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WWTC AM

(Also WRMH-AM and WTCN-AM)

PRE-WWTC-AM:

WRMH-AM:

WRHM-AM (1250) -    "Rosedale Hospital Minneapolis" - (photo taken sometime between 1930-1934). WRHM later became WTCN-AM (eventually moving to 1280 AM) followed by WWTC-AM. Note that WWTC-AM returned to the Wesley Temple building in the early 1980s (see 1980s photo here). (provided by Alan Freed)

WTCN-AM:

WTCN-AM (1250) Verification Card: (1935) (provided by CPRV)     •    Station profile (12/27/1936) 6 MB PDF

WTCN-AM (1280) - Ad in St. Paul Pioneer Press promoting station local announcers (5/12/1946) - 1 MB PDF

WWTC-AM:

WWTC-AM verification letter from 1964 (provided by CPRV)

WWTC-AM SAMPLE OF PROGRAMMING FROM 1972-1975

Paul Stagg (1971) - Paul Stagg - 2 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Jingle + Promo  (1972) 313 KB

Jingle   (1972) 262 KB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Fast Eddie Wake-Up Call  (1972) 1 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Glen Olson (1975) Glen's final show and the final day of music format before switching to All News Radio format - 9 MB

ALL NEWS RADIO          

"All News Radio" With WAYL-FM Promo (1976) 1 MB - (WWTC-AM News Radio and WAYL-FM Beautiful Music were owned by different companies, but for awhile cross promoted each other)

News Radio Format (1/23/1976) - #1 24 MB - #2 26 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

NewsRadio - (1977) - 6 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Bob Allard  (1978) 2 MB  (opening segment provided by Bob Rivard)

Bob Allard Show (Interviews Steve Martinson of American Nazi Party) - 7/14/1978 - #1 40 MB - #2 45 MB (provided by Jeff Lonto)

Bob Allard  + Newscast  (7/15/1978) - 7 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Bob Allard Show (Local Restaurants and Food Fest) (7/19/1978) - #1 29 MB - #2 28 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Bob Allard Show (Interviews Kim Andrew Elliott about shortwave listening) (8/26/1978) - #1 38 MB - #2 38 MB - #3 25 MB - #4 26 MB

Bob Allard Show (Open Phone Lines/Christmas Day) (12/25/1978) - #1 29 MB - #2 29 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Bob Allard Show (One of Bob's final shows) (2/21/1979) - #1 29 MB - #2 27 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Article about WWTC News Radio (7/15/1975) Appeared in Illustrator News - .5 MB PDF

WWTC-AM - News Radio "News" Summary - 1977 JPEG (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Consultant Report (1979) This fascinating report provided by a national consultant gives an analysis of the Twin Cities radio market in 1979 and the reasons for WWTC-AM to discontinue the "All News Format" in favor of an oldies format - .5 MB PDF

SPLENDID BLEND

Montage of Announcers (1979 including Dave Hellerman, Deanna Love, etc.) 3 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

THE GOLDEN ROCK                 

The Golden Rock Sales Demo  (1979) 2 MB

The Golden Rock Sales Demo  (1982) 4 MB

Breaking news reports from Mutual Broadcasting System on the shooting/assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan (3/30/1981)

(provided by Todd Kosovich)

• Mutual newscast reporting the President was unhurt - 5 MB
• Mutual bulletin reporting that the President had been shot - 5 MB

Steve Bowman - "Late Night Dedications" (1980-1981) - A collection of 160 recordings:

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17 18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48  49  50  51  52  53  54  55  56  57  58  59  60  61  62  63  64  65  66  67  68  69  70  71  72  73  74  75  76  77  78  79  80  81  82  83  84  85  86  87  88  89  90  91  92  93  94  95  96  97  98  99  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122  123  124  125  126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154  155  156  157  158  159  160 - (mp3 files 1-5 MB) (Provided by Larry "Hutch" Hutchinson and Twin Cities eMedia).

Steve Bowman (Oct. 1981) 3 MB

Steve Bowman Obituary PDF (1986)

Roger Bull (1/20/1983) - 15 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

Roger Bull (11/5/1984) 4 MB

Roger Bull (11/6/1984) 2 MB

Scott Carpenter (March 1980) 3 MB (provided by Tom Oszman)

Susan Carr (Jan.1982 - including interview with Paul Revere) 9 MB

Chickenman Sales Demo  (Early 1980s) 5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

BJ Crocker (10/8/1980) - 25 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

BJ Crocker (1981) 18 MB

BJ Crocker - "Golden Top 40 Countdown" (all broadcast in 1981):

Featuring week of Aug. 29, 1957 Songs 40 to 26 14 MB - Songs 25 to 11 14 MB - Songs 10 to 1 9 MB (by Joe Nechanicky)

Featuring week of Oct. 31, 1960 Songs 40 to 27 11 MB - Songs 26 to 16 9 MB - Songs 16 to 1 8 MB (by Joe Nechanicky)

Featuring week of Sept. 26, 1962 including an interview with Steve Ward of The Trashmen - Songs 40 to 26 14 MB - Songs 25 to 12 12 MB - Songs 11 to 1 16 MB (provided by Joe Nechanicky)

Featuring the week of Sept. 5, 1964 including an interview with Gregory Dee of Gregory Dee And The Avanties - Songs 40 to 27 16 MB - Songs 26 to 24 7 MB - Songs 23 to 10 10 MB - Songs 9 to 1 10 MB (provided by Joe Nechanicky with with audio enhancement of the first two segments by Mark Durenberger). Note: The audio can be a bit scratchy at times because this aircheck was recorded outside of the Twin Cities metro in Owatonna, MN.

Featuring week of Oct. 24, 1965 - Songs 39 to 33 21 MB - Songs 32 to 21 23 MB - Songs 8 to 1 19 MB

Featuring week of Sept. 19, 1968 - Songs 40 to 25 11 MB - Songs 24 to 13 11 MB (provided by Joe Nechanicky)

BJ Crocker (1981) 4 MB - The conclusion of the WWTC/Coca Cola Golden Top 40 Countdown.  Throughout the morning, BJ counted

down the top 40 songs from that day in 1965.  However, as he went to play the #1 song, the cart was not cued up. Listen how he handled and recovered from that moment.

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BJ Crocker (1/20/1983) - 15 MB (provided by Curt Lundgren)

BJ Crocker (Nov. 1984) 4 MB

BJ Crocker (11/9/1984) - Final Show 3 MB

Dick Driscoll "Flying Officer Nelson" Demo  (1979) 2 MB

Dick Driscoll & Arne Fogel (Oct. 1980) Taking calls on release of John Lennon's "Starting Over" - 4 MB (by Jeff R. Lonto)

Dick Driscoll "Flying Officer Nelson" (1981) 2 MB

DICK DRISCOLL (6/30/1981) - #1 9 MB   -   #2 11 MB

Alan Freed (1982) 2 MB

Nancy Gallos (8/14/1982) Final Show 5 MB

Steve Garren (1984) - 3 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Mary Hatcher (6/30/81) Final Show 8 MB

Brad Piras (Aug. 1980) Including Flying Officer Nelson & The Maintenance Man - 7 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

"Ugly" Del Roberts (11/9/1984) 4 MB

Nancy Rosen (4/19/81) Final Show 4 MB

Michael Ryan and Steve Bowman (Nov. 1981 during Twin Cities ice storm) 9 MB

Michael Ryan (12/24/1981) 3 MB

Barry Siewert (1981) 12 MB

Barry Siewert (1981) - 5 MB (plus a number of commercials including McDonald's "You Deserve a Break Today")

Scott Stevens (1983) 5 MB (provided by Scott Stevens)

Don Thompson (Dec. 1981) 8 MB

Rate card (1/1981) and ratings research (Oct/Nov 1980) PDF

Article about "The Golden Rock" (12/19/1980) Appeared in Sweet Potato - 1 MB PDF

WWTC-AM Class Reunion Ad - 1983 JPEG (provided by Curt Lundgren)

1982 Photos               1982 "Sales" Poster (enlarged bottom text)

(WWTC on top floor)  (provided by Alan Freed)

   Promo Flyer - 1980 - JPEG File - (provided by Brian Carlson)

METRO RADIO          

"Metro Radio" Sales Demo Tape  (Nov. 1984) 4 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

"Metro Radio"  (11/12/1984) - Format change from The Golden Rock to Metro Radio 1 MB

WWTC-AM - Report on switch from Golden Rock to Metro Radio (click image to play video)

Aired on WTCN-TV (now known as KARE-TV) - 1984 (provided by Jay Philpott)

                   Metro Radio Music Surveys:  2/13/1985   3/5/1985

WEATHER RADIO

Format change to Weather Radio stunting (September 1985) 6 MB

Sample of Weather Radio Format (September 1985) 2 MB

Sample of Weather Radio Format (10/28/1985) 1 MB

Newspaper articles start of Weather Radio (Star Tribune, Skyway News, Twin Cities Reader, City Business) (1985) PDF

KSNE "SUNNY RADIO"                                

KSNE-AM "Sunny Radio" with Stan Mack  (Aug. 1986) Format change from "Weather Radio" to KSNE - 3 MB

KSNE "THE BREEZE"

Brian Turner  (5/9/1988) 1 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Newspaper articles about the The Breeze - Pioneer Press 

"THE ORIGINAL 1280 - GOLDEN ROCK"

Brian Turner  (9/17/1988) 10 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

WWTC-AM - Aired on KARE-TV - 1988 (click image to play video)

Newspaper articles about switching format from The Breeze to The Golden Rock - Star Tribune - Pioneer Press 

RADIO AAHS / AAHS WORLD RADIO        

First Day - Radio AAHS  (5/12/1990) 3 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

Final Day - Radio AAHS - AAHS World Radio  (1/30/1998) 9 MB

BEAT RADIO      

"Beat Radio"  (Sept. 1998) - Alan Freed - 11 MB (provided by Robert Konshak)

"Beat Radio"  (1998) Alan Freed - Live Remote Broadcast from First Avenue 5 MB

CATHOLIC FAMILY RADIO      

In The Know  (7/30/2000) 2 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

THE PATRIOT  

The Patriot Sign-On  (3/19/2001) Including review of formats previously aired on AM 1280 - 5 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

"Ugly" Del Roberts - "The Golden Rock" Saturday show (3/15/2003) - Del's final show - 8 MB (provided by Jeff R. Lonto)

"Ugly" Del Roberts video talking about his funniest moment on the telephone. This clip was shot

                                      about six weeks before he died in 2003. (Provided by Larry "Hutch" Hutchinson and Twin Cities eMedia)

The Patriot  (2004) Legal ID - 137 KB