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MONTAGE MANIA: (provided by Jay Philpott) WLS started this "art form" in the 70's by airing a recap of the past years hits every New Year's Eve at midnight, adding another minute or so each year to represent each "old year." I caught onto this trend and was inspired by it in 1975. Here are a couple of versions of the WLS Montage. The first is an actual aircheck of fairly good quality...but so what if there are imperfections in the signal or the recording - that's the way we heard it! WLS MONTAGE (air 55-84) 21 MB. This version is a complete and absolutely faithful stereo rebuild of the original montage, produced by Scott Childers (www.scottchilders.com): WLS STEREO REBUILD 26 MB This final version is my production. I began it in 1979 while I was working at KFMX-FM, as a way to commemorate the passing of the 70s decade. For New Year's Eve 1980 leading into 1981, I added the new 1980 segment and retro-expanded the montage to 1964...the beginning of contemporary music with the Beatles Era. When I started at WLOL-FM in the summer of '80, I brought it with me and we played it every New Year's Eve at midnight, following each year's "Hot Hits Countdown." I also added 1981, 1982 and 1983. Following my late 1984 departure from WLOL-FM, Gregg Swedberg and his staff continued the tradition of adding to and airing the montage through 1990. From that point, I informally kept up with the montage here and there, even though it didn't have a home for a New Year's Eve airing. The last few years of this piece contain montage elements produced by Scott Childers. I am particularly flattered that Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber used this montage as a premium to attract pledges to KFAI-FM through his "Crap From The Past" show each Friday night. I'm told it helped him obtain record donations! PHILPOTT'S MONTAGE 50 MB |
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Severe Weather Coverage - WCCO-AM (830) June 18, 1939 – Anoka Tornado 1 MB May 6, 1965 – Tornado Coverage scoped highlights - Part 1 10 MB - Part 2 10 MB May 6, 1965 – Tornado Coverage un-scoped (7:54 pm to 12:12 am) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 June 14, 1981 – Tornado Coverage - Part 1 9 MB - Part 2 8 MB July 18, 1986 – Tornado Coverage - Part 1 21 MB - Part 2 23 MB - Part 3 22 MB - Part 4 22 MB July 23, 1987 – Coverage of the "1987 Super Storm." The Twin Cities metro area was hit with a
October 31, 1991 – Halloween Blizzard of 1991 with Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson, Dick Chapman, Eric Eskola,
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Coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (11/22/1963) WCCO-AM (830) - Part 1 18 MB - Part 2 19 MB. - This dramatic aircheck is unscoped with coverage beginning with WCCO Radio reading reports from the news wires that the President 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 Here is a fascinating and rare aircheck of a Voice of America shortwave broadcast as they struggle with CBS saying JFK is dead and NBC saying JFK is still alive. - 7 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich) |
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Coverage of the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (June 5-8, 1968) WCCO-AM (830) / CBS Radio / NBC Radio / NBC TV / KNX-AM - A collection of airchecks covering the shooting, death, funeral mass and more of Robert F. Kennedy. Thanks to Larry Haeg Jr. (LH) and Todd Kosovich (TK) for these historic recordings. June 5, 1968 – CBS Radio report of Mutual Radio’s Andrew West’s shooting coverage – 6 MB (TK) June 5, 1968 – KNX-AM (Los Angeles) - The recording begins with a minute of California
June 5, 1968 – CBS Radio coverage following the shooting – #1 22 MB - #2 22 MB - #3 27 MB - #4
June 5, 1968 – NBC Radio Special Report – 24 MB (TK) June 6, 1968 – Announcement of RFK's death - NBC Radio 1 MB - NBC Television 3 MB (TK) June 6, 1968 – Arthur Godfrey Show – 15 MB (LH) June 7, 1968 – CBS Radio Newscasts – 30 MB (LH) June 8, 1968 – CBS Radio: Funeral Mass St. Patrick's Cathedral – #1 31 MB - #2 31 MB - #3 32 MB - #4 30 MB (LH) (near the end of Part #4, a bulletin announces that James Earl Ray, the murderer of Martin Luther King, had been caught) June 8, 1968 – CBS Radio: Washington DC train arrival of RFK’s body – #1 32 MB - #2 29 MB (LH) |
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Coverage of the flight of Apollo 11 - (All Apollo 11 airchecks provided by Todd Kosovich) July 16, 1969 - WCCO-AM / CBS Radio - Launch of Apollo 11 with CBS Radio's Reid Collins - 1 MB July 16, 1969 - KSTP-AM / NBC Radio - Coverage of the third stage separation - 8 MB July 20, 1969 - WCCO-AM / CBS Radio - Moon landing with CBS Radio's Reid Collins and Stuart Novins - 20 MB July 20, 1969 - WCCO-AM / CBS Radio - First hourly newscast after continuous coverage of landing - 5 MB July 20, 1969 - WCCO-AM / CBS Radio - First steps on the moon with CBS Radio's Reid Collins & Neil Strawser 10 MB July 21, 1969 - Group W Radio - Lunar Liftoff - 3 MB July 24, 1969 - NBC Television (audio) - Splashdown - 19 MB |
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Coverage of the death of John Lennon (12/8/1980 to 12/14/1980) Part 1 28 MB - Part 2 25 MB - Part 1 opens with an announcement by Howard Cosell on ABC Television's Monday Night Football that John Lennon had been shot and killed, a bulletin on NBC Television interrupting The Tonight Show, followed by airchecks from KQRS-FM, NBC Radio's The Source, WCCO-AM/CBS Radio, WWTC-AM, Mutual News, WCCO-FM, KDWB-FM, KSTP-FM, WLOL-FM and KCLD-FM. (Thanks to Stuart Held for many of the above airchecks plus Todd Kosovich for the WCCO-AM/CBS Radio aircheck and NBC-TV bulletin audio). KDWB-FM - Tribute to John Lennon (scoped) - (12/14/1980) Part 1 19 MB - Part 2 10 MB (provided by Arne Shulstad) |
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WCCO-AM (830) - Extended coverage of CBS Radio's breaking news on the Challenger Shuttle disaster starting with the CBS Radio Net Alert Bulletin followed by two hours and 45 minutes of additional coverage. (1/28/1986) #1 18 MB - #2 12 MB - #3 24 MB - #4 33 MB - #5 40 MB - #6 27 MB. Thanks to Todd Kosovich for providing Part #2. |
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Tom Bodett -The End of The Road - Old Log Theater (1989) 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 (near Minneapolis) in 1989 starring Tom Bodett and Johnny B along with special guests including WCCO Radio's Boone and Erickson. In addition to 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. |
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Coverage of the start of Operation Desert Storm (all airchecks: 1/16/1991) - WCCO-AM (830) Before the start of Operation Desert Storm 12 AM CBS Newscast 2 MB - 7 AM CBS Newscast 6 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich). The start of Operation Desert Storm Part 1 18 MB - Part 2 26 MB - Part 3 25 MB - Part 4 26 MB - Part 5 23 MB - Part 6 26 MB - Part 7 25 MB. These recordings last 3 hours and 20 minutes and begin at 5:41 pm with a bulletin by Steve Cannon that an attack may be underway in Baghdad followed by coverage from CBS Radio, CNN with correspondents John Holliman, Peter Arnett and Bernard Shaw reporting from the Al-Rashid Hotel, Rich Holter and the WCCO Radio News Department, plus a speech to the nation by President George H. W. Bush, update by Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and more. Thanks to Todd Kosovich for providing Part 1 of the recordings. |
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Coverage of 9/11 Attacks (9/11/2001) KSTP-AM (1500) - 9/11/2001 - This aircheck was recorded about three hours before the attacks (5 AM CT) on the
WCCO-AM (830) - Coverage (edited) the morning of 9/11 (from 8:08-9:50 AM CT) including CBS Radio News,
ABC Radio - Newscast coverage of attacks on the World Trade Center - The first tower collapses during this newscast - 3 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich). It is unclear if KSTP-AM aired this newscast or was broadcasting continuous coverage. KQRS-FM (92.5) - Audio clip from the morning of 9/11 - 3 MB KNOW-FM (91.1) - NPR coverage of 9/11 attacks (9/11/2001 - starts at 8:18 AM CT) #1 24 MB - #2 25 MB - #3 19MB KNOW-FM (91.1) - NPR coverage of 9/11 attacks (9/11/2001 - starts at approximately 3 PM CT) #1 23 MB - #2 26 MB
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Coverage of 35W Bridge Collapse Airchecks August 1, 2007
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