Super U100, the Twin Cities powerhouse was the original catch phrase, used on-air and in promotion and advertising beginning on August 26, 1974. 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.). 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. Peterson said R&B never even paid salaries. From 1 to 3, Mike Cunningham would be on the air, and then from 3 to 5, Paul Helm, the man people loved to hate. In 1973-75 Chuck Knapp and Charlie Bush in the morning, Machine Gun Kelly and others livened things up. Love it, Scott! Frequency. Oops! What about a transmitter? Alan Freed posted the photo below of WWTCs control center taken in 1981. 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. 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. probably not. And there was one other important requirement. . 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. If you look carefully, you can see the old WDGY transmitter through the studio glass. Listen to our News/Talk 1130 WISN podcasts here! This first tape was recorded of the radio on June 4, 1973 from 10 AM to 11:30 AM with the music and commercials out. And as soon as he got that he would file for full-time operation and still more power. On December 9, 1938, Tom Colemans Famous Swing Trio, with Florence Ward, appeared at a dance at Pioneer Hall, 588 Rondo, advertised as being broadcast on WMINs Down Beat Program. The show, Pharoah Blacks Soul Til Sundown, began on May 1, 1975, and ran from 7 pm until sundown. This provides a historical look at the times. You will hear Curt share stories on WDGY personalities, including Jim Dandy, Rich Holter, George Young and others. Ten people were arrested, most for carrying firearms. In 1976, U of M student Gregg Lindahl joined for summer employment as music director. SOLD JUN 14, 2022. 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. Program directors like me used the more exclusive Gavin Report from Bill and Janet Gavin in San Francisco. Im going to jump back a little into the chronology of events at the station after listing all of the concerts I could find. 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. Let us assume that the mighty CCO did not dabble in such vulgar music and focus on the others. April 17, 1973, ad image courtesy Mark Luebker. They were to buy only where they could get exactly the same guaranteed times on all stations at one time. Photo courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. After he left WDGY, he actually called me a few times from his new position in Washington DC to have me do some bits for him over the phone. 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. Another January 1957 ad said If You Dig Rhythm N Blues Mitchells the Most! It does appear that Kamman was still on the air at 3pm during the month of January 1965. Optometrist George W. Young started radio station KMFT in 1923; his first broadcast was on January 13, 1924 from his house at 2219 N. Bryant. When the oldies format of WYOO started to slide in the ratings, more MOR music was added, but ratings slid even further. Slogan. Well, they didnt love it, and at noon on November 2, 1972, oldies station WYOO signed on for the first time with See You Later Alligator by Bill Haley and His Comets. 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. Wikipedia says that the station went through jazz, and all news formats. At night, WDGY was very strong, but could never be received clearly. It is imperative that this unit be installed as soon as possible when received.. Jack Reynolds became General Manager in April 1971. Ill tell it right when I find it again. 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. WDGY/Minneapolis has modified its Top 40 format to an AOR-slanted approach. Well hear more from Preacher Paul down below. The WLOL Big 5 hosted the Royal Crown Cola Teen Roller Party at the Pastime Arena in St. Louis Park, Sundays from 2-5 pm, according to October and November 1957 music surveys. The November 10, 1970 recording was sitting in an unmarked reel to reel box had in storage. During the KFMX days, one of the frequent sponsors was the Leaning Post. A media phenomenon, Coast to Coast AM deals with UFO's, strange occurrences, life after death, and other unexplained (and often inexplicable) phenomena. Jim went on to work for WDGY and KEEY. Recording are from museum archives and provided courtesy of Steve Raymer and Daniel Henry at the. Almost everybody in the country who had anything at all ailing them, bought into the pitch. The ad below from the October 12, 1963, TV Forecast promises 72 daily features. In August, 1965, Texas Bill Strength went on the air at WMIN after being with KEYD/KEVE (1955 to 1958) and KTCR (1962 to 1965). Although they play the jingle "The Music's on Us" you will hear a little more talk compared to the typical WDGY music format. The format changed from full-time Country & Western to a combination of Lombardo/Welk/etc. According to PD Chuck Roberts, the new format is closer to AOR than Top 40 radio. 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. 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. The station is the oldest continuously operating station in the state, dating to December 23, 1923 when Dr. George W. Young signed on with the call letters KFMT. Hagman had previously worked for WLOL, whose owner, Ralph Atlass, had adopted the Top Forty format during Hagmans time there from 1947 to 1952. In summary, it was a conservative, white bread market with only a handful of stations in those days., Although many give Storz the credit for inventing the Top 40 format, Haines asserts that it was already in place. First air date. Hagman had previously worked for WLOL, whose owner, Ralph Atlass, had adopted the Top Forty format during Hagmans time there from 1947 to 1952. 9:00 AM-11:00 AM. Don was probably one of the first newscasters to experience terrorism while at KDWB, and shares this story with us. The music spanned the black musical spectrum, from bebop to pop, delta blues to Motown, Dixieland to the Philadelphia disco sound, said Adams. 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. This shot of him in the WDGY DJ control room is one of the better quality shots showing the Gates control board. In the meantime, it was Zingale who arranged for Augie Garcia to open for Elvis when the King came to town in May 1956. In the summer, you waded through chest high weeds and as important as noting the amperage, was pulling (and, for sport, counting) any number of wood ticks that would jump on you for the ride (I counted 27 one day.). 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. The station derives a portion of its programming from Scott Shannon 's The True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio. The WMIN call sign was used from 1936 until 1972 by the predecessor to today's 1400 KMNV, and the call sign was also briefly used for a shared-time television station on channel 11. And he noted that it was difficult to even find R&B records in town. The Wolfman died on July 1, 1995. 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. The initial format was apparently Modern Country. The call letters of KUXL changed to KYCR on May 19, 1988. I was a young kid when I first listened to WDGY and KDWB. WLOL FM and KUOM AM cooperated to create the stereophonic sound. In the July 2, 1967, edition of the TMC Insider, we learn that KDWB went off the air last Friday when a 50-foot tower was blown down and fell on top of the stations studios. 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. Police shut down Nicollet Ave. and were heckled by the crowd. On the same day, Forrest Powers, TV and Radio reporter for the Minneapolis Star, indicated that the station would start broadcasting that weekend. Harry Zimmerman was playing the Sweetest Music in Town., Something happened on January 14, 1957, but the ads werent clear. 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. 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. 1130 AM; Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. ARSA: ABOUT: SURVEYS: STATIONS: WDGY 1130 AM. It also provided local-oriented public service information on groups like Y.E.S., Pharm House, Red Door, Womens Counseling Service, and more. 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