As disasters go, this one wasnt even on the radar screen. Pleased by the response to a recent project on emotionally induced illness, Skotch said the station will devote another day to the subject in the near future. Wedgy Devices for a variety of Electrical, Low Voltage, Plumbing, Piping, Mechanical, HVAC, Fire Protection and other construction applications using Wedgy Cable Supports. Engineer Herb Schoenbohm, a jazz buff, started by emceeing a nightly 7 7:30 pm spot. They predicted that he and his music would be the wave of the future, and when we heard what he sang and how he sang it, we began to be concerned. WDGY (740 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Hudson, Wisconsin, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market. KDWB went on the air on September 16, 1959, as a top 40 station. May 17, 1965, saw the introduction of Billy G to the announcing staff, when the sun stayed up long enough for another shift. Phone : (651) 436-4000. . http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wdgy1130tapes.html. 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. The stations address was given as 287 E 6th Street, St. Paul. VSNN had taken over the station on a management agreement and, in reality, nobody else at VSNN wanted the PD job. The policemen called for backup and the melee started. 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. 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. (Phones at fire departments all across the vast Twin Cities area rang causing a ton of confusion as to just exactly where there was a fire.) WDGY Jocks teamed up with professionals Ed Kalafat, Bobby Cox, Jim Springer, and Corky Devlin, possibly former Minneapolis Lakers. 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. Photo dated November 6, 1942, courtesy Minnesota Historical Society. This and other WDGY surveys can be see at the museum along with many other radio artifacts. Since it was the only bid submitted, they were handed a building worth $35,000, complete with air conditioning, transmitting equipment, control board, and paneled studios and offices. For $7,000 they moved the entire concrete block structure 25 miles across town. The ad campaign for 1964 was UP radio (imagine an arrow on the UP). We thought you could come up with a new product called Formula 63. It was to be a program format, readily identifiable concentrating on jazz, according to Burke. Almost everybody in the country who had anything at all ailing them, bought into the pitch. Here is what had happened. His programming was designed to help said housewife by becoming an intimate, informative close friend that will cloud out the things that bug her. Police said the wood snow fence frame beneath the paper had ignited at several points.. Save peace in the world. 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. KUXL and Preacher Paul Anthony are the sponsors. In 1974 the Wolfman was into many projects, including a weekly syndicated show that was broadcast here on KDWB. Some jingles too. When WDGY began to play it, WDGY salesmen found an amazing reluctance on the part of advertisers to buy time on a station that was rated number two in the market. They claimed to be running 5,000 watts. On the banner below is an outline of Downtown (St. There were other ways for Twin Citians to hear pre-WDGY rock n roll, of course: Records from Melodee Record Shop in Downtown Minneapolis, movies like Blackboard Jungle, and live performances of pop, jazz, and country acts. TeleVue magazine, 1980. Forrest Powers published his own interview with Ed Skotch on October 7, 1963, in the Star. 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. 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! An invaluable source of information about the history of WDGY comes from a Masters Thesis written by Jerry Verne Haines in 1970. Access Minnesota. In 1953-55 announcers included Howard Viken, Don Riley, Harry Zimmerman, Slim Jim Iverson, and Slim Jims brother the Vagabond Kid. 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. Subject: Re: Guest Book for Scott Gary Burton. In August 1962 the station was identifying itself as Time-Life Broadcasting Inc. At that time an ad appeared with the following text: What happened to wtcn 1280? The show, Pharoah Blacks Soul Til Sundown, began on May 1, 1975, and ran from 7 pm until sundown. Imogene was giving free rides in the parking lot for a new ad campaign. In July 1966 (Smith sold out to Kosofsky?) [made possible by the late summer daytime hours] Now he also does a Saturday afternoon session from 1 to 5. This station was pretty freewheeling and one could hear Jimmy Dean in the same breath as the Supremes. Slogan. ' (April 13, 1965). Think of all the bad karma we collected every time we played Puppy Love by Donny Osmond. While there were clearly some country/western shows Saturday Hoedown and Western Favorites and perhaps some old-time songs Tin Pan Allan was on a lot there were others with intriguing names: Ralph (Smith) and His Records, Top Tunes, (Judys) Juke Box, and Your Rhythm Review. Well hear more from Preacher Paul down below. Commercial from a 1988 Beta recording of the TV movie Leap of Faith on Minneapolis, Minnesota channel 4 WCCO-TV Ironically, WCOW eventually morphed into rock n roll station KDWB in 1959. One early promotion involved a sticker that said KDWB is Everywhere. $630 would be awarded to the person who placed the sticker in the most unusual place, which turned out to be on the St. Paul Cathedral dome! John Fine was also part of this tight social group. It was sold to Park Broadcasting [Roy H. Park]. Heres one of the dune buggies. As part of the anniversary celebration, listeners were urged to send the station a birthday card with a favorite song from the last year, and if it was drawn the listener could win the Yesterhits Souvenir Album and a chance of winning one of six Hondas. Its called, Formula 63. Airchecks from 1955 57 on www.radiotapes.com seem to indicate that the music was pretty middle-of-the-road, but they did play Hound Dog on September 7, 1956 Its #1! The station was DJ-driven, with a July 2, 1956 ad touting the Fabulous 4+1: Herb Oscar Anderson, Don Loughnane, Jack Thayer, Bill Armstrong, and Bill Bennett. On December 10, 1962, the station launched one of those call-in shows where people argued with the host, who was called Norman Frederick. At night, WDGY was very strong, but could never be received clearly. Studio and Transmitter were at 611 Frontenac Place, St. Paul. (Kamman left for New York in 1950 but came back to the station in 1956-58.). Years later, I learned the reason why. [1] We needed new transmitters, new phones, new carpet, new roofs, new this and new that. 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. Airchecks from 1955 57 on www.radiotapes.com seem to indicate that the music was pretty middle-of-the-road, but they did play Hound Dog on September 7, 1956 Its #1! The station was DJ-driven, with a July 2, 1956 ad touting the Fabulous 4+1: Herb Oscar Anderson, Don Loughnane, Jack Thayer, Bill Armstrong, and Bill Bennett. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. Don and I had both been part of the KTSA deejay team in San Antonio a couple of years earlier. There was a live broadcast at 9:15 a.m. and a performance at Graham Temple at 3 p.m. A December 1951 ad said [Cassiuss] Bamboo Room is KEYED for your enjoyment, which may or may not mean that there was a tie-in. The station dropped its ABC affiliation on December 31, 1962 and began a format of light classical and easy listening, The Sound of Beautiful Music in March 1963. Don reminded me about the Colonel and his pitch prowess. Paul radio stations featuring recordings dating back to 1924, with many from the 19. Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. There were many parts of our regular signal area where we were missing. They kept the WYOO call letters, to avoid the hassle and long process of changing call letters with the FCC. http://www.twincitiesradioairchecks.com/ (Rick Burnett). He also plans to start an on-the-air school dedicated to enriching the personality of the housewife who finds herself bogged down by dishes and diapers.. I hope to get some late 60's clips up on the site soon. Bob tries to give away $1,428 in WeeGee Fortune Phone Cash, but is unsucessful. In early 1976, Fairchild Industries decided to put both stations on the market. Courtesy Alan Freed. We do know that the station was playing rock n roll from the WMIN Top 40 dated August 4, 1958. Jones explained that Lanphier was a former Milwaukee radio and TV man, and would act as the station manager as well as owner. One highlight of the stations programming from about 1958 to 1973 was Leigh Kamman, whose jazz programs emanated from Freddys night club in Minneapolis and featured performances by Count Basie, Ramsey Lewis, Errol Garner, and Ella Fitzgerald. The 1989 Broadcasting Yearbook reported that the station was now owned by Newport Broadcasting. Wonderful WeeGee, home of the boss jocks like Johnny Canton, hit its stride in the 60s, competing neck and neck with KDWB. On WLOL. Their playlist is appealing, though their disk jockeys are somewhat obnoxious., Chuck Knapp: Fun times is rock & roll with the very talented 15/KSTP The Music Station staff in 1975. In the 60 I later converted to KDWB, but still listened to WDGY. Also, a fun fact is that in October 1964, wide-eyed George Murphy (something you cant see on radio) became Dino Day and began hosting A Date With Dino on Channel 9 TV. 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. MOST NEGRO OWNED RADIO STATIONS INSULT TO RACE IS CLAIM. Or when Bill Bennett 2-6 cuts in on Nancy Wilsons HOW GLAD I AM to tell her about THE BOY FROM IMPANEMA. History The WDGY callsign was used for another well-known station in the area from 1925 until 1991 and broadcast at 1130 kHz. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. Ten people were arrested, most for carrying firearms. It was emceed by Jack with KUXL, and is believed to be the first appearance of Brown in the Twin Cities. Read more about the show in 1955, and about Zingale under Twin Cities Disc Jockeys. I remember recording Rock Around the Clock from a WMIN broadcast on my Wilcox- Gay recorder. Some of the airchecks are off reel to reel tapesthat were recorded off the air by the web site creator. We Play The Hits! Ad from the Hopkins Sun, May 2, 1968, courtesy Jeff Lonto; also in Minnetonka Herald, February 22, 1968, Image courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, In 1969 KRSI issued a two-record compilation of oldies called the KRSI Request Album. The photo below is from the album. 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. Jay Philpott was the only holdover from the old format they had me doing 7 to Midnight until I left for WLOL in July 1980., KANO was Disk Jockey Rod Persons first radio job in 1959. Frequency. As always, these recordings will be available at no charge to you. WDGY can be heard around the clock on two FM translator stations: 92.1 W221BS from St. Paul and 103.7 W279DD from Hudson. No electricity. Due to the re-heightened awareness of HD broadcasting on AM surrounding the October 27, 2020 FCC vote to approve voluntary all-digital broadcasting by AM stations, WDGY resumed an HD Radio signal on November 17, 2020. Here in my file is a page out of the July 9, 1966, issue of Billboard magazine, where the information about KUXL lives. I took this from a flight I took in 1977. Without their help, the site would have many less pages of radio history. For that matter, we were discouraged from using the term teenager too. The Original Rock and Roll Station. (And where would they get eggs?) band (which had necessitated the Mighty 1130s switch in the first place.) Both Will Jones (Tribune, November 2, 1965) and Preacher Paul (Twin City a Go Go, Holiday 1965) wrote about the place, and how they installed 14 of the finest foxes youd ever want to see, a sound system thatll knock the buckle right off your belt, some of those sweet, gone, pine-toppin KUXL sounds, and crowds of out-a-sight swingers. 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. Bob Smith had created his Wolfman Jack character in 1958 at the 250,000 watt border blaster station XERF in Mexico, just over the border from Del Rio, Texas. In ad in the June 14, 1969, TV Digest pictures Tac Hammer, Rick Easton, Anthony Gee, Jim Reed, and Don Shore. HIstory of Radio in 10 Minutes (actually in 11:30), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwXJ89-qD6g, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFAN_%28AM%29, WDGY - Scott Burton Recorded by Dick Sigurdson December 1965, WDGY Johnny Dollar Recorded Off The Air By Dick Sigurdson December 1965, WDGY - Jim Dandy's Return On Air Visit with Johnny Canton - 1976, WDGY Curtis J. Johnson 20/20 News January 1968, Curtis Johnson's Senic Minnesota :30 Spot, WDGY 1130 Johnny Canton November 30, 1970, WDGY 1130 Jimmy Reed September 23, 1969 1st 1/2 hour on WDGY, WDGY 1130 Charlie Van Dyke & Donald K. Martin February 21, 1973, WDGY 1130 Charlie Van Dyke January 1973, WDGY 1130 Bob Dayton September 30, 1971, WDGY 1130 Dick Driscoll August 1960 - from A. Mintz collection, WDGY-AM 1130 Hal Raymond July 7, 1963 - from A. Mintz collection, WDGY 1130 November 1956 - Dan Daniel - Bill Armstrong - Don Kelly the Morning Mayor - Bill Diehl - WDGY Jingles & Dick Driscoll - from A. Mintz collection, http://www.kfgo.com/pages/tomanddankfgo.html, WLOL-AM Tom Wynn 6/5/72 - from the Rick Burnett collection, WDGY-AM 1130 Perry St. John All Night Shift 5/12/63, WDGY-AM Dick Driscoll 8/60 Scoped - from A. Mintz collection, KSTP-AM Tribute To Elvis - Day Elvis Died 8-17077 Un-Scoped - from the A. Mintz collection, WDGY-AM Dan Daniels 8/57 Scoped - from the A. Mintz collection, WDGY Prospector Promo (Undated - Early '60?). . Thanks to all contributors. The daytimer station was authorized for 1,000 watts. In 1967, winning a Honda might have meant just a motorbike. The ever-blessed Will Jones announced on June 5, 1964: KUXL is airing jazz. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. 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. 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. The Tams made an appearance on Sunday, August 23, 1964. The Original Rock and Roll Station. (Minneapolis Tribune, January 16, 1969). (1960's). Thats what caused the severe distortion, despite registering a 4 on my Wards Airline signal strength scale of 1 to 5. Peterson gave the example of Hamms and Grain Belt beer highly patronized by the black community, but refused to buy time on the station. 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. The gun-toting news director? They never expected the gigantic turnout, and the ultra-gigantic cookie that won the contest! He didnt plan to start his new programming until he got a power increase from 500kw to 1,000kw. By 1957 KSTP was squarely on the rock n roll bandwagon, but got off pretty quickly. Blore doesnt mention that on the other side of the insert was an ad for a big, star-studded show that was to take place in both Minneapolis and St. Paul on the same night, September 18, 1959. He came with no radio training at all in fact, he was a bartender but the station executives were impressed with his verbal fluency and vast knowledge of music. Listen To Podcasts That Examine The Passion, Perseverance, And Power Of Black Culture! Jim Dandy, Perry St. John, Scott Burton, George Young, B. Mason Dean. On April 28, 1977, there was a voluntary relinquishment of positive control of Universal from Kosofsky to Miriam Warshaw, if Im reading this right. I know nothing about Billy G! 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. 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. A memo to the staff from Todd Storz dated May 28, 1956 singles out the gang at WDGY for a job well done. This provides a historical look at the times. And then almost overnight, or so it seemed, the jazz folk around town were talking about their station. It had hope to start broadcasting a week ago but was held up by equipment delays. 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. I hope to get some late 60's clips up on the site soon. Rhythm Of The Rain - Cascades 1 2. The banner gives the shows host as Dave Reau, and the time slot as 11-11:15 am. On the day the station switched over, rival station KEEY, published this rather gruesome ad. The manager was Roger D. Wilson, and in an ad for sales people he called the station Katy Radio.. Sweet Potato, September 1979. It had only 250 watts. WPBC (Peoples Broadcasting Co.) was owned and operated by Bill and Becky Ann Stewart and went on the air in October 1949. Photo courtesy St. Paul Police Historical Society. It was also described as 90 percent dance music in a TV interview on YouTube. [In 1961, when the KFWB was having labor trouble, the owner shipped some Minnesota DJs to LA to cover.] 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. On November 30, 1969, fire spread through the KDWB studio, destroying two transmitters and shutting it down for two days. Photo from Judy Dibble via Rick Burnetts Twin Cities Radio Airchecks. WDGY News Room Shot from DJ Control Room - 1969. The quality is not great on this recording, but you can still hear everything. Another January 1957 ad said If You Dig Rhythm N Blues Mitchells the Most! Kamman also hosted the Swing Club Program. and an occasional Top 10 tune. 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). KUXLs broadcast license was voluntarily assigned from Edward D. Skotch to Greater Happiness, Inc. (presumably his company) on October 7, 1963. It wasnt long before the radio stations heard about the fact that they were advertising a competing radio station. For his Masters Thesis on the history of WDGY, Jerry Verne Haines interviewed WDGY announcer Leonard D. Bart on June 15, 1970. The ad below was placed during the Cuban Missile Crisis: The ad below is from the Minneapolis Herald, the replacement paper started when the Star and Tribune were on strike in 1962. When such a strictly-top-40 station as WLOL decides to go in for the classics, it smacks of chaos rather than culture. Dr. Young died in 1945 and the station was transferred to the Twin City Broadcasting Corporation 1946. In July 1969 the two were doing an underground show. Listen To The Most Popular Podcasts On iHeartRadio! 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! Photo courtesy Curt Lundgren a/k/a Evan Curfew. The turntables (pre-historic CD players) are out of the shot to his left side. 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. George Donaldson Fisher describes the transformation: I began the Progressive (I referred to it as Underground) rock on KQRS in early 1967. They promise infrequent and low-tone commercial announcements.. 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. FM. The concerts were advertised in the Minneapolis Spokesman, the citys African-American newspaper, but rarely in the mainstream dailies. in Golden Valley, across from the Point Supper Club. The contributer, 'wild wilson' a/k/a as'wildman' has his onw internet polka radio show. The control board (using slider pots) was in the left middle of the shot and two reel to reels in the middle right. Ramsburg says, Let me put it this way it was all show-biz. The initial format was apparently Modern Country. Finally, in the late 50s Sam Cooke broke the color barrier in the Midwest with You Send Me and black artists began to appear regularly on Top 40 charts. Where is the equipment? In April 1929 the frequency apparently became 1180. Al, Nick, and Vic Tedesco, photo courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. This was best done by the Five Keys in 1951, but the song was written in 1936, so whos to complain. The frequency was originally 1140 kc. The song list included such gems as You Clobbered Me, Ink Dries Quicker Than Tears, Lie Detector, and Take Your Cotton-Pickin Hands Off My Girl. The station had been playing some Top-10, Classical, semi-classical, some religious, etc. A unique look at sports. The caption to the photo below, from Minnesota Music magazine, 1980, reads. Minneapolis Star, Thursday, September 24, 1964. What we didnt realize was how much unexpected publicity we would get in the Twin City newspapers and on TV. The station signed on with a cowbell. Tom has been in radio for 48 years and was at WDGY in the early 60's. The format was Country With A Kick. There was a three tower directional array, and a transmitter that looked more like a refrigerator. Collins, a transmitter company located in Peoria, Ill., I think, had a 1,000-watt transmitter and a 630 crystal. On November 16, 1965, the 2:00 listing in the newspaper for KUXL simply read R&B Express., Apparently the scene with the Fourteen Foxes didnt last too long. I was a young kid when I first listened to WDGY and KDWB. The two competitors seesawed back and forth in ratings supremacy for area teen and young adult audiences throughout the 1960s and '70s. It held some interesting insights not revealed in the one Will Jones did (on August 18, above). The call letters WDGY were based on the name of the founder Dr. George . Jimmy also tries to give away WDGY Fortune Phone Cash to the Williams family. In 1967 KQ-FM made its first foray into album rock with its Night Watch program, broadcasting from midnight to 5 am. He finally had some blackeyed peas on New Years Eve, and other successes after that. 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. For some country airchecks from 1963 and for two Music Surveys from 1974, see http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/ktcrfmtapes.html, For several Music Surveys from the early 1970s, see http://www.radiotapes.com/surveys.html. Bo Diddley by (are you ready?) On about September 1, 1962, the AM station expanded to 24 hours. Congress amended the FCC Act in September 1960 to provide penalties short of license revocation for violations of FCC rules. 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