That wouldnt happen until daylight. and Falvey Cross Road [Wayzata Blvd. The show, Pharoah Blacks Soul Til Sundown, began on May 1, 1975, and ran from 7 pm until sundown. Forrest Powers of the Star filed his report on March 17, 1964, explaining how Ed Skotch was doing market research with a group of 40 housewives. On October 3, 1955, an ad boasted that the station would play more music and had a new record library. He had to play the #1 song every hour, and the others at will. The switch to talk was gradual over two years. The Strib is online now! (Kamman left for New York in 1950 but came back to the station in 1956-58.). General Manager was Marlin D. Schlottman, formerly with WLOL. How to get it to St. Paul? Bo Diddley by (are you ready?) Tom Wynn was at WDGY in the early 1960's and the two WDGY airchecks below are from January 6, 1961. Bottom Row: Dan Halyburton, Larry E. Cummins, Jimmy Reed. Bob Allards call-in show nearly caused a riot on July 14, 1978, when he hosted Nazi Steven Martinson. Al, Nick, and Vic Tedesco, photo courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. That beam was so strong that the GROUNDWAVE signal made it at night in addition to the skywave signal. In 1937 the station had a 15-minute program on Sundays featuring black singers that was advertised in the Minneapolis Spokesman. Jack Thayer was on three different times during the day, Frank Beutel with a show called Just Easy, Swing Club: David Hersk remembers Bob Bradley playing R&B in 54 and 55. To celebrate its first anniversary, WDGY is happy to present this album of YESTERHITS FROM YESTERDAY. It includes a collection of twelve of the greatest hits from the last year. The Original Rock and Roll Station. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. I sent time at my grandparents lake home on Rush Lake (60 miles north of St. Paul). In 1951 Ray Christenson was voted the most popular classical and semi-classical disk jockey in the State of Minnesota. At the time, Ray was also teaching diction to the students of Helen Stefan Model and Finishing School. Buy spots on the other stations?? That kind of ended when Mr. Purcell reminded them that WCCO, like every station, is required by FCC rules to know who their advertisers are. As they were limited by their then-daytime only license at 980 AM, they started up WPBC-FM at 101.3 MHz in August 1959, simulcasting the AM station. A touch of Formula 63 is the perfect way to brighten up your mundane day. Steve Bowman, Nancy Rosen, B.J. (Minneapolis Tribune, January 16, 1969). Although the records say that KUXL was granted the license to increase its power to 1000 watts on October 1, 1963, Will Jones of the, 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. The Gavins sold their mimeographed service to one station per market and it was kind of a co-op into which we all poured our tips. He was hired to do the jazz show, but moved to take over the R&B show when that opened up. Nobody died. Mort Garren left but stayed on at KMSP-TV, so apparently he was working at both places. For airchecks and photos, a great site is: http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/krsiandkfmx.html. Then I noticed the missing tower lights. Mon 13.02 Tue 14.02 Wed 15.02 Thu 16.02 Fri 17.02 Sat 18.02 Sun 19.02 Show by radio station time ( now in Minneapolis 16:44) Unfortunately, the radio station did not provide a playlist for this day. The station then bought the syndicated program Music of Your Life from Al Ham. Below are the same four staff members that were pictured in the piece above, in a print ad. The very next day, November 13, 1963, the stations permit was approved to change its studio location and remote control point to the Golden Valley Inn, a motel at 4820 Olson Memorial Highway. 63 thats easy to remember. Merle announced me when I called in, and gave me five seconds of dead air to start my home recorder at 78 rpm. Rock Around the Clock was recorded in 1954 and became big news in 1955. Minneapolis Star, Thursday, September 24, 1964. You cant imagine how his popularity took off. King, and the Spaniels are perhaps the best known. The photo below, provided by Jim Ramsburg to the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, shows Jack Thayer holding the ball. The call letters of KUXL changed to KYCR on May 19, 1988. It was the old WPBC studio on Stinson Blvd., near Broadway, abandoned because of freeway construction. Radiotapes.com has airchecks from 1957 of Steve Cannon and Leigh Kamman doing what was billed as the Twin Cities first and only Double Disk Jockey Show. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Nicked named Wildman, he has an internet polka show. This is a list of AM radio stations in the United States having call signs beginning with the letters WA to WF. Storz also ended the affiliation with the Mutual network. I have absolutely no idea what is going on here. could get them on my Lloyds Transistor Six when the batteries were dead., I dated a girl who lived on Fremont Ave. between 101st & 102nd streets. Storz also ended the affiliation with the Mutual network. The format on the 500 watt station was folksy to the point where it may have out-folksied WCCO. In 1966, he went to work for the then-popular station WDGY, which was 1130 on the AM dial, and. In the 60 I later converted to KDWB, but still listened to WDGY. The switch resulted in low ratings, according to an article in the Star Tribune on September 3, 1977. Jones explained how Schoenbohm (whom he calls Dave for some reason) and Kamman had talked the management into limited hours for jazz, and then slowly increased. A note in the Minneapolis Tribune dated December 10, 1965, said that The discotheque scene at St. Pauls Ebony Lounge which disappeared a couple of weeks ago, is back in action, with much the same cast, at Big Als in Minneapolis. It was started through his Minneapolis Brokers Association, which bought the two-hour Sunday time slot from KUXL after Adams and his associates sold enough advertising. 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. One letter to the editor mourned the Death of Jazz, praised Herb Schoenbaum and Leigh Kamman, who gave much to the betterment of good music in the Twin Cities, and directed particular admiration to Paul Franklyn, who flew the jazz banner through the wildest change of station ownership and programming this city has ever seen. (Minneapolis Star, December 28, 1964). September 7, 1963s listings showed: But things were moving along. Minneapolis Star, Saturday, April 10, 1965. Skotch felt that once radio became a juke box and all talk was eliminated, the heart of radio was lost as well. In 1942, the station gained approval to broadcast at night. Meanwhile, the engineer, who had been in the tower field, returned to the building and was just seconds from opening the back door. in Golden Valley was approved. ' (April 13, 1965). . Funny thing, it turned out that Bob Reed didnt have a pilots license. Access Minnesota. Secret Stash, Volume 1, Issue 1 (September 25, 2012), says that Kosofsky was the Chairman of Universal Broadcasting, and that his brother-in-law, Howard Warshaw, was the President. No KDWB! If it doesnt do, Ill be back in the rat race.. When Hagman moved to WDGY, he brought the Top Forty concept with him, as well as the Mutual Broadcasting System, which aired programs like Queen for a Day and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. A schedule from April 1955 shows Eddie Cantor and a lot of Springtime Serenade, but also shows just identified by the DJ (Bill Rudd and Irv Smith put in a lot of time.). And you can try it today. I was a young kid when I first listened to WDGY and KDWB. The report of the St. Paul Urban Coalition, headed by Arthur S. Fleming, President of Macalester College, was released in March 1969 and echoed the first but was much more detailed and damning. Much More Music is simply that WDGY played, and is playing, more music with the bright pace of the modern sound. Charlie playfully talked to Don about a glee club and does the Weatherball Weather, sponsored by North Western National Bank.."May We Help You Today." I love Will Jones, but this one is listed under Weekend girlwatching tip. MCP. Broadcasting magazine, March 1960. WDGY-AM (1130) - Charlie Van Dyke and Donald K. Martin - 10 MB (provided by Danny Sigelman Includes newscast and commercials for Anacin, Eastern Airlines, GAC Finance, Target, Fairview Chrysler Plymouth, Joyous Christmas LP at Beneficial Finance, Hansord Pontiac, Xerox, Sears, First Minnehaha National Bank, and Quality Mercury. Alonzo himself was to do the afternoon drive. See more about Preacher Paul on the Disc Jockeys page. The presentation was tight, fast-paced and very up-front. Radiotapes.com has an aircheck by DJ Phil Conklin playing The Music You Wanna Hear, submitted by Al Arneson. He had a pilots license so he rented an airplane and he and the engineer, Rey Lark, and someone else hopped in with Bob and flew through the night to Peoria where they picked up the transmitter. The concerts were advertised in the Minneapolis Spokesman, the citys African-American newspaper, but rarely in the mainstream dailies. When constructed, a Bloomington transmitter location made sense as there was little development to the south at the time. 1 Pick Revealed: Report Feb 27, 2023. On October 16, 1964, Will Jones announced that: Jazzman Rio Pardo has undertaken a new KUXL show, heard at 10:30 am each Saturday and Sunday, called Flying Along With Rio. He stresses soul-jazz and airs a bulletin-board feature for the Negro community. This month the losses should be fairly slight and we have every hope that June will see the station in the black for the first time in a long time. In August 1927, WDGYs transmitter was moved to Superior Blvd. Nearby homes similar to 36 CORNICHE Dr Unit B have recently sold between $755K to $755K at an average of $665 per square foot. This survey provided by Steve Raymer of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. In February 1963, familiar names Stanley Mack and Lou House were on the air. It was perhaps the only American commercial radio station the Russians had to jam to prevent their people from hearing all that decadent American Rock & Roll! We hope you will enjoy our first birthday edition YESTERHITS FROM YESTERDAY and join us in listening to the second year of Much More Music on 1130 Radio WDGY. WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll Station" Hobart also announced the increase in power. There is a promo for WDGY's Easter Bunny contest, where you can win a McDonald's Easter Bunny. If he plays Polk music, He must be a true Minnesotan. The following account was taken from Rob Sherwoods blog: I was listening to WLOL, a smallish AMer that at that time was doing Talk Radio. Here is a newspaper ad from Sam Sabean of the WCOW jocks from 1955. Those Yearbooks and a Minneapolis Star Tribune article dated April 30, 1988, provide the details below. WDGY can be heard around the clock on two FM translator stations: 92.1 W221BS from St. Paul and 103.7 W279DD from Hudson. KDWBs listeners were gradually migrating to the FM signal. WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll Station" The Original Rock and Roll Station--Shows. On December 1, 1964, KEVE was changed to KQRS Quality Radio Station, still playing classical music. WYOO was owned by Fairchild Industries, an Aeronautics company from Maryland that was looking to diversify. At that time the station was also playing show tunes, Lawrence Welk, and shows like Dragnet, Bob Hope, The Great Gildersleeve, and biographies. Meanwhile, they borrowed a little trailer studio from someone and that was our production room for the next month or so. He's So Fine - Chiffons 9 5. Breams article explained: KQRS made the format change, explains Dick Poe, station vice-president and general manager, because of impending competition from four FM stations that will be increasing their signal power and potential audience this winter with new antennas atop the IDS Center. Protests of the new format came in the form of resignations of staff, pickets, KQ Sucks t-shirts, loss of advertisers, and the formation of an organization called People for Progressive Radio, which strove to bring the free-form format back, either at KQ or otherwise. Thats what caused the severe distortion, despite registering a 4 on my Wards Airline signal strength scale of 1 to 5. We are a resilient species arent we? See www.radiotapes.com/WDGY.html for airchecks and much more, including the very entertaining history of the station written by Haines. I hope you have some audio clean up program. King, right? See the new transmitter here courtesy www.radiotapes.com, Aerial shot of the 9-tower array courtesy Tom Gavaras. A Billboard Magazine from July 9, 1966 shows that it was a 250-watt independent station operating 15 hours/day. JAVASCRIPT IS DISABLED. WWTC Stationery from 1979 (scoped!). Steele (Steve Gibbons) Art Snow (The all night snowman) Scott Cannon, the Tall (Brother Bob) Robert Hall, Doug McKinnon, (Captain Billy in the morning) Michael J. Despite the high hopes for I-95, it only lasted until February 2, 1980. U100 signed off for the last time at midnight on Wednesday September 15, 1976. (And where would they get eggs?) On March 7, 2017, WDGY discontinued broadcasting in HD and began broadcasting in C-QUAM AM stereo. Independent station operating 15 hours/day Wynn was at WDGY in the rat race Clock was recorded in and. 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