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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 12/7/1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor including WCCO ID announcements 17 MB 4/12/1945 WCCO's Paul Wann reads a flash and bulletin announcing the death of President Franklin Roosevelt .5 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) 4/20/1945 "School of the Air" program produced by CBS Radio/WCCO Radio featuring students from Minneapolis West High School discussing "Is World Organization Possible?". This program aired eight days after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 10 days before the death of Adolf Hitler and 18 days before the surrender of Nazi Germany. The recording ends with a WCCO Radio ID and a live commercial for Bulova watches. (8 MB). Note: The recording audio quality is poor. 8/18/1946 WCCO-AM (830) - Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey reading the newspaper comics from the Minneapolis Tribune during the "Stay At Home" campaign during a polio outbreak. Frank Butler hosts the show with music by Toby Prin. Humphrey's children, Skip and Nancy, also appear on the show. 21 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) FYI: The Minnesota State Fair was cancelled that year due to outbreak of polio. The Star Tribune has published a story about this broadcast including photos: www.startribune.com/local/blogs/116452338.html 10/31/1948 Bernie Bierman Football Show - sponsored by Juster Brothers Clothing - including Gopher Football coach Bernie Bierman, Halsey Hall, Babe LeVoir, Paul Wann, Ed Viehman and music provided by Toby Prin and the Juster Cheerleaders - #1 13MB #2 12 MB 11/6/1948 TCF Gopher Football "Touchdown Time" pre-game show (prior to the Gopher-Purdue game) including Halsey Hall, Babe LeVoir and Paul Wann along with music by Burt Hanson and the Wally Olson Orchestra. Halsey announces the Gopher lineup including Bud Grant (who later became head coach of the Minnesota Vikings) and Verne Gagne (who later became a professional wrestler and owner/promoter of the American Wrestling Association). #1 #2 (14 MB each) 1/1/1949 "Stairway to Stardom" with Cedric Adams, Frank Butler and local contestants - #1 #2 (14 MB each) 5/7/1949 Bob DeHaven's "Our Own Bob" show broadcast from the Our Own Hardware store in Little Falls, MN - 12 MB 8/6/1949 Schmidt's City Club with Clellan Card, Ed Viehman, Mary Davies, Tony Grise, City Club Orchestra with Wally Olson and more - 7 MB 10/22/1949 Gopher Football (vs. Michigan) play-by-play (3rd quarter) with Halsey Hall - 12 MB 12/27/1949 Cedric Adams Memory Time Show - 9 MB 12/21/1949 People and Events of 1949 - 10 MB 1950s Cedric Adams Production Room Bloopers 7 MB (contains adult language) 1950s Cedric Adams - "Phone Call Bits" - Sewer 5 MB - Taxes 6 MB Early 1950s "Your Home Town" with Cedric Adams profiling the city of Slayton, MN - #1 #2 (both 14 MB) 1950 Schmidt's City Club with Clellan Card, Frank Butler, Mary Davies, City Club Band and more - 7 MB 1950
6/2/1951 Robin Hood Saturday Night Party - #1 14 MB - #2 15 MB 6/15/1951 Melody Matinee including commercials - 7 MB 8/18/1951 "Cedric Adams Fast Five" - Cedric's weekday five minute feature broadcast over the CBS Radio Network - 1 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) 1952 Cedric Adams interviews Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin - 7 MB 5/31/1952 Cedric Adams - I'll Never Forget - 13 MB July 1953 WCCO Aquatennial Show broadcast with Cedric Adams, Bob DeHaven, Clellan Card, Victor Borge, George Jessel, The McGuire Sisters, Jeanne Arland, Tony Grise, Joan Iden, Minneapolis Choraliers, Wally Olson and more. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 (files from 8 to 13 MB) 1954 Good Neighbor Time show broadcast from 1954 with Bob DeHaven, Maynard Speece, plus music by the Wally Olson Orchestra and The Red River Valley Gang, and more - 21 MB 1/23/1954 Saturday Night Party and Talent Parade with Jack Huston - 9 MB July 1954 WCCO Aquatennial Show broadcast with Cedric Adams, Bob DeHaven, Art Linkletter, Jack Carson, Helen O'Connell, Ramona Gerhardt, Minneapolis Choraliers, Wally Olson and more. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 (files from 9 to 15 MB) 9/1/1954 "Sunrise Salute" with Allen Gray including newscast, conversation, music, etc. - 9 MB (Note: audio is a bit rough) 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) 7/16/1955 WCCO Aquatennial Show broadcast with Cedric Adams, Bob DeHaven, Bob Crosby (brother of Bing Crosby), Jan Murray (who was host of the television game show "Dollar A Second"), Guy Mitchell and much more. #1 #2 #3 #4 (files range from 14 to 17 MB) 8/5/1955 First Bank Notes with Joyce Lamont and Ed Viehman 4 MB - Recording is scratchy January 1956 WCCO Winter Carnival Broadcast from 1956 with Cedric Adams, Bob DeHaven, Johnny Carson, Steve Lawrence, Warren Hull (host of the CBS television show "Strike it Rich") Richard Hayman, Mindy Carson, The Red River Band, Burt Hanson and others. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 (files sizes 6-10 MB - audio is a bit rough at times due to the poor condition of the transcription records 5/19/1956
1959 Open Mic Program - Listeners call in message to be later played on Russian radio - 2 MB 10/22/1962 CBS Radio - CBS World News Roundup - Pre-Cuban Missile Coverage - Reports that President Kennedy and officials are planning something big today. “Extraordinary peace time secrecy shrouds this city.” There will be a major announcement sometime today. A lot of rumors and wonder: Is it Cuba? Is it Berlin? Emergency Construction crews are working around the clock at Key West Florida. Service men are flooding into the city. Control Tower built and made working in one day! - 3 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) 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 - Click Here 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 Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson comedy skits:
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 12/18/1965 Honest to Goodness with Dick Chapman and Randy Merriman - 8 MB (provided by Larry Haeg, Jr.) 11/22/1966 Farm City Day broadcast from Lake City, MN including Maynard Speece, Roger Erickson, Howard Viken, Joyce Lamont, Jergen Nash and Jim Hill - #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 (mp3 files range from 24-31 MB) - (provided by James Schrimpf)
12/23/1966 Aircheck of Bob DeHaven with the Standard Oil News Roundup, Paul Giel with the sports and Roger Erickson - 6 MB - (by Mark Durenberger) 1/20/1967 Noon Hour - Part 1 22 MB - Part 2 25 MB (provided by Bob Rivard) 1/27/1967-1/28/1967 WCCO and CBS Radio breaking news coverage of the Apollo 1 tragedy. A cabin fire during a launch pad test at
April-June 1968 Coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
6/5/1968-6/8/1968 An extensive collection of airchecks covering the shooting, death, funeral mass and more of Senator Robert F. Kennedy - 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) July 1969 Coverage of the launch, moon landing, first steps on the moon of Apollo 11 - Click Here November 1969 Coverage of Apollo 12 - Click Here April 1970 Coverage of Apollo 13 - Click Here 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) 1977 Charlie Boone and Joyce Lamont - 5 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren) 8/16/1977 Coverage of the death of Elvis Presley as the news broke on during the Cannon Mess with Steve Cannon including Dan Hertsgaard, Jergen Nash, Dick Chapman, Bill Diehl and CBS Radio. Recording also includes a CBS Radio newscast and "Newsbreak with Charles Osgood" feature that aired the following morning - 23 MB 9/18/1977 CBS Radio 50th anniversary special (portion) and WCCO Nighttime News with Dan Hertsgaard including a report from WCCO Government Correspondent Arv Johnson - 25 MB (provided by Brian Carlson) 3/18/1978 Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson - Part 1 26 MB - Part 2 34 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) January 1978 Death Coverage of Hubert Humphrey (click here) 4/17/1978 Aircheck from from 7-8:30 am with the CBS World News Roundup and WCCO Radio news with Howard Viken, Dick Chapman and Jergen
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 4/2/1980 Joe McFarlin and Franklin Hobbs 11 MB (provided by Tom Oszman) 1981 "Real Radio Story" Sales Demo 8 MB 1981 "Real Radio" programming demo - 9 MB January 1981 Curt Beckmann (News Director) talks with Bruce Laingen shortly after the release of Americans held hostage in Iran - 7 MB 5/13/1981 CBS Radio breaking news coverage of the shooting/assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II - Reid Collins 6 MB - Richard C Hottelet 4 MB - Reid Collins 9 MB March 30-31, 1981 WCCO/CBS Radio coverage of the shooting/assassination attempt on President Reagan along with some WCCO Radio regular programming (provided by Kurt Rosselit) 10/6/1981 CBS breaking news coverage on the death of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat - 11 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) - 12/20/1981 Final Minnesota Vikings game at Met Vikings (vs Chiefs) with final minute of play-by-play with Ray Scott and Stu Voigt followed by 30 minutes of the Vikings Feedback (post-game show) with Bill Diehl, Paul Flatley, Paul Giel and Dick Enroth - 29 MB (provided by Kurt Rosselit) April-May 1982 Extensive collection of CBS Radio newscasts covering the Falklands War - Click Here 11/22/1982 Farm City Day broadcast from Hutchinson, MN including Roger Erickson, Chuck Lilligren, Curt Zimmerman, Bill Endersen, Dean Spratt, Denny Long, Joyce Lamont, Ray Christensen and others including Sid Hartman interviewing Minnesota Vikings head coach, Bud Grant - #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 (mp3 files range 21-28 MB) 4/22/1983 Charlie Boone interviews former KSTP-TV anchor Ron Magers 19 MB 6/20/1983 Sign-Off Announcement .5 MB 10/23/1983 CBS Radio breaking newscasts covering the Beirut barracks bombing resulting in the deaths of 241 American servicemen - 19 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) 1984 Boone & Erickson - Charlie and Rog crack up in this aircheck - 6 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) 2/10/1984 Morning show with Chuck Lilligren. A CBS Net Alert bulletin breaks in at 17:40 into the recording announcing the death of Russian leader Yori Andropov. 19 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) 8/30/1984 Coverage of the first launch of space shuttle Discovery along with regular WCCO Radio programming with Chuck Lilligren, Roger Erickson, Bill Farmer, Bill Endersen, Dick Chapman, Howard Viken and others. - #1 8 MB #2 18 MB #3 18 MB #4 8 MB. Plus, ABC Radio's coverage of the launch with Bob Walker and Vic Ratner - 8 MB. (All provided by Todd Kosovich) October 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 special and a closing speech by Charles Osgood (8 MB). 11/6/1984 WCCO Radio/CBS Radio Election Night Coverage - President Ronald Reagan defeats Walter Mondale in a landslide, Senator Rudy Boschwitz defeats Joan Growe and more. #1 #2 #3 (each aircheck 22 MB) (provided by Todd Kosovich) 10/18/1985 Jim Rogers - 11 MB (provided by David Ocar) 10/19-20/1985 Paul Stagg, Joyce Lamont, Bill Diehl - 31 MB (provided by David Ocar) 10/21/1985 Howard Viken - 27 MB (provided by David Ocar) 1/28/1986 Coverage Of The Challenger Shuttle Disaster - Click Here October 1987 Minnesota Twins 1987 World Series celebration coverage - Click Here 4/1/1988 CBS Radio - Douglas Edwards' final hourly news broadcast - 6 MB 1988 Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson Morning Drive Show Scoped Demo 4 MB 1988-1989 Brad Nessler with Minnesota Vikings play-by-play highlights from the 1988 and 1989 seasons - 2 MB 1989 Tom Bodett -The End of The Road - Old Log Theater - Click Here 1989 Sports Programming demo - 2 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) 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 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 October 1991 Minnesota Twins 1991 World Series celebration coverage - Click Here 1/15/1993 Tim Russell's Final Show (first time) - 5 MB (provided by Keith Schad) - Note: Aircheck has some technical problems. March 1993 Phil Hendrie Show - 7 MB March 1993 Tribune to Jergen Nash aired shortly before his death - 24 MB (provided by Brian Carlson) 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 1995 Wes Minter - Promo/contest tape - 6 MB (provided by Irwin "Irv" Schreiner) 1/10/1998 Final Boone & Erickson Show / Roger Erickson retires - #1 21 MB - #2 31 MB 1998 Tim Russell - 14 MB (provided by Al Arneson) 1998 "Point Of Law" with Charlie Boone - all files approximately 3 MB 1999-2000 Coverage of New Years midnight as 1999 turned into 2000 2 MB (provided by Brian Keenan) 9/11/2001 Coverage of the attacks on 9/11 - Click Here 10/25/2002 Coverage of the death of Paul Wellstone 10 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) 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 6/25/2009 Coverage of the death of Michael Jackson - Click Here 7/17/2009 Coverage of the reporting of the death of Walter Cronkite by WCCO Radio's Jeff McKinney, Mike Max and CBS Radio - 9 MB 11/5/2009 Shootings at Fort Hood - Starting with the news breaking on WCCO Radio followed by CBS Radio reports throughout the afternoon - 20 MB 12/2/2009 Breaking news coverage of the verdict announcement in the Tom Petters trial - 16 MB 12/11/2009 Final Minutes of the last Don Shelby Show - 5MB 1/12 to 1/18/2010 WCCO Radio/CBS Radio Haiti earthquake coverage starting when the news first broke on 1/12 followed by reports that aired later that day and the following six days: 1/12/2010 1/13/2010 1/14/2010 1/15/2010 1/16/2010 1/17/2010 1/18/2010 (mp3 files range from 1 to 6 MB) 4/10/2010 CBS Radio news coverage of the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others including dozens of Poland's military, political and religious leaders - 2 MB. Plus, coverage from the English language service of Polish Radio (4/10/2010) 11 MB 5/21/2010 Excerpts from Eric Eskola's final day including Dave Lee, Sid Hartman, Governor Tim Pawlenty, Bruce Hagevik, Steve Murphy, Telly Mamayek, John Rash and Cathy Wurzer - 21 MB 12/18/2010 Charlie Boone's Final Show - broadcast on - #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 (mp3 files sizes range from 18 to 20 MB) Coverage on WCCO-TV and KARE-TV: 7/8/2011 CBS Radio coverage of the final launch of the space shuttle Atlantis - 7 MB 7/21/2011 Coverage of the landing of the of the space shuttle Atlantis 9/17/2011
MISC. Undated Sign Off - 1 MB (provided by Mark Durenberger) Undated How the Vikings Came to Minnesota by Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson - 3 MB Undated Clellan Card (undated) - 2 MB (Provided by Todd Kosovich) Jergen Nash - 2 MB
WCCO-AM (830) - Show Opening Theme Music
CBS RADIO - News Hourly Sounders
WCCO-AM (830) / CBS Radio - CBS Radio recordings (provided by Jeff Miller) - All clips <1 MB unless specified
Holiday Airchecks
1988 CBS Radio - Newsmark: 50th Anniversary of the CBS Radio World News Roundup Klaxon Weather Sounder
1956 1970s 1974 Jingles - 4 MB 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 2002 Minnesota's 830 Jingles - 5 MB (provided by David Ocar)
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A Content Analysis of WCCO Radio during 1967 - Master's Thesis (120 Pages) - 9 MB PDF - Article about Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson - Minneapolis Tribune in 1981 - 15 MB PDF Article "Tapping the Strengths of WCCO" (9/14/1984) PDF (provided by David Ocar) - Welcome to the Real World "Evolution of Modern Man" magazine ad (approx. 1985) 1 MB PDF - Newspaper Ads - 1987: #1 #2 - 1988: #1 #2 PDF Files WCCO Insider - Feb. 1994 - 2 MB WCCO Insider - Fall 1994 - 3 MB WCCO Newsletter - Fall 1988 - 4 MB WCCO Newsletter - Fall 1989 - 3 MB WCCO Tune In - Newsletter parody - 1990 -13 MB Magazine ads from 1991 PDF files (provided by David Ocar)
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 Insider Newsletter - PDF 1977 Tom Ambrose - 7 MB (provided by Jay Philpott) 1977 Carl Lensgraf with Captain Buzz Studley 5MB - Curt Lundgren 6 MB - Paul Stagg/Tim Russell/Bill Henderson 7 MB - Peter May 9 MB
August 1977 Tom Ambrose - 4 MB (provided by Ron Gerber) 1/16/1979 Paul Stagg, Ray Scott newscasts, plus character voices by Carl Lensgraf & Tim Russell including Captain Buzz Studley, and more.
4/12/1979 Teri Davis - 5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto) 1981 Sales Demo - 5 MB 4/22/1982 "The Rude Awakening" with Tim Russell and Carl Lensgraf - 23 MB (provided by Tom Oszman) 6/30/1983 Johnny Canton, Charlie Bush, Tim Russell - 6-7 AM - Part 1 10 MB - Part 2 11 MB WLTE-FM AIRCHECKS: CLICK HERE
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