A September 21, 1958 playlist shows jocks Bob Bradley, Tom Wynn, Jim Boysen, Dan Anderson, and Sandy Singer. Will Jones dedicated most of his April 22, 1965, column to the station, saying, Life is simpler on KUXL. He declared that hip teenagers were abandoning the standard rock n roll stations late in the afternoon to tune in to Preacher Paul Anthony. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. Clockwise from Jack are Bill Diehl, Don Kelly, Dan Daniel, Stanley Mack, and Ramsburg. John Fineberg was at both stations during those years and described a KQRSI (KQRS and KRSI) family. Donald K. Martin reading the news in the WDGY newsroom. Formula 63 box, courtesy Sam Sherwood. In 1954 the call sign for 1400 AM briefly changed to WMNS, reflecting a change to a full service format of music, news and sports. Minneapolis Star, Thursday, September 24, 1964. WDGY - The Original Rock and Roll Station. Those seven people included Mr. and Mrs. Sincerely by the McGuire Sisters. Wonderful WeeGee, home of the boss jocks like Johnny Canton, hit its stride in the 60s, competing neck and neck with KDWB. I was the only one there with a GRTO [General Radiotelephone Operator license]. Seven ways to listen: FM 92.1, FM 103.7, AM 740, FM 107.1 HD2, Live Stream at WDGYradio.com, Smart Speakers through TuneIn and the WDGY Phone App. Did the snakes and ticks take over the studio? The switch to talk was gradual over two years. The station was also still playing Fibber McGee and Molly and The Lone Ranger.. But if you listen to radio to soothe your nerves, reports of mideast tension, recession and crime just might produce the opposite effect. The station's studios and offices are in Lakeland, Minnesota, while its transmitter is off Commerce Drive near Interstate 94 in Hudson. And he noted that it was difficult to even find R&B records in town. On June 12, 1967, the stations application to change its studio location to 5728 Wayzata Blvd. The owner of easy listening FM station WAYL was interested in the AM operation, to simulcast WAYLs signal and expand coverage in parts of the metro area. And the response has been so good that the weekday evening jazz time may be extended. 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. This page contains some rare tapes recorded off the air during the 50's 60's and 70's. you dont have to listen to rock and roll! More than a nostalgia station, more than a mixture of rock n roll history and local rock trivia, TC offers listeners personality programming and a fun sense of belonging to a rock n roll community. Collins, a transmitter company located in Peoria, Ill., I think, had a 1,000-watt transmitter and a 630 crystal. As an example when your unpredictable Carson Rennie of 6-10 spins a yarn about Aunt Julias first trip to the Twin Cities. FM station (104.1) was KRSI-FM until 1974. One even has a snippet of Loni Anderson! This was a fun station. This is WWTC Spectrum. 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. Always "WDGY" 1130 AM!!!! This was on the grounds of the U.S. Silver Fox Farm, at the very northern border of the Village.The document below is the application to move the transmitter in 1927. In 1983 the station was sold to John and Kathleen Parker. This left KEYD (soon to become KEVE) as the only full time C&W station. Its president was Marvin Kosofsky, who said he was not going to change the jazz programming, which had been taken over by Art Hoehn and Paul Franklyn. They made a big pot of it at noon, and when it was gone, it was gone, seldom lasting past 5pm. Grew up listening to Jonny on my school bus. That address does not compute, but below is a photo of the Holiday Motor Hotel, described as being taken in 1955. In late 1953 there were shows called Saturday Date and Rhythm at Random, but what they played is anyones guess. I suppose at full speed, in December, the ride to Peoria would take 18 hours. Thus incited, the crowd began yelling invectives at the police and throwing furniture at them. Thanks again for the responseand thanks for the great website! Performers included: These groups were well known in clubs like King Solomons Mines where Soul music was a staple. He spoke about the dangers of ennui, tedium and boredom and how these things could absolutely dull your life. Just tune to 1500 on your dial! The owners brought in Robert Purcell to inject life in the station, and a friend who booked Country & Western touring shows told him that the area was one of the top in the country. In March 1970, two engineers struck for higher pay and the disk jockeys honored the picket line. KRSIs owner, Park Broadcasting, which owned 18 radio and TV stations in 11 cities, asked Drake-Chenault Enterprises of Los Angeles to install one of its systems. He now does a morning news/talk show in Fargo. Some of the airchecks are off reel to reel tapesthat were recorded off the air by the web site creator. Front row John Hines and Larry Carolla. Jimmy Reed was originally at KDWB-AM 630 before coming to WDGY 1130 onSeptember 23, 1969. When he was on the air, there were hundreds and hundreds of people around the radio station just hanging out and listening to the music. the second line is pretty shocking: Skotchs research concluded that the suburban housewife was a lonely person was too busy to hear her troubles and who tied herself in knots over small problems. Lets hope this is sort of right. The stations request to change the location of the studio to 5730 Duluth Street in Golden Valley was approved on October 14, 1969. The venerable family station bowed to pressure in 1954 and 55 and started playing rock n roll. I worked with Jim when he was at KTCR-FM. The airchecks reflect a more middle-of-the-road format, but the Top 40 playlists from 1956-59 have a lot of rock n roll (with a polka thrown in for good measure). . He has been at KQRS in the Twin Cities for years, doing the morning show. Then there was alternating R&B and Rap at various intervals. One young man was in a rest room with some others who were drinking, and he flashed a gun. The cookie was displayed in the lobby of the Foshay Tower, where viewers filched pieces of it until French dispatched a guard. Were starting a couple of weekend rhythm-and-blues shows as soon as we can get the records. 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. WCOW, owned by the Tedesco brothers, was definitely a country make that a hillbilly station, with DJs named Sidesaddle Sore Sam (Sabean), Denver Don Doty, Buffalo Bob Montgomery, and Pecos Paul (Denault). Don Martin_________________________________________Thanks Don for letting me share on the site. There was apparently a change of heart; ads from the mid 50s asked: tired of one-note guitar players and hiccup singers?, like to crawl in a hole when you hear rock and roll?. WWTC Stationery from 1979 (scoped!). Most Top 40 and Rock listening had migrated to the FM band (which had necessitated the Mighty 1130s switch in the first place.) Every sixth song was current. In January 1971 the station started to gradually move away from the oldies and gradually more toward album cuts. Out on the East Coast listeners heard the original version by the Moonglows. 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. Everything was ready and in place on the first day of the Minnesota State Fair, and Rob had the format and jingles ready to go on the air. Joe then took it a step further and booked the St. Paul Auditorium for a rhythm and blues show with great locals such as Augie Garcia. Stand with Ukraine. Whatever the approach, it had to be as different as was our position on the dial. WDGY 1130 AM MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA Week: 1963-03-18 Format: T40 WDGY 1130 - MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL TIGER TUNES WEEK BEGINNING MARCH 18, 1963 TW LW 1. (The station, planning to syndicate its features nationally, has been looking for a mature, friendly, relaxed male voice in these parts. 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. Guy Lombardo records were used as a transition between the hillbilly songs and religious programs, reported Will Jones in the Trib on August 18, 1952. Address : PO Box 25130 St Paul, MN 55125. [1] This station is unrelated to the original WDGY, which was a popular top-40 station in the area during the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Top of a Top 40 from August 1956, courtesy of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. Sometime between March 1976 and January/February 1979, the station flipped to Disco. Dr. Young died in 1945 and the station was transferred to the Twin City Broadcasting Corporation 1946. And they would play some jazz, depending on which of the announcers was on or what day of the week or what time of the day it was, youd turn the radio on and hear something different.. Top Row: Step Up Movie, Steve Highsmith, Gregg Lindahl, Paul Johnson. It has been my opinion that a big lightning storm in July 1989 was an excuse for the station to shut down operation. In about November 1973, the WMIN call letters moved to 1010kc (formerly polka and country station WJSW). They want smooth, slick, uncluttered radio., Ad from Minneapolis/St. The general manager (Mike Sigelman) and program director (Rob Sherwood) (1974), both hired from established Top 40 station KDWB, felt a major change needed to be made. Cars were prevented from coming into the area from Interstate 94 at the Dale Street exit. WMIN was still resisting the rock n roll bandwagon in January 1957, when it was playing Easy Listening. In 2008, the station became WDGY after sister station 630 AM switched to Regional Mexican music, using the call letters WREY. 2,838 Sq. In 1949 the station moved its transmitter and studio to a new multi-tower array described as at 102nd and Bloomington Freeway/Lyndale Freeway/35W. Paul airchecks dating back to 1924 including WDGY and other Twin Cities radio stations, Oldiesloon.com, featuring information about former Twin Cities Top 40 stations, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WDGY&oldid=1134539013, This page was last edited on 19 January 2023, at 05:18. 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. 50,000 watts. The rest is exhausting please see Wikipedia for further/better history! Theairchecks on this not for profit web site were recorded off the air. Fire trucks are on the scene and well up-date you as additional details come in.. After the news, you will hear the Charlie and Don jingle into the music. Those Yearbooks and a Minneapolis Star Tribune article dated April 30, 1988, provide the details below. First you will hear the turkey gobble sound indicating listeners should call Johnny to be a part of the WDGY Turkey Shoot. Johnny Canton in the main WDGY Control Room (1970's), WDGY's Donald K. Martin at the newsroom mic. KUXLs broadcast license was voluntarily assigned from Edward D. Skotch to Greater Happiness, Inc. (presumably his company) on October 7, 1963. Mutual was dropped and the station adopted a for women only format. In 2014, the station began broadcasting in HD. The station was one of the first stations in the country to program rock and roll music in a top 40 format in the mid 1950s. They would play gospel, and they would play Rhythm and Blues. I purchased some of the WDGY airchecks from collector Arron Mintz in Maine. Middle row: Steve Hatley, Cosmic Cowboy a/k/a Terry Roberts, Chuck Knapp & Charlie Bush. Rock n roll came roaring into the Twin Cities like a full force gale on February 6, 1956, when WDGY, 1130 AM, became a Storz station. I was able to get this shot during a visit to see Jimmy Reed. Oh so many levels. Once again, the small black population in Minneapolis was cited as a reason not to sponsor the program, although white people were clearly listening as well. 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. We were doing just that. It must sign-off as sunset to prevent interfering with Class A CFZM in Toronto. Format was Urban and they were targeting inner city Minneapolis. Radio Stations in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN Radio stations sorted by popularity Twin Cities News Talk KTLK 1130 AM News/Talk KFAN 100.3 FM KFXN-FM 100.3 FM Sports K-LOVE Radio Contemporary Christian K102 KEEY-FM 102.1 FM Country Music 94.9 El Rey WREY 630 FM Regional Mexican CBS Sports Radio Sports AM 1280 The Patriot WWTC 1280 AM News/Talk We thought you could come up with a new product called Formula 63. On August 28, Will Jones published an extended interview with Skotch. 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." Ed replaced Machine Gun Kelly when he split for KHJ. 1936 ad below courtesy Jeff Lonto. $1,175,000 Last Sold Price. That night God must have liked bubble gum music because his gentle hand protected that flight. We thought Formula 63 with the Colonel was really a good way to introduce our station. WDGY station changed to a country music format in September 1977, around the time when most music stations began shifting onto the FM band. Storz also ended the affiliation with the Mutual network. A Hammond RK4 reverberation unit has been ordered The echo unit will be .. controlled by push buttons installed at the news table and console. He was hired to do the jazz show, but moved to take over the R&B show when that opened up. Some not so happily as others, he admits. Image courtesy Jeff Lonto. One contest in 1963 was a challenge to bake the worlds biggest Christmas Cookie. Other Twin Cities station owners resented the attention WDGY received, but soon they too jumped on the top-40 bandwagon. A fair portion of its signal pointed away from populated areas, making it audible only to its intended audience in South and West St. Paul. Wee Gee spins the forgotten hits, the cruisin' classics, the legendary artists. The colors range from bright to blue, from funny to warm, from entertaining to informative. I guess that means no music. The old tower was removed and a new tower erected. 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. But also Doris Day, Dean Martin, and Patti Page. The slogan was 15 KSTPTHE MUSIC STATION., The Insider made note of the change to a rock format, playing a mix of current and older top 40. RecordedMay 12, 1963. The shows were identified by the name of the DJs, which included Morris, Rodger Kent, Riley, Valentine, and Ingram. Listeners remember taping the show and playing it the next day for friends. It was sold to Park Broadcasting [Roy H. Park]. ERP. This address doesnt exist as Highway 55 was expanded. Unfortunately, this shot suffers from poor exposure. On April 13, 1968, Billboard reported that Ray Moss had gone to California for a job with XERB, but returned quickly and with a new name: Daddy Soul. The Insider reported that Moss became the new music director in April 1968, and was on-air from 3 to 7, Monday through Friday. With a constant bombardment of loud jingles, the jocks would scream YEEEEWWWW ONE HUNDRED! and BOOGIE! when they werent giving the time, temperature (its 72 degrees in Frriiidleeeeey!) or bad jokes. The radio studios are on Utica Avenue South in St. Louis Park . And then, nothing. Reportedly one of them was a one hour program playing rockabilly and R&B perhaps the first in the area. Wikipedia says that the station went through jazz, and all news formats. Courtesy Jeff Lonto. WDGY, - , , OnlineRadioBox.com . Minneapolis has been kind of a combination rat race and three ring circus since the New WDGY started, but the tremendous amount of work being done is paying off in increased ratings and business every month. When even a little pimple of a disaster like this strikes, people rise to the occasion. Note that one of the attributes of the station mentioned in the ad above is Awards. There is a promo for WDGY's Easter Bunny contest, where you can win a McDonald's Easter Bunny. The ever-blessed Will Jones announced on June 5, 1964: KUXL is airing jazz. The transmitter location was .3 miles north from the intersection of Sixth Ave. North and Highway 100 in Golden Valley, and the transmitter would be remotely controlled from the studio. "WDGY Means the Most Music and the Most Money." 1 tune was Ernie Ford singing Mule Train, and can you imagine me calling from home on the phone that we werent playing Mule Train often enough? Years later, I learned the reason why. Minneapolis has been kind of a combination rat race and three ring circus since the New WDGY started, but the tremendous amount of work being done is paying off in increased ratings and business every month. Johnny does a live Tastee Bread "Baked While You Sleep" spot, but the tape run out before he gets to finish. 1 WCPR; 2 WKYY; See www.radiotapes.com/WDGY.html for airchecks and much more, including the very entertaining history of the station written by Haines. Shows like Record Reville, Melody Mart, Platter Previews, The TNT Club, and mid-1955s Hot Corner dont give us much to go on as to their format. An October 1949 ad in the Trib called it The Northwest Empire Station and morning shows featured Irene and Lou, hillbilly favorites; Sschunemans Red Rooster Hour; and Johnny Aarthun, popular singer of old-country songs. Leigh (pronounced Lay) Kamman had presented jazz shows for years, lately on KSTP radio until that station summarily fired him along with a number of longtime staff for some unknown reason. This is getting to be kind of a bandwagon, and a worthwhile one, even if it does come as a result of the desperate try-anything state of things in todays radio business. Studio and Transmitter were at 611 Frontenac Place, St. Paul. Although FM radio is not on many car radio dials, it is found on other radios and most of the new hi-fi and stereo sets. I wonder how long this crazy schedule lasted! He expressed his intent to present commercial religious shows in the morning [commercial meaning they pay for the time?]. Here are some possibilities: Rock n rolls roots lie in pop, country, and most important, rhythm and blues. WDGY operated on eight frequencies [1] by the time it settled on 1180 AM. Buy spots on the other stations?? This is a shottaken at the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Recorded of the air in March 1968. The biggest troublemakers appeared to be a group of about 30 from Minneapolis, dressed in boots, Levi jackets, blue jeans, and cowboy or Australian digger hats. A 15-year-old polio victim was smashed, face-first, into the pavement and sent home bleeding. Access Minnesota. What to do next? My DJ page tells me that Ronn the Rajah of Rhythm & Bluess real name was Ron Samuels the one who married Wonder Woman? The frequency was originally 1140 kc. 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 owner, Midcontinent Media, sold the property. WDGY 40 STAR SURVEY Week *Ending* May 7, 1966 1. Unlike most metropolitan areas, the Twin Cities did not have a black radio station in the 1940s or 50s. Luxurious digs, no? says Curt. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!! Much More Music is simply that WDGY played, and is playing, more music with the bright pace of the modern sound. Any white man who lingers momentarily over a Negro emphasis station hears poor programming and crummy talk, he hears low down music, and is left with the strong impression that they are really different. The address of the first transmitter and main studio was 7711 Sixth Ave. No. Click here for the story of a strange radio show that was sponsored by Daytons and aired on KDWB for four months in 1968. such tangy extras are part of ear-tickling, toe -tapping UP radio. Seriously, who thought progressive rock on AM was a good idea? Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. 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." (KUXL is loaded with preachers earlier in the day, but most of them are called Brother or Doctor.) Wayne Red Williams was Station Manager and Ray Christensen was Program Director. They both became enamored with an air check album that contained KFRC, the San Francisco powerhouse. It was a very high energy top 40 presentation featuring Dr. Don Rose and Ed OBrien. Johnny is on the rear of the bike. WDGY, Rock and Roll Oldies Radio, playing the best oldies of the 1960s and 1970s for the Twin Cities! Scads of airchecks and music surveys are posted at, http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/kdwb630tapes.html. Following Young's death in 1945, his estate sold the station. We were on the air. Music consultants included folks from the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, Schmitt Music, and Leigh Kamman. Forrest Powers published his own interview with Ed Skotch on October 7, 1963, in the Star. Proceeds would go to a charity mutually agreed upon by the two teams. It also aired sports talk at various times as well as leasing time to two groups that eventually purchased their own full-time frequencies: "Straight Talk Radio" (later on 950 KTNF) and "Relevant Radio" (later on 1330 WLOL). The Stewarts took a rather conservative approach in programming the station. 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. It was fun, and by then, Charlie was on the mornings, and I did the news and the bits. Later they would admit that the Todd Storz they often disparaged very well may have saved radio at a time when television was stealing its audience. This photo was taken in 1969 after he came back to replace Rob Sherwood when he left for KDWB-AM. Rhythm [in 1955] and played the real soul of rhythm and blues. Probably poached from Facebook. Jimmy also tries to give away WDGY Fortune Phone Cash to the Williams family. WLOL-FM (99.5) (Means Fine Music) was up and running in 1956. And although much of the 96-page report centered on the disturbances themselves, the committee had plenty to say about discrimination patterns in housing, education, recreation, employment, welfare, and police-community relations, and includes recommendations for improvement in those areas.. Thought I would share. At the time he was operating two mobile discos called Soul on the Roll Disco Rendezvous.. The recordings on this site provide historical examples of Twin Cities radio and are intended for purposes of archival preservation and for research. 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. The Wolfman died on July 1, 1995. Think of it this way. Thanks so much for the response to my e-mail, and for the kind words. And so goes the history of one of our most obscure radio stations. 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. Photo from Judy Dibble via Rick Burnetts Twin Cities Radio Airchecks. 740 kHz AM oldies; U100 signed off for the last time at midnight on Wednesday September 15, 1976. Trongard, not Trangard. Meanwhile, the Mayor and others defended the actions of the police and laid the blame squarely on the mob.. Our family cabin was located north of Park Rapids. 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. Kamman left for New York in 1950. Email : Jane@wdgyradio.com. Ft. 31477 E Nine Dr, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677. In a column dated January 24, 1954, Will Jones of the Trib called Cannon a Hep Talking radio disk jockey.. Although authorized for only 500 watts from midnight to 4am, it had been broadcasting at full 5,000 watt strength since Crowell-Collier Broadcasting bought the station in late 1959. We Play The Hits! Its first owners were John Devaney (Minnesota Supreme Court Justice?) It was also described as 90 percent dance music in a TV interview on YouTube. Somewhere theres a story about how a station staffer would drive a dune buggy around town, and the listener who guessed closest to the number of miles driven at the end of the summer won the vehicle. It made for a very fast, progressive Top 40 and far less corrupt than sales lists that could be influenced by cases of free product which is how payola really worked. Even among Storz stations, Ramsburg says that each individual station made up its own Top 40. The FCC required that the station identify itself as KDWB Lake Elmo, also occasionally serving Minneapolis and St. Paul. The station provided immediate competition to leading rock n roll station WDGY: See a good piece on the KDWB/WDGY rivalry from KARE-11 News. Jeff Lonto: The ratings started to go up and so ownership and management had the bright idea of pulling the plug on the whole thing, changing the calls to KJJO-AM, and simulcasting FM sister station KJJO-FM (104.1). Skotchs idea was to create something new. Don K. Martin is in this photo. Despite the high hopes for I-95, it only lasted until February 2, 1980. Special thanks to Jim du Bois for the use of the recording studio & to Donald K. Martin and Mike Cunningham for spending timein the interest to preserve some of the Twin Cities radio history. So two cops from the morals squad took the elevator and found 150 men and women, a four-piece band, 36 tables and a 15-foot liquor bar with 54 quarts of liquor, 21 bottles of beer. 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