 MB (provided by Tom Oszman)

1981

"Real Radio Story" Sales Demo  8 MB

January 1981

Curt Beckmann (News Director) talks with Bruce Laingen shortly after the release of Americans held hostage in Iran - 7 MB

6/14/1981

Tornado Coverage -  Part 1  9 MB -   Part 2 8 MB

4/22/1983

Charlie Boone interviews former KSTP-TV anchor Ron Magers 19 MB

6/20/1983

Sign-Off Announcement  .5 MB

1984

Boone & EricksonCharlie and Rog crack up in this aircheck - 6 MB  (provided by Todd Kosovich)

1984

60th Anniversary Broadcast - Part 1 15 MB  -  Part 2 16 MB

October 2, 1984

WCCO Radio celebrated its 60th anniversary with a special gala honoring 60 "Distinguished Good Neighbors" - one designated for each year the station had been on the air from 1924 to 1984. Appearing at the event included many of the honored individuals and/or their families, WCCO Radio personalities, Charles Osgood, Harry Reasoner, the president of CBS Broadcasting Gene Jankowski, and local dignitaries. Event Program (PDF) - Speech by Jergen Nash (8 MB) about what makes WCCO Radio so special and a closing speech by Charles Osgood (8 MB).

1/28/1986

Coverage Of The Challenger Shuttle Disaster 9 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

1988

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson Morning Drive Show Scoped Demo  4 MB

7/18/1986

Tornado Coverage - Part 1 21 MB - Part 2 23 MB - Part 3 22 MB - Part 4 22 MB  (KARE-TV video coverage: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3)

7/23/1987

Coverage of the "1987 Super Storm." The Twin Cities metro area was hit with a powerful line of thunderstorms that produced tornadoes, damaging straight line winds and historic flooding rains. Part #1 14 MB - Part #2 15 MB - Part #3 20 MB - Note that audio is not studio quality, but is very interesting to listen to. (provided by Todd Kosovich with audio enhancement by Mark Durenberger).

1989

Tom Bodett -The End of The Road - Old Log Theater - Part 1 17 MB - Part 2 13 MB - Part 3 15 MB - Part 4 18 MB - Part 5 15 MB. This show was recorded at the Old Log Theater starring Tom Bodett and Johnny B along with special guests including WCCO Radio's Boone and Erickson. In addition hearing the show as it was broadcast nationally, you will also hear the interaction and dialog with the audience before the show started and between the segments that radio listeners never heard including retakes, audience instructions, recording of show promo, off-air performances and much more. Radiotapes has been granted permission by Tom Bodett to post this copyrighted recording.

June 1989

The Cannon Mess with Mike Lynch and James St. James - 8 MB

6/5/1989

Tiananmen Square protest coverage from CBS Radio and WCCO Radio's Rich Holter, Denny Long and guests - #1 (19 MB) - #2 (16 MB) - #3 (10 MB)

6/28/1989

Steve talks sports with Sid Hartman and Mark Rosen - 8 MB

11/11/1989

CBS Radio World News Roundup and WCCO Radio's coverage of the fall of the Berlin wall - 14 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

3/21/1990

Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson Morning Drive Show Scoped Demo 5 MB

1/16/1991

Coverage of the start of Operation Desert Storm - CLICK HERE

8/30/1991

"Minnesota Hospital" - Live at Minnesota State Fair  5 MB

10/31/1991

Coverage of the Halloween Blizzard of 1991 with Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson, Dick Chapman, Eric Eskola, Dean Spratt, Jerry Peterson, Karen Filloon and more. 20 MB

March 1993

Phil Hendrie Show - 7 MB

4/13/1993

The Cannon Mess - #1 20 MB  #2 26 MB

4/22/1993

The Cannon Mess - #1 15 MB  #2 28 MB

4/26/1993 (4-5 PM)

One hour of "The Cannon Mess" with Steve Cannon including Morgan Mundane and Ma Linger, CBS Radio news, Ray Christensen with WCCO Radio news, Mike Lynch with the weather, Dean Spratt and Jerry Peterson with the traffic and sports talk with Sid Hartman - Part 1 30 MB - Part 2 25 MB

12/13/1993

The Cannon Mess with Steve Cannon (along with Morgan Mundane), Ray Christensen (news), Karen Filloon (weather) and James St. James (enterianment reporter) -  #1   #2   #3   #4 (each segment 10 MB) (provided by Keith Schad)

1994

"Minnesota Hospital" - Live at Farm City Day in Winthrop 6 MB

1994

Phil Hendrie - More than 3 Hours!  #1 37 MB  #2 25 MB  #3 29 MB  #4 22 MB  #5 25 MB  #6 27 MB - (provided by Anthony Thompson)

3/12/1994

Phil Hendrie Final Show on WCCO Radio - Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4  Part 5   Part 6 (14 to 28 MB) (provided by Don Roux)

6/17/1994

WCCO Radio/CBS Radio coverage of the O.J. Simpson Bronco Chase - Part 1 19 MB - Part 2 26 MB - Part 3 23 MB

1999-2000

Coverage of New Years midnight as 1999 turned into 2000 2 MB (provided by Brian Keenan)

8/20/2001

Steve temporarily coming out of retirement filling in for Dave Lee - 6-7 AM 21 MB 7-8 AM 24 MB 8-9 AM 21 MB

9/11/2001

Coverage (edited) the morning of 9/11 (from 8:08-9:50 am) including CBS Radio News, WCBS Radio, CBS TV audio and more - Sept. 11, 2001 - 20 MB (by Todd Kosovich)

10/25/2002

Coverage of the death of Paul Wellstone 10 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

10/2/2004

80th Anniversary - Steve Cannon / Don Shelby - Part 1 20 MB - Part 2  22 MB - Part 3 19 MB - Part 4 11 MB - Part 5 14 MB

8/1/2007-8/4/2007

35W Bridge Collapse Coverage - CLICK HERE

11/4/2008

Barack Obama wins presidential election - CBS Radio/WCCO Radio coverage - 4 MB


MISC.

Undated 

Sign Off - 1 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger)

1988

CBS Radio - Newsmark:  50th Anniversary of the CBS Radio World News Roundup

Mark Durenberger

Jerry Miller

1996 and 2001

A "technical tour" of WCCO's Coon Rapids transmitter plant with Mark Durenberger and former WCCO Radio Chief Engineer Jerry Miller (2001) -  27 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger).  Plus, an aircheck of Jerry Miller with Steve Cannon talking about Jerry's retirement from WCCO Radio (July 1996) - 9 MB

WCCO-AM (830) - Show Opening Theme Music

Boone & Erickson Show *

Top of the Morning/Good Morning Song

First Bank Notes * (open and close - 1960s)

Howard Viken Show (Tom Hark by Ted Heath)

Ruth Koscielak Show (Me and My Bad Mood by Jeff Arundel)

The Cannon Mess (Open instrumental)  (Open vocal)  (Close)

Jergen Nash Show *

Honest to Goodness * (Bambolina by Marty Gold)

Party Line Show *

Hobbs House * (Smoke Rings by Henry Mancini)

* = (provided by Mark Durenberger)   -  Additions to be above would be much appreciated.

 

Undated

(Steve) "Cannon Mess" Fight On For 'Ol  2 MB (provided by Brian Keenan)

Undated

Steve Cannon, Morgan Mundane, Backlash LaRue and Ma Linger - 2 MB

CBS RADIO

News Hourly Sounder - 1962-1968  (provided by Kirk Morgan) 

CBS RADIO

1968 News Sounder Promo

CBS RADIO

News Hourly Sounders - 1968-1983   -   1983-1999  (provided by Tom Oszman)


JINGLES

1970s          

News Hourly Sounder 

1980s

"Real Radio"   Full Vocal   -   Instrumental

1984

"60 Years Strong"  Full Vocal   -   Instrumental

Mid 1980s

"Welcome to the Real World"   Full Vocal   -   Instrumental

1987

"Turn to a Friend" jingles: Full Vocal (long version)   -   Instrumental (long version)   -   Soft Full Vocal   -   Soft Instrumental   -   R&B Full Vocal   -   R&B Instrumental   -   Rock Full Vocal   -   Rock Instrumental   -   Pop Full Vocal   -   Pop Instrumental   -   Promo Bed Music   -   News Jingle/Sounder   -   Weather Jingle/Sounder   -   Traffic Jingle/Sounder   -   Sports Promo Music  

Early 1990s

News You Want People You Know Jingles


WCCO-AM PRINTED MATERIALS

WLAG-AM (720 AM)

1924 *

      WCCO-AM (720 kHz)

Radio Digest 4/25/1925

        

WCCO (720 AM)

Mid 1920s

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WCCO (810 AM)

1929 *

WCCO-AM (810 kHz)

Newspaper ad (approx. 1930)

(provided by Mark Durenberger)

WCCO (810 AM)  

1938

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WCCO (810 AM)

1938

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WCCO-AM (830AM) 

25th Anniversary - 1949

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WCCO-AM (830 AM)

1950s Cedric Adams

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WCCO-AM (830 AM)

30th Anniversary - 1954

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WCCO Radio (830 AM)

News Parade

August 1955

August 1956

September 1958

WCCO-AM (830 AM)

1968 *

WCCO-AM (830 AM)

Program Brochures

(MN State Fair)

1983

1984

1985

1986

1999

1984

1985

(Star Tribune mention)

 

* = Provided by the Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications

 

A Content Analysis of WCCO Radio during 1967 - Master's Thesis (120 Pages) - 9 MB PDF

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Article about Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson - Minneapolis Tribune in 1981 - 15 MB PDF

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Welcome to the Real World "Evolution of Modern Man" magazine ad (approx. 1985) 1 MB PDF

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Newspaper Ads - 1987:  #1  #2   - 1988:  #1  #2  PDF Files


WCCO-AM VIDEOS

WCCO-AM

Real Radio Commercials

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WCCO-AM - Oct 1984

Aired on WUSA-TV

"60 Years Strong" - Part 1

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WCCO-AM - Oct 1984

Aired on WUSA-TV

"60 Years Strong" - Part 2

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WCCO-AM - Oct 1984

Aired on WUSA-TV

"60 Years Strong" - Part 3

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WCCO-AM - Oct 1984

Aired on WUSA-TV

"60 Years Strong" - Part 4

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WCCO-AM

Aired on WCCO-TV

PM Magazine - 1984

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WCCO-AM

Aired on WTCN-TV

1984 - Report on EBS

WCCO-AM

Aired on WUSA-TV  

AM Stereo - 1985

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WCCO-AM

Aired on WUSA-TV  

1986 

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WCCO-AM

Turn To A Friend

TV Commercials - 1987

WCCO-AM

Aired on KARE-TV

Turn to a Friend - 1987

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WCCO-AM

Aired on KARE-TV

Boone & Erickson - 1987

WCCO-AM

Aired on KARE-TV

1987

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WCCO-AM -

Aired on KARE-TV

1988

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WCCO-AM

Aired on WCCO-TV

Mark Rosen - 1988

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WCCO-AM *

Station Demo Tape

"Turn to a Friend" - 1988

WCCO-AM *

TV Commercials

1992

WCCO-AM

Station Demo

1993

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WCCO-AM

TV Commercial (Shootout)

1993

WCCO-AM *

70th Anniversary - Part #1

1994

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WCCO-AM *

70th Anniversary - Part #2

1994

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WCCO-AM *

"Every Step of the Day"

TV Spot - 1995

WCCO-AM

Aired on KARE-TV

1995 Sid Sound A-Like

WCCO-AM *

Aired on TPT Almanac

1997 Steve Cannon

WCCO-AM - Part 1 *

Aired on KMSP-TV

1997 Steve Cannon

WCCO-AM - Part 2  *

Aired on KMSP-TV

1997 Steve Cannon

WCCO-AM - 1998 *

KARE-TV WCCO-TV KSTP Roger Erickson Retirement

WCCO-AM - 2004 **

Roger Erickson interviews his pig, Sheldon

WCCO-AM - 2009

Aired on KSTP-TV

Steve Cannon Death

WCCO-AM - 2009

Aired on WCCO-TV

Steve Cannon Death

WCCO-AM - 2009

Aired on KMSP-TV

Steve Cannon Death

WCCO-AM - 2009

Aired on KARE-TV

Steve Cannon Death

WCCO-AM - 2009

Aired on TPT Almanac

Steve Cannon Death

   

* = provided by David Ocar   ** = provided by Paul Bergly  


WCCO-FM & WLTE-FM

5/5/1969

A very early early recording of WCCO-FM (One of the first evenings when the station went on-the-air) - Steve Edstrom - 25 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger)

1970s

Jingle - .5 MB

1977

Tom Ambrose7 MB (provided by Jay Philpott)

August 1977

Tom Ambrose - 4 MB (provided by Ron Gerber)

4/12/1979

Teri Davis - 5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

1981

Sales Demo - 5 MB

6/30/1983

Johnny Canton, Charlie Bush, Tim Russell - 6-7 AM -  Part 1 10 MB  -  Part 2 11 MB

1992

Paul Geiger - Saturday Night Cruise - 8 MB (provided by Tom Oszman)


WLTE-FM VIDEOS

WLTE-FM

Aired on WCCO-TV

1984 *

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WLTE-FM

Aired on WTCN-TV (KARE)

1985

WLTE-FM

Aired on KARE-TV

1987

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WLTE-FM

Aired on KARE-TV

1988

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* = provided by Jay Philpott

WLTE-FM Newspaper Ad:  1983C

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