Meanwhile, the old KUXL crew was plodding on. Wedgy Devices for a variety of Electrical, Low Voltage, Plumbing, Piping, Mechanical, HVAC, Fire Protection and other construction applications using Wedgy Cable Supports. KTLK (1130 kHz) - branded News/Talk AM 1130 - is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2014, the station began broadcasting in HD. The banner gives the shows host as Dave Reau, and the time slot as 11-11:15 am. George Donaldson Fisher describes the transformation: I began the Progressive (I referred to it as Underground) rock on KQRS in early 1967. Finally, Rob Sherwood arrived back in Minnesota with new jingles for the Twin Cities powerhouse station U100. Then there was alternating R&B and Rap at various intervals. The station derives a portion of its programming from Scott Shannon 's The True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio. So., Minneapolis, 5, MN. Two white youths from upstate Minnesota were arrested in a house when spotted brandishing a shotgun on a balcony. During the next two years, U100 quickly became the most talked-about and Number one rated radio station in town. These summaries focus on the 1950s through the 1970s, with an emphasis on trying to figure out which stations might have played rhythm & blues, rockabilly, or straight-on rock n roll before WDGY, the first full-time rock n roll station, hit the airwaves in February 1956. Kamman produced live broadcasts from Mitchs Roadhouse in Mendota and hung out at the Club Casino in the Hotel St. Paul where the big bands played. A huge booklet issued in 1949 provides pictures of everyone involved in the station and all the reasons why America is better than any other country. 11/22/1973 The programming would be segmentized, appealing to the sophisticated audiophile with no verbal interpretation heard during the program We will be one of the few FM stations in the country doing all music programming in stereophonic sound. The FM station would also offer comedy albums, folk music, and spoken word segments. Listeners remember taping the show and playing it the next day for friends. The rest of that Sunday night, people continued to mill about. The 9-tower array beaming 50,000 watts was used to produce one of the most restrictive signals in the USA. After all, its a thing to be able to sit down and listen to sides all day., There was also a Richard Nelson, who Connie Hechter at the Insider called Dick, but he actually was known as Admiral Richard E, and was on the air from 1966 to 1968, according to Curt Lundgren (who says he would cringe at the name Dick.). While there were clearly some country/western shows Saturday Hoedown, Western Favorites and perhaps some old time songs Tin Pan Allan was on a lot there were others with intriguing names: Most importantly, WMIN had three powerhouse disk jockeys: Bill Diehl worked at WMIN from 1948-49 and from 1951-55. Bob Allards call-in show nearly caused a riot on July 14, 1978, when he hosted Nazi Steven Martinson. Bottom Row: Jenny Rein (secretary), Vic, Nick, ? We were on the air. KANO was located in Anoka, with the studio and tower located on a gravel road just north of the Anoka County Fairgrounds in present-day Ramsey. Image courtesy Jeff Lonto. Will Jones tells us that security was so tight that the 120,000 packages were stuffed at the Society for the Blind. Formula 63 box, courtesy Sam Sherwood. After a couple of changes the call letters became WDGY (Dr. George Young) in 1926. If you suffer from lusterless, uninteresting radio, etc., etc., come on down and put a little color in your life.. Thermometer posted on Facebook by Jay Arnold. This get together included Jim du Bois, currently CEO and President of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association & formerly of KTCR-FM, WDGY, & K102, Mike Cunningham, former KTCR-FM Operations Manager, and myself, Rick Burnett (also formerly of KTCR-FM).Don talks about his early days in Iowa and tells how very disappointed his mother was when Don failed to get a job at country station KTCR-AM in 1963; instead he got a job at KDWB. WCOW was renamed WISK in May 1956, and affiliated with the Mutual network, late of WDGY. At one time I was trying to find out who/what station started playing rock n roll / R&B first, but I was told in no uncertain terms that there was no Alan Freed in Minneapolis. On November 18, 1973, KQ AM and FM began airing The National Lampoon Comedy Hour, a comedy show created specifically for radio by Michael ODonoghue, editor of The National Lampoon magazine. RecordedMay 12, 1963. In ad in the June 14, 1969, TV Digest pictures Tac Hammer, Rick Easton, Anthony Gee, Jim Reed, and Don Shore. WDGY can be heard around the clock on two FM translator stations: 92.1 W221BS from St. Paul and 103.7 W279DD from Hudson. Some of the airchecks are off reel to reel tapesthat were recorded off the air by the web site creator. Unlike in 2017, C-QUAM AM stereo did not return. Also my parents listened to WDGY in the mid to late 50's and on the long drive to the lake as well. No lights. Both KFMX 104.1 and KRSI 950 am flipped to Music of Your Life as KRSI AM-FM that day, with Don Shore as the Program Director and morning host. Following Young's death in 1945, his estate sold the station. It wasnt until 1964 that the community could support a station that played music that was primarily by and for the black community, and by that time young white listeners were embracing black music as well. Now, were not trying to put down all-news radio stations. UP radio sparkles in Rod Trangards newscastsin exclusive Mutual news remotes . An ad from October 1976 describes the playlist as Folk, Jazz, Blues, Totally Album-Oriented The Fine Rock Station. DJs could play anything they liked and anything that pleased the stations audience. Youll LOVE IT!!!!! It's like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the radio 24 hours a day. Ramsburg says, Let me put it this way it was all show-biz. This and other WDGY surveys can be see at the museum along with many other radio artifacts. Ramsburg says, Let me put it this way it was all show-biz. The WYOO call sign has resided on an FM talk station in Panama City, Florida since 1993. Whatever the approach, it had to be as different as was our position on the dial. Without their help, the site would have many less pages of radio history. In April 1957 the station was owned by the Franklin Broadcasting Co., William F. Johns, Jr., Vice President and General Manager. When constructed, a Bloomington transmitter location made sense as there was little development to the south at the time. I was first on so I got to choose radio station. Bo Diddley by (are you ready?) See more of WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll . If he plays Polk music, He must be a true Minnesotan. It has been my opinion that a big lightning storm in July 1989 was an excuse for the station to shut down operation. The station in the early years played a variety of middle of the road pop music and standards, and was even considered an innovator in the concept of singing jingles. Interestingly enough, in my KUXL file I found an article from the Minneapolis Spokesman, the black communitys weekly newspaper, dated December 26, 1958. Super U100, the Twin Cities powerhouse was the original catch phrase, used on-air and in promotion and advertising beginning on August 26, 1974. On November 30, 1969, fire spread through the KDWB studio, destroying two transmitters and shutting it down for two days. What became of the building? I developed a format of album rock, blues, soul, some jazz, a bit of folk, classical, spoken word and anything I could find that interested listeners. I remember singing Mack the Knife with my aunt as it was playing on WDGY during our ride back to St. Paul from Rush Lake one Sunday evening. When such a strictly-top-40 station as WLOL decides to go in for the classics, it smacks of chaos rather than culture. Another view of the Holiday Motor Hotel, Golden Valley, Jack Hyatt and Hugh Cardenas selecting records at the new studio in Golden Valley. The important goal was to cover the Twin Cities. Ironically, he then started the next record, Na Na Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam and once again left the building. WDGY (630 kHz AM, "Radio Rey") is a small Spanish-language radio station with studios located on Lake Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Alan Freed, an employee to June 1989, says July 1989. Bad news from Wikipedia: Despite receiving positive reviews in some mainstream publishings, Purple Haze was a flop. Quick installation and adjustment. Art Hoehn and Ralph Hull left with Wolfman, either to Mexico or Southern California. Proceeds were to be divided between the Minneapolis and St. Paul Community Chests. In a 1972 article the Insider noted the leaky roof and yellowed wallpaper at the aging studio in St. Louis Park. On this tape you will catch Johnny in the middle of a WeeGee Triple Power Play at the home of the "Twin Cities Most Music." Not all of the airchecks on this site were in my original personal collection. Later WDGY would flip to a news/talk format; and finally, the adoption of sports talk as KFAN in 1991. Unfortunately, the American Research Bureau came in at fewer than 1,000 listeners at 3 pm on a week day. For airchecks and photos, a great site is: http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/krsiandkfmx.html. On October 3, 1963, Forrest Powers reported in the Star that, Well soon be the happiest group of radio listeners in the country. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. The photo below was posted on Facebook by Paul Strickland, who says. The antics of the Wolfman were documented in the 1974 film American Graffiti, and were punctuated with ads for baby chicks (100 for $4), glow-in-the-dark statues of Jesus, and oldies albums from Uncle Georges Record Shop, owned by George Garrett here in Minneapolis. We looked at each other for a long time. Not sure exactly when these recording ran on WDGY. In 1957-58 WMIN put weekly ads in the Minneapolis Spokesman, the citys black-owned newspaper, urging readers to listen to Lou House, possibly the only black DJ in the market. Dr. Young died in 1945 and the station was transferred to the Twin City Broadcasting Corporation 1946. I would arrive at 5 AM, opened up the station, turned on the lights and the transmitter, and clear the two teletype machines of overnight news. In April 1929 the frequency apparently became 1180. Thats easy to remember. Of course, we could say that sixty three times an hour, and if no one was listening, it wouldnt be that easy to remember. So, we had to do something to let people know we were there there. . Half an hour later, police were called to break up the crowd of 200 who had gathered outside the Ballroom when an unidentified youth discharged a fountain pen tear gas gun. At least 48 times a day, if you happened to be tuning across the dial at that exact time all you could hear was the Colonel saying, You remember me? The exact date of the change seems a little murky (unlike the very sharp change to country below), but experts say it was probably in January 1977. WDGY (740 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Hudson, Wisconsin, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market. (From the A. Mintz Collection), Lunch with Donald K. Martin, Former WDGY Newsman and Morning Show Co-Host. We have no airchecks, but ratings books from 1953 to 1955 do give us the names of programs that give hints as to what they were playing: KEYD was primarily a country station, with shows by Slim Jim and the Vagabond Kid and programs called Record Rodeo and Random Ranch. Theres a ton of stories circulating about Top 40 began inspired by an Omaha tavern juke box, developed by a college statistical department, guided by BBDOs Hit Parade formula for Lucky Strike you name it. The station signed on with a cowbell. Okay, heres a puzzle. We thought you could come up with a new product called Formula 63. From the Yesterhits of Yesterday compilation issued in 1967: In June of 1966, WDGY began programming Much More Music for its listeners in the Twin City Area. Program directors like me used the more exclusive Gavin Report from Bill and Janet Gavin in San Francisco. In May 1961 it was purchased by Red Owl Stores, Inc. which was seeking diversified subsidiaries. Click on a station below for history, photos, etc. Heres a photo of the KANO VW bus from July 1963, with his wife, sister, and daughter. However, they were not playing records by local groups Earl Trout III told the Insider that the station was on a tighter playlist.. On November 7, 1961, Will Jones reported in his entertainment column in the Minneapolis Tribune that the station was still awaiting its approval from the FCC to go on the air. Our studios were at the transmitter at [Seventh and] Davern Street in St. Paul and engineers played both records and commercials.. The shows were identified by the name of the DJs, which included Morris, Rodger Kent, Riley, Valentine, and Ingram. Although we think of WDGY as the Twin Cities first rock n roll station, it was not at all clear at the time. Dan Pothier (pronounced Poh-SHAY) worked at the station around this time as well. From 1973 to 1976 it was strictly Country. Most of them were from me. And when youre there, youre a celebrity. The Twins management got riled at the implications that its star catcher and other players were hanging around a saloon, and protested, so the Preacher toned it down. Then on Wednesday, July 8, 1964, were back to the old KUXL! Will Jones reported that they would alternate with the local R&B group, the Amazers. What should have been a fun night turned into two nights of fear, anger, and violence not only because of a situation handled poorly but because of underlying conditions that faced black communities all across the country. So they convinced Edwards to do it and he became Merle Hub Cap Edwards. Email : Jane@wdgyradio.com. WMIN aired a pop music Spanish-language format as "La Nueva Ley" until November 14, 2005. People could come and watch Slim Jims show at the studios on 9th Street. This billboard at 9th and Hennepin tells us that WTCNs radio and TV studios were at Radio City. Nearby Recently Sold Homes. WDGY-AM (1130): 1/6/1958 Bill Diehl Show - 9 MB (provided by Helen Diehl and Tom Oszman of TCMediaNow) Includes commercials for Hi-Spot Lemon Soda from Canada Dry, Dodge Dealers and Red Devil Soot Remover. The photo below was posted on Facebook by Paul Strickland, who says. It was payback time. Donald K. Martin and Rick Burnett, July 7th, 2008, Mike Cunningham (Left) andJim du Bois (Richt) in the studio with Donald K. Martin, WDGY December 1972 Survey Contributed by Donald K. Martin, WDGY December 1972 Survey Back Cover (page 4), WDGY - Don Martin in undated photo he contributed. WDGY operated on eight frequencies [1] by the time it settled on 1180 AM. (KUXL is loaded with preachers earlier in the day, but most of them are called Brother or Doctor.) No Top Forty. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE, WDGY's Johnny Dollar in a promotional photo from the mid-60's. Click on the following web address for the museum: http://www.pavekmuseum.org/2006HOF1.htm and click on the following address to see the museum's entire Hall of Fame: http://www.pavekmuseum.org/hall.htm. In 1969, WDGY's production room was located in the basement. Photos from the Minnesota Historical Society show the Augie Garcia Quintet performing at the River Road Club in Mendota in front of a banner that says they were featured on the Key Room Show on KEYD-AM. (Storz died in 1964 at age 39.) It was Helm that people petitioned to have on the station more than anything, after trying him out on a trial basis starting in the middle of 1972. Bill Hartman, as promotion director, convinced Rob and Mike that it was very important to launch the new station at the Minnesota State Fair, exposing the new format to 1.3 million people that attended the fair for 12 days at the end of August to Labor Day every year. The station began as WMIN in the summer of 1936, when St. Paul furniture retailer Edward Hoffman began broadcasting at 1370kHz. The KDAN Remote Caboose Studio was used in the early 1970s for commercial remote broadcasts and for broadcasting from the Minnesota State Fair. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!! He plays what the station management calls race music, and what is perpetrators call soul music. Rock station WDGY - which can be heard on metro area FM dials at 92.1, 103.7, and 107.1HD2, as well as at 740 AM - announced on Monday that Sue Falls is the new host of its weekday 11:30 a.m. show, slotting in between Morning Drive host Dr. Don Michaels and Afternoon Drive . In a June 4, 1959, article in the St. Louis Park High School Echo, it was reported that the FM station would feature dance band music on Fridays and Saturdays. Listen to our News/Talk 1130 WISN podcasts here! Jim Dandy, Perry St. John, Scott Burton, George Young, B. Mason Dean. in 1330s exciting sportscasts and weather reports. 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