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Jay Philpott

MONTAGE MANIA:  (provided by Jay Philpott)

WLS started this "art form" in the 70s 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 1955-1984) 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 

SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE - WCCO-AM (830) (1939-1991)

• June 18, 1939 – Anoka Tornado 1 MB

• May 6, 1965 – Coverage of the Twin Cities tornado outbreak continuous from 7:10 pm to 12:12 am with

  Charlie Boone, Dick Chapman, Chuck Lilligren and others. (mp3 files range from 21 to 40 MB)

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9

• 1965 tornado coverage scoped highlights -  Part 1 10 MB -  Part 2 10 MB
• Read more about the tornado outbreak - click here

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• July 6, 1966 – Tornado coverage with Ray Christensen, Dick Chapman, Franklyn Hobbs, Arv Johnson and 

                     Chuck Lilligren Part 1 21 MB - Part 2 21 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

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• 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 

  (KARE-TV video tornado coverage: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3)

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• July 23, 1987 – Coverage of the "1987 Super Storm." The Twin Cities metro area was hit with a powerful line

  of thunderstorms producing tornadoes, damaging straight line winds and historic flooding. Part 1 14 MB - Part 2 15 MB - Part 3 20 MB - Audio is not studio quality, but is very interesting to listen to.

  (provided by Todd Kosovich with audio enhancement by Mark Durenberger)

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• October 31, 1991 – Halloween Blizzard of 1991 with Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson, Dick Chapman, Eric Eskola,

  Dean Spratt, Jerry Peterson, Karen Filloon and more. - 20 MB

WCCO RADIO CIVIL DEFENSE RECORDINGS (1961)

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)

                            Evacuation Route image provided by Todd Kosovich

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 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.

WCCO-AM (830) - Emergency Alert System National Test (11/9/2011) - 2 MB

COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY (11/22/1963)

WCCO-AM (830) - #1 18 MB - #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

ABC Radio - An excellent quality recording starting with the breaking news of the shooting of President Kennedy to the announcement of his death. #1 22 MB - #2 22 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

NBC Radio - Coverage of the shooting/assassination of President John F. Kennedy - Bulletin  #1   #2  #3 (1 MB each)

Continuous Coverage #1 25 MB - #2 24 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

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)

COVERAGE OF THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 1 TRAGEDY - (1967)

WCCO and CBS Radio breaking news coverage of the Apollo 1 tragedy (January 27-28, 1967). A cabin fire during a launch pad test at Cape Canaveral killed all three crew members: Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee. Includes a Winston cigarette commercial - 11 MB

COVERAGE OF THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 11 - (1969) (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 - CBS Radio 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

COVERAGE OF THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 12 - (1969) (provided by Todd Kosovich)

• Nov 19, 1969 - ABC Radio - Live coverage of Apollo 12 Moon landing - #1   #2  (11 MB each) (by Todd Kosovich)

COVERAGE OF THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 13 - (1970) (provided by Todd Kosovich)

• April 11, 1970 - ABC Radio Lift Off Coverage (20 MB)
• April 14, 1970 - ABC Radio 12:05 AM - Coverage of Apollo 13 problems including NASA news conference (18 MB)
• April 14, 1970 - ABC Radio  Continuing Coverage - 1:00 AM (16 MB) - 1:30 AM (17 MB)

WATERGATE AND THE FALL OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON (1973-1974)

Following recordings provided by broadcast historian, Todd Kosovich.

WCCO Radio/CBS Radio

• April 30 1973 - Lowell Thomas News – Nixon cleans house - 6 MB
• May 9 1973 - Walter Cronkite News and Analysis – how serious is Watergate? - 3 MB
• May 23 1973 - First Line Report with Dan Rather – Nixon makes new admissions - 3 MB
• June 22 1973 - First Line Report with Robert Pierpoint – Nixon’s personal style - 3 MB
• June 29 1973 - First Line Report with Robert Pierpoint – blaming John Dean - 3 MB
• Oct 22 1973 - First Line Report with Bob Schieffer – a busy week! - 3 MB
• Oct 23 1973 - First Line Report with Dan Rather – 7 days in October - 3 MB
• Oct 23 1973 - Walter Cronkite News and Analysis – flood of impeachment petitions - 3 MB
• Oct 23 1973 - CBS News Special Report – summary of events - 17 MB
• Jan 2 1974 - First Line Report with Robert Pierpoint – predicts that President Nixon will resign this year - 3 MB
• July 12 1974 - The World Tonight with Douglas Edwards. Ellsberg burglary verdict is in - Erlichman guilty! - 3 MB
• July 25, 1974 - First Line Report with Bob Schieffer. Summary of the arguments and ruling in U.S. vs Nixon - 4 MB
• July 25, 1974 - The World Tonight-Douglas Edwards. House Judiciary Committee debate on articles of impeachment - 7 MB
• Aug. 5, 1974 - First Line Report with Bob Schieffer. Rumors over President Nixon trip to Camp David - 3 MB
• Aug. 6, 1974 - First Line Report with Dan Rather -“Days of Decision”- Political allies and press turn against Nixon - 3 MB
• Aug. 7, 1974 - CBS News - Stuart Novins - The President is deciding what to do - 2 MB
• Aug. 8, 1974 (5 am) - CBS News - Dallas Townsend with indications that President Nixon will resign - 3 MB
• Aug. 8, 1974 (6 pm) - The World Tonight -Douglas Edwards. President expected to resignation in two hours - 5 MB
• Aug. 8, 1974 (7:55 pm) - CBS News Special Report – Nixon Announces Resignation - #1 (16 MB)   #2 (30 MB)

• Aug. 8, 1974 - CBS News Special Report (continued) – Nixon Announces Resignation - #3 (22 MB)  #4 (24 MB)
• Aug. 9, 1974 - CBS Radio Special Report with coverage of the swearing in of President Gerald Ford

                                 with Neil Strawser and Hal Walker - 6 MB

KSJN-FM - NPR coverage Senate Watergate Hearings - John Erlichman testimony on 7/27/1973 -36 MB (provided by Stuart Held)

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)

COVERAGE OF THE FALKLANDS WAR (1982)

The Falklands War was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The war started on April 2, 1982 with the Argentine invasion and occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The war lasted 74 days and resulted in the deaths of 257 British and 649 Argentine soldiers. (per Wikipedia)

May 1, 1982 - KSTP ID into ABC News update on the Falklands War with reports of the first attacks by British bombers

                     on the Falkland Islands 2 MB

WCCO-AM - CBS Radio newscasts covering the Falklands War all recorded by Todd Kosovich:

COVERAGE OF THE CHALLENGER SHUTTLE DISASTER (1986)

WCCO-AM (830)/CBS Radio's extended breaking news 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.

CNN coverage of the Challenger disaster: 

COVERAGE OF THE 1987 & 1991 WORLD SERIES CELEBRATIONS AND

VICTORY PARADES ON WCCO RADIO ... and more!

• World Series 1987 - Game 7 - Minnesota Twins Win!  Conclusion of the game followed by one-hour of post game celebration coverage including Herb Carneal, John Gordon, Harmon Killebrew, Dan Hertsgard, Twins players and others. (10/25/1987) #1 26 MB - #2 26 MB

• Minnesota Twins 1987 World Series Victory Parade (October 1987) including Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson broadcasting live from the WCCO Radio van at the front of the parade, Howard Viken, Ruth Koscielak, Herb Carneal, John Gordon, John Rooney, Harmon Killebrew, Bruce Hagevik, Eric Eskola, Jan Jirak, Dean Spratt, John Lundell and others.  #1    #2    #3    #4   (mp3 files range from 26 to 29 MB)

• A montage sample of music from the 1987 Minnesota Twins World Championship Season as heard on Twin Cities radio stations including "Win Twins" (WCCO-AM), "The Light, Happy Music" (KQRS-FM), "Polka for the Pennant" (KQRS-FM), "The World Series Shuffle" (WCCO-AM), "Pennant Fever '87" (WCCO-AM), "A Matter of Pride" (WCCO-AM), "Voodoo Magic" (KQRS-FM), "Rev it Up" (KDWB-FM), "Homer Hanky" (Star Tribune), "Win Twins '87" (WCCO-AM/KMSP-TV) and "Win Twins Win" by Slave Raider (KJJO-FM) - 9 MB - ("Win Twins Win" provided by Jay Philpott)

• World Series 1991 - Game 7 - Minnesota Twins Win!  Conclusion of the game followed by one-hour of post game celebration coverage including Herb Carneal, John Gordon, Mike Woodley, Mike Miller, Twins players and others. (10/27/1991)  #1 29 MB - #2 29 MB

• Minnesota Twins 1991 World Series Victory Parade (10/29/1991) including Tim Russell, Ted Robinson Charlie Boone, Roger Erickson, Herb Carneal, John Gordon, Bruce Hagevik, Eric Eskola, Bruce Hagevik, Telly Mamayek, Sid Hartman, Ray Christensen, Jerry Peterson, Mike Woodley, Karen Filloon, Mike Miller, Brooke Aulvin and others.

#1    #2    #3    #4    #5    #6    #7    #8   (mp3 files range from 14 to 24 MB)

• Kirby Puckett's 1991 World Series Game 6 Home Run - (10/26/1991) Starts with the play-by-play call from the Twins Radio Network followed by the call as heard on the CBS Americas Spanish Radio Network - 1 MB

TWINS BASEBALL JINGLES

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• 1961: "We're Gonna to Win Twins" jingle (provided by Kirk Morgan)
• 1962: Hamm's Beer "Let's Toast the Winning Twins" music/jingle - 1 MB (provided by Stuart Held and Todd Kosovich)
• 1987: "We're Gonna to Win Twins" jingle

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.

COVERAGE OF THE START OF OPERATION DESERT STORM (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.

COVERAGE OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS (9/11/2001) AND THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN (5/1/2011)

• KSTP-AM (1500) - 9/11/2001 - This aircheck was recorded about three hours before the attacks (5 AM CT) on the World Trade Center. Hear what the the top ABC Radio news stories were that morning (before the world changed) plus the start of "Babs (Barbara Carlson) and the Boys" show. 3 MB (provided by Stuart Held)

• WCCO-AM (830) - Coverage (edited) the morning of 9/11 (from 8:08-9:50 AM CT) including CBS Radio News, WCBS Radio, CBS TV audio and more - Sept. 11, 2001 - 20 MB (provided by Todd Kosovich)

• 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 19 MB - #4 5 MB - #5 24 MB - #6 30 MB

• 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 #3 26MB - #4 26 MB - #5 25 MB - #6 20 MB - #7 25 MB - #8 14 MB

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• WABC-AM (770 / New York) - 8 Hours of continious coverage - CLICK HERE
• WCBS-AM (880 / New York) - 10+ Hours of continuous coverage - CLICK HERE
• WINS-AM (1010 / New York) - 24 hours of continuous coverage on 9/11 & 9/12/2001 - CLICK HERE
• WMAL-AM (630 / Washington D.C.) - 9/11 coverage - CLICK HERE-
• WTOP-AM (1500 / Washington DC) - 9/11 coverage - CLICK HERE
• WGN-AM (720 / Chicago) - 9/11 Coverage - CLICK HERE
• HOWARD STERN SHOW - Live coverage - CLICK HERE

• Breaking News Coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden (5/1/2011) starting with reports that President Obama would be holding a late evening speech to the nation followed by about two hours of coverage. (MP3 files range from 15 to 25 MB)

•      WCCO-AM (830) - CBS Radio and WCCO Radio news - #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6 
•      KNOW-FM (91.1) - NPR, BBC and Minnesota Public Radio news - #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6

COVERAGE OF THE 35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE (2007)

August 1, 2007

• KSTP-AM (provided by Tom Ring) - All files 14 MB 

6-7 PM (first news report airs 25 minutes into this aircheck)  7-8 PM  8-9 PM   9-10 PM  10-11 PM  11 PM-MID

• WCCO-AM - Live Coverage: 6:17-6:35 pm - 17 MB
• KNOW-FM - Live Coverage - #1 5 MB  #2 22MB  #3 26 MB  #4 26 MB  #5 29 MB
• NPR - All Things Considered - Minnesota Public Radio's Cathy Wurzer - 4 MB

August 2, 2007

• KSTP-AM (provided by Tom Ring) - All files 14 MB

MID-1 AM    1-2 AM    2-3 AM   3-4 AM    4-5 AM    5-6 AM   6-7 AM   7-8 AM   8-9 AM   9-10 AM   10-11 AM 11 AM-12PM  12PM-1 PM   1-2 PM   2-3 PM   3-4 PM   4-5 PM   5-6 PM   6-7 PM

(ABC Radio Special: "Disaster on the River")  7-8 PM  

• CBS World News Roundup - 3 MB
• WCCO-AM - Morning Show - News Conferences (before 8 AM) - 27 MB
• WCCO-AM - 8-9 am (entire hour) - #1 28 MB  - #2 29 MB
• Minnesota Public Radio - News Report - 5 MB
• KTIS-FM - David Christian talks with Governor Tim Pawlenty - 1 MB
• NPR - Day-to-Day - 3 MB
• KTLK-FM - Jason Lewis   3-4 PM 14 MB     4-5 PM 13 MB     5-6 PM  13 MB     6-7 PM 12 MB
• WWTC-AM - The Hugh Hewitt Show - 7-8 PM (edited) - 9 MB

August 3, 2007                                                                        August 4, 2007

• CBS World News Roundup - 3 MB                               CBS News Weekend Roundup - 15 MB

KARE-TV coverage of the 35W Bridge Collapse - August 1, 2007: 6:59-7:09 PM