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See www.radiotapes.com/WDGY.html for airchecks and much more, including the very entertaining history of the station written by Haines. See Top 30 and Top 40 countdowns from 1966 on Robb Henrys blog. On June 12, 1967, the stations application to change its studio location to 5728 Wayzata Blvd. In September 1956 a Will Jones item in the Trib referred to WMIN as the anti-Presley station, with a DJ called Alice Presley playing Benny Goodman records. Herb Oscar Anderson was the first disk jockey on the air with the new Top 40 rock n roll format that morning, and the jocks and the new sounds boosted the station from a tepid Number 4 to second place behind behemoth WCCO. He was in the middle of hiring, and was looking for a deep, authoritative, network kind of voice; a sirupy, romantic voice; and a thrid, more youthful and jolly voice. Advertisement. 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). Found on Radiotapes.com: Ballad of Minnesota!. What happened makes a big diferencce to those who know and like good radio. The station changed its call sign to KDAN in March 1970. This has been the only transmitter location for the station since it signed on the air. This ad appeared in March 1964. The competition, sometimes friendly, sometimes not, resulted in memorable merchandising promotions and concerts. In 2008, the station became WDGY after sister station 630 AM switched to Regional Mexican music, using the call letters WREY. The new station would be broadcast at 1570 kilocycles, way at the top of the AM dial, at only 500 watts, daytime only. . Schedules and staff were changing that winter of 1965, with Preacher Paul slipping into semi-retirement, working only Saturdays from 1 to 5:30, remotely from the Ebony Lounge. It must sign-off as sunset to prevent interfering with Class A CFZM in Toronto. 11/22/1973 In November 1963 the Program Director was Jerry Cunning and the General Manager was Robert J. The Insider reported that it was moving toward soft progressive in September 1971, when Dick Driscoll came back to the station after Dick had turned KQRS from classical to progressive. Good New Show on KUXL: Saturday at 5:00 pm is the time to listen to all the old hits on Bill Blast Hits of the Past. The show, hosted by Al Collins of Music City, downtown Minneapolis, received good response from listeners. Meanwhile, Preacher Paul was bugged at being in a hot studio from 2 to 6, so starting in mid-June he was going out in a mobile trailer to broadcast from various outdoor locations around the Twin Cities. They could hear WDGY all across the AM dial, at points on the FM dial, on their CB radio base station, on their telephone, on their electronic organ, and(drum roll please)on their TOASTER! The Big 5 jocks were Bob Bradley, Leigh Kamman, Don Kelly, Steve Cannon, and Jerry Cunning. I was a young kid when I first listened to WDGY and KDWB. Then, thinking he may have over-reacted, returned to the studio to start the next song. KQRS 92.5 FM started out as KEVE-AM on September 1, 1963. The recordings of the contributors to this web site who recorded them off the air may show up on other sites. Don's mother preferred that he work at a country station. Unlike most metropolitan areas, the Twin Cities did not have a black radio station in the 1940s or 50s. The music first played on KUXL was of the Percy Faith/David Rose/Henry Mancini/Peggy Lee/Bing Crosby/Lawrence Welk fare. I took this from a flight I took in 1977. Bottom Row: Dan Halyburton, Larry E. Cummins, Jimmy Reed. The shows were identified by the name of the DJs, which included Morris, Rodger Kent, Riley, Valentine, and Ingram. The policemen called for backup and the melee started. Preacher Paul (nee Ralph Hull) had come from KDWB and it appears that he was working at both stations until June 1965. Fan Feed More The OFFICIAL Fictional Radio Stations Wiki. Notice the Catman poster on the upper wall. Today, the station is KTLK, News/Talk 1130, and uses a transmitter site in Credit River Township. It made its final move to 1130 AM in 1941 as required by the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) under which most American, Canadian and Mexican AM radio stations changed frequencies. The facts, as reported in the newspapers and in investigative reports approximate these. 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. Save peace in the world. Unfortunately, Mike Siegelman received a letter of cease and desist from Heftel communications in Miami, which owned Y100 Miami. Rob and Bill were in a state of shock, and the decision was made to not launch the station on the first day of the State Fair. WWTC Stationery from 1979 (scoped!). The Sisters version sold six times better. Garcia was so good that Colonel Parker pulled him off early so he wouldnt upstage Presley. No lights. Phone : (651) 436-4000. . Rob flew to Dallas to supervise cutting new jingles for Y100 at the media jingle production company PAMs. Bill Hartman commandeered the U of Minnesota theater production company to help create an exterior faade that would cover a small trailer to remote broadcast from the State Fair. On his first day found in the newspaper, he was on in front of the Polish Hour and the Methodist Church, both 90 minute shifts in the morning. And, as we all know, anything that is natures own is good for what ails you. The call letters were changed to WWTC on October 2, 1964, after the station was sold to Buckley-Jaeger Broadcasting. At every Provident Drug Store (not the real name) was a giant stack of tiny boxes beneath a huge sign saying, Free Samples of Formula 63. Some of the airchecks are off reel to reel tapesthat were recorded off the air by the web site creator. Johnny Canton in the main WDGY Control Room (1970's), WDGY's Donald K. Martin at the newsroom mic. But the Country format was gaining acceptance among older baby-boomers and melding that growth with WDGYs big 50,000-watt signal gave new purpose to the station and validation to a growing, willing audience that perhaps Country musics time was coming. Its dead, it just sits there. The street address was 6541 Military Road. was WeeGee getting ready for the country format switch? I suppose at full speed, in December, the ride to Peoria would take 18 hours. It wasnt long before the radio stations heard about the fact that they were advertising a competing radio station. Ike and Tina Turner appeared at the Minneapolis Auditorium under the auspices of Preacher Paul and KUXL on August 1, 1965. On the day the station switched over, rival station KEEY, published this rather gruesome ad. The fire department didnt want us beginning the clean up until the inspector could make sure the building was safe to enter. Sources are cited, if known. in Golden Valley was approved. Two days before, Will Jones reported: Solomon Burke, who has taken to wearing kingly robes and calling himself King Solomon, is booked for a Friday night bash at the Pick-Nicollet Hotel, promoted by a young married folks group called The Weekenders. UP radio sparkles in Rod Trangards newscastsin exclusive Mutual news remotes . Dr. Young cycled through the names WHAT, WGWY ("W-George W. Young"), and finally WDGY ("W-Dr. George Young") in the next two years until being chastised by the government for changing too frequently. On October 3, 1955, an ad boasted that the station would play more music and had a new record library. And fortunately I can stop at 1974, for there are greater minds than mine that can keep going past this Golden Age. Ads to rent out the St. Louis Park studio appear in January 1973 and sometime between then and March 1973 the studio moved to Valley View Road in Eden Prairie. We thought Formula 63 with the Colonel was really a good way to introduce our station. Now, were not trying to put down all-news radio stations. But the Country format was gaining acceptance among older baby-boomers and melding that growth with WDGYs big 50,000-watt signal gave new purpose to the station and validation to a growing, willing audience that perhaps Country musics time was coming. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}445805N 924001W / 44.96806N 92.66694W / 44.96806; -92.66694, For the radio station which held the WDGY callsign from 1926 to 1991, see, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=16, https://startribune.newspapers.com/image/186746317/?terms=wdgy&match=1, Radiotapes.com Historic Minneapolis/St. You cant imagine how his popularity took off. 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. 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. That beam was so strong that the GROUNDWAVE signal made it at night in addition to the skywave signal. Not sure where the photo above came from. Brother Al Tedesco wanted to call it WPIG or WHOG, but Vic protested the barnyard connotation. The cops busted four men and three women for selling liquor without a license (and on a Sunday!). For a short-lived, rather obscure radio station, a lot of activity was logged. Storz's stations were heavy on promotion, headline-grabbing contests, and high profile dee-jays (usually using echo-chamber microphones). Another January 1957 ad said If You Dig Rhythm N Blues Mitchells the Most! 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. Tom did the best impression of Muhammad Ali I have ever heard. As an added advantage, U100 was the first Twin Cities top 40 station to broadcast simulcast on the FM dial in stereo (in addition to 980 AM). Rhythm [in 1955] and played the real soul of rhythm and blues. First air date. On August 22, 1978, a construction permit was approved to increase the stations power to 2.5 kw. I took this from a flight I took in 1977. WDGY/Minneapolis has modified its Top 40 format to an AOR-slanted approach. The photo below was posted on Facebook by Paul Strickland, who says. You can see another photo of Tom Wynn and his on air partner by clicking the following web address: http://www.kfgo.com/pages/tomanddankfgo.html. Mob violence ensued and the car of KSTP-TV newsman Dave Margeson was smashed by rocks and a piece of wood; he was treated and released from the hospital. He sold me (for the cost of materials and production time) the following: Dick Driscoll, The January '73 Charlie Van Dyke, George Young, Perry St. John, Tom Wynn, Hal Raymond, Dan Daniels, and the Various WDGY DJ (composite) clip. you dont have to listen to rock and roll! In Will Joness interview of December 10, 1964, station owner Kosofsky said that out of the first 65 or 75 top markets in the country, ours was the only one that didnt have a rhythm & blues station. Legendary Call Letters and an incredible heritage. See www.radiotapes.com/WDGY.html for airchecks and much more, including the very entertaining history of the station written by Haines. Heres one of the dune buggies. The concerts were advertised in the Minneapolis Spokesman, the citys African-American newspaper, but rarely in the mainstream dailies. If you look carefully, you can see the old WDGY transmitter through the studio glass. The company engineers actually had to install coils to de-tune the water tower before the license could be approved for 50kw operation. CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE, WDGY Donald K. Martin contributed this undated from the late 60's - early 70's. He stayed until February 1978. He's So Fine - Chiffons 9 5. The Temptations were scheduled to perform at the St. Paul Auditorium on July 12, 1965, sponsored by Preacher Paul and KUXL. U.S. Patent . Johnny does a live Tastee Bread "Baked While You Sleep" spot, but the tape run out before he gets to finish. This is Jim Dandy's (Jim Evarts) second time at WDGY-AM. A touch of Formula 63 is the perfect way to brighten up your mundane day. But its also a dance session. Listeners remember taping the show and playing it the next day for friends. Cars were prevented from coming into the area from Interstate 94 at the Dale Street exit. Below is a listing of stations available in the metro area. I do believe we did have the first of the top forty station two man morning shows, at least in the Twin Cities, other than CCO. Sweet Potato, September 1979. If he had opened that door, the back draft would have engulfed the engineer in flame. A policeman knocked down pregnant woman, pulled her hair, and threw her into a wall. As Hartman and a crew worked 24 hours to changed all the logos and artwork on the broadcast trailer, it was a very hectic time for this brand-new, soon to be record-breaking FM station. Congress amended the FCC Act in September 1960 to provide penalties short of license revocation for violations of FCC rules. Big Time TV left Chicago and so did Skotch, going out to the West Coast and working as a director until he decided to get out of the rat race and become his own boss. Other short subjects would include Can You Explain It? a feature dealing with supernatural occurrences, and Curiosity Corner, a show touching on nature and science. The September 22, 1958 survey advertised Down Beat, the Longest radio show in the Twin Cities. It was also the Twin Cities ONLY station with Future-Phonic Sound. The disk jockeys were Ralf Smith, Jere Smith, Dan Allan, Jack Douglas, and Lou House. KUXL sponsored dances at various venues, and brought in national acts. Right on Super U became a catch phrase on the station and among its fans. A Billboard Magazine from July 9, 1966 shows that it was a 250-watt independent station operating 15 hours/day. Rob and Bill would sit in the basement of the radio station playing air checks and other sources of radio information on disk. Advertising sales for the stations paled in comparison to the competition, and managing both stations became a burden for the couple, so the Stewarts sold the station in 1972 to Fairchild Industries for $1.5 million. Fairchild contemplated selling the station. A September 21, 1958 playlist shows jocks Bob Bradley, Tom Wynn, Jim Boysen, Dan Anderson, and Sandy Singer. Matchbook images courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, In July 1948, Chuck Mulkern had a fifteen-minute show called Hillbilly Hits.. Todd Mitchell found this article in the March 18, 1977, issue of Radio and Records, an industry newspaper. Whats more, we do it selectively enough to fill just the news you want. You will hear Johnny's brief Art Fern imitation and at 5:30 he will say hi to the Twin Cities in a slightly similar fashion as a competing DJ did. On February 26, 1964, Randall Hobart of the Star reported that Ed Skotch credited his women-oriented programming for a 480 percent increase in business since he took over the station. Other Facebook stories of the strength of the transmission: In 1952 the station was sold to a group of four local businessmen, one of which was Clarence T. Hagman. . He tried to use the phones, but the wires all came into the building through the furnace room and they were already toast. People walking by the facility at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds would comment, what is this? U100 the twin cites powerhouse playing top 40 and album rock from the speakers with no one in the booth! In 1968 Red Owl changed the station policy from middle of the road to all request oldies to try for a high enough rating to at least make the property salable. November 1966s In-Beat magazine included an interview with the stations new DJ and Program Manager, Ray Moss. 1936 ad below courtesy Jeff Lonto. To this day I am still impressed that a major country western and Grand Ole Opry star would drive all the way out to Anoka just to visit with someone who played country-western music for only 55 minutes a day. Lets do bullets: Douglas Rice, Director of 3-man news department, General Manager: Robert W. Smith (Wolfman Jack). Photo courtesy Curt Lundgren a/k/a Evan Curfew. The Future is Now (bbzztt) The Future is Y-11, At 3 pm, September 2, 1977, the station changed its format again, this time to country. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE, WDGY Guide, Atkinson, 1982. Photo dated February 23, 1950 courtesy Minnesota Historical Society. Nearby homes similar to 5917 Fayette St have recently sold between $944K to $1,305K at an average of $570 per square foot. Heres the story from Jim Stokes: KRSI originated Red Owl Stores storecast from their transmitter on what is called subcarrier. You can look it up. Rhythm. Here was a country station, WCOW, and on Saturday afternoon and evening, along came Mr. You can still hear all George Young has to say on this clip. This was best done by the Five Keys in 1951, but the song was written in 1936, so whos to complain. The whole tower and Reeds escape rope would have burned had the wood had a chance to get a good start. Reed slept through the whole thing. Wayne Red Williams was Station Manager and Ray Christensen was Program Director. In about 1970 there was a shake-up of personnel. And it was Snyder Drug Stores. Todd Storz was an heir to the Storz Beer Co. out of Omaha, Nebraska. Fire trucks are on the scene and well up-date you as additional details come in.. Curtis J Johnson, formerly of WDGY. After the news, you will hear the Charlie and Don jingle into the music. Though our names are nearly identical, we were two different people. The Star Tribune article also reported that Al Alonzo reported to Newport. See more of WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll . The 9-tower array beaming 50,000 watts was used to produce one of the most restrictive signals in the USA. Wonder what E.I.I. 2005. Below are the same four staff members that were pictured in the piece above, in a print ad. One was the Uncle Elmer Show. A rural comedy production? In 1959, WDGY gained a formidable challenger when KDWB launched. Advertised performers were: Unfortunately, the staff was so busy working out the show and the logistics that they forgot to promote the concerts, and they were poorly attended, Sherwood reported. 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. Disc Jockey Fat Daddy (a/k/a Jimmy Smith) cited statistics that out of 32,000 blacks in the potential audience, between 10,000 and 15,000 listened to the station. WDGY, - , , OnlineRadioBox.com . (Storz died in 1964 at age 39.) KQRS was close to adopting the SuperStars format, making them a major player. Unfortunately the photos arent dated, but we do know that the band formed in 1954 when Augie returned from Korea. WDGY-AM Hal Raymond 7/9/63 KDWB-AM 630 St. Paul (Woodbury) Radio was going through a fearful period in the face of the TV monster, and Bill Stewart and his co-owner wife, Becky Ann, urgently called their staff together. 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. Bad news from Wikipedia: Despite receiving positive reviews in some mainstream publishings, Purple Haze was a flop. Vineland Place and Oak Grove Street meet in front of WLOL with the Basilica of St. Mary visible in the background. 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. The brochure inside the box was a ticket to a huge rock n roll show that would kick off the station. First, the typos are NOT mine this time. The new schedule kept the morning religious shows, which did have sponsors and paid the bills. The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. The creepy monstrosity below, entered by St. Michael Elementary School, was the winner. 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. He truly loves the business. OUR SURVEYS FOR WDGY; . The frequency was originally 1140 kc. Sherwood and the rest were at their antic best, cooking up contests and announcing test answers to kids. WCOW Staff @ 1953, courtesy Vic Tedesco. Never would have believed this if I hadnt seen it with my own eyes!. The Twin City a Go Go January 1966 issue mentioned this station and its DJs: Dean Alexander, Dave Charles, Will Grassman, Myrna Jean, Oliver Towne (nee Gareth Hebert), Don Riley, Bob Leonard, and Charles Conrad. Early disc jockeys were July 1, 1965 to November 14, 1966: Tom Kaye and Bob Lulline (1965 to 1966), Denny Long (1966 to 1967), Jay Daniels, Phil LaManne (1966 to 1968), Dick Daniels, Ed Lowell, Harvey Moss (1968 to 1969), and Doug White, Tony Young, Dee Carr, and Tom ONeal (1969 to 1970). The only coordination was (sometimes) the Pick Hit of The Week as a freebie to a record maker.. Charlie does a ply on the Chicken Man radio series by introducing Donald as "the most fantastic newsman the world has ever known." Back to the drama. He also mentions his concern about working around a transmitter that could light up light bulbs without putting them in an electrical socket. Found on Radiotapes.com: Ballad of Minnesota!. The Beatles, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Ike & Tina Turner, The Who, Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Santana, Billy Joel, The Doobie Brothers, The Steve Miller Band, The Beach Boys, Van Morrison, The Animals, Guess Who, Neil Diamond, Herman's Hermits, The Supremes, Sam and Dave, Stevie Wonder, The Four Seasons, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Rivers, Sonny and Cher, The Moody Blues, The Spinners, Grand Funk Railroad, Three Dog Night, The Box Tops, Chicago, Electric Light Orchestra and the list goes on. Hed also done some research in music therapy, and planned to play records for what they did for the listener. In a blurb in the Minneapolis Star (September 1, 1977), station manager Dale Webber was quoted as saying the reason for the change was getting out of the ridiculous Top 40 market. There were three other country stations on AM in the market at the time. It was Storzs fourth station. 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.). (KUXL is loaded with preachers earlier in the day, but most of them are called Brother or Doctor.) Stronger, clearer than ever before. But was this the first opportunity that Twin Citians had to hear what came to be known as rock n roll on the radio? Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. FM station (104.1) was KRSI-FM until 1974. Paul caught on fire and was off the air? 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. WDGY/Minneapolis has modified its Top 40 format to an AOR-slanted approach. Clockwise from Jack are Bill Diehl, Don Kelly, Dan Daniel, Stanley Mack, and Ramsburg. Supposedly, a gentleman that lived within the main lobe of the pattern had decided to wind copper around his attic and, with an appropriate capacitor, made a tuned circuit at 1130 which allowed him to power his florescent lights. My wife and I had long discussions late into the evening. The station played Country music with a heavy emphasis on local North Suburban news and sports. KUXL and Preacher Paul Anthony are the sponsors. Other Facebook stories of the strength of the transmission: In 1952 the station was sold to a group of four local businessmen, one of which was Clarence T. Hagman. Solomon Burke performed on May 28, 1965. It provided music and information for and about black people in this city and around the world. Black, age 28, was a graduate of Brown Institute, and had been working at WCCO. Heres a photo of the KANO VW bus from July 1963, with his wife, sister, and daughter. WMIN adopted an all news format in mid-July 1962. Hubbards Hundred Days was the headline in late 1973.. The country format continued until 1989, when it became "News Talk 1130, WDGY". He was program director from 1968-1971. David Hersk remembers that Edwards had a late night show where he called himself Uncle Merle and played plenty of rock n roll in 1954-55. 3D WALKTHROUGH. Remember Bob? Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! The team could not play high school and college teams, but would go out to small towns for exhibition games. Storz quickly changed the format to Top 40, taking advantage of the early rise of rock and roll music. The material was from the then-unpublished autobiography that appeared as Okay, Okay, I Wrote the Book in 2012. 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