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Date February 17, 2010
Name wallyworld
Email wallyworld23233@yahoo.com
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City Richmond
State Va
Country 23233
Comments What a great site. I grew up in Minnesota and remember so many of these names from my grade and high school years. Even after 30-40-50 years I remember the sound of some of these voices before I even hear the clip. Thanks for putting such an amazing site together.



Date June 9, 2015
Name Vicci Marler
Email vuccigo@yahoo.com
Home Page
City brandoN
State ms
Country usa
Comments do you know where I can find buddy van cleave?



Date January 27, 2016
Name Troy Jones
Email jtjorlando@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Orlando
State FL
Country
Comments This picture: "WLLL's Afternoon Guy, Tony Love, Either at a Remote, or a Salesman at a Stereo Store Selling Reel to Reel Tape Recorders" was actually taken in front of the IGM 750 automation system that ran WGOL and WLLL when it went to the Drake format in the late 70's (?) I worked in that room before going to work at WSET-TV. I think he was in front of the WLLL side. I also think that was the first automation system that used a computer to run it. That tape device to the left of him was the DECtape that held the programming and traffic log info. Whenever a new event started like a spot or song the screen would refresh with beeps and a teletype would print the as run log. It was a pretty noisy room when both stations were running. I don't know if you heard but Bob Abbott died a couple of days ago. You can find the obit in the Lynchburg newspaper.



Date September 6, 2006
Name TOM WYNN
Email twynnburger@aol.com
Home Page
City
State North Dakota
Country Fargo
Comments My goodness, what a collection. I downloaded some of the old WDGY STUFF and sent it on to my old Program Diector, DON KELLY who is now living in LA.



Date March 24, 2018
Name Tom Kilbride
Email tkilbride@mac.com
Home Page
City Waco
State TX
Country USA
Comments The story about Formula 63, KDWB, has a glaring error. The patent medicine wasn't Serutan, it was Hadacol. I was working at KEVE at the time and remember the promotion vividly. I even went to a Snyder's Drug Store to get my free sample. Here's information from Wikipedia: Hadacol was a patent medicine marketed as a vitamin supplement. Its principal attraction, however, was that it contained 12 percent alcohol (listed on the tonic bottle's label as a "preservative"), which made it quite popular in the dry counties of the southern United States. It was the product of four-term Louisiana State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc, a Democrat from Erath in Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He was not a medical doctor, nor a registered pharmacist, but had a strong talent for self-promotion. Time magazine once described him as "a stem-winding salesman who knows every razzle-dazzle switch in the pitchman's trade".[1]



Date March 24, 2018
Name Tom Kilbride
Email tkilbride@mac.com
Home Page
City Waco
State TX
Country United States
Comments FYI I started at WMMR at the U in the fall of 1956. Was appointed station manager there before leaving school. Was at WLDY, Ladysmith, summer of 1957. Did Sunday morning time-temp between religious programs on WDGY for a while. Did Sunday nights on WLOL a few months. Worked a summer at KXRA in Alexandria. Returned to the Twin Cities and did mornings at KEVE, then afternoons, then fired. Was at KANO in Anoka 1960-65, then retired from radio, and began looking for a job where I didn't have to work weekends and holidays.



Date February 25, 2010
Name Tom Ewing
Email tom@tomewing.com
Home Page www.tomewing.com
City Chicago
State IL
Country
Comments Former Brown Grad (Lake St. location) in 1985. I sadly missed the 2006 bash! Bummed! Had a fantastic time at BI, worked in 3 countries, and currently work for one of those 24 cable news channels....Brown Changed my life.



Date February 20, 2014
Name Timothy Pitcher
Email tpitcher@usinternet.com
Home Page
City Farmington
State Mn
Country USA
Comments Hello, I have an old "15 KSTP The Music Station" poster from the mid 70's. It has theDJ's & Producers outdoor pictures including John Hines, Charlie Bush, Chuck Knapp, Steve Shannon, Cosmic Cowboy and others. I took a picture of it and can e-mail it if you like. Any interest?? Thanks, Tim



Date February 4, 2010
Name Tim Mohrlant
Email tmohrlant@comcast.net
Home Page
City Cottage Grove
State MN
Country
Comments Interesting to read about WMIN. When I was in my 20's (back in the 70's) I was involved with WMIN, but it was after the original WMIN changed to KEEY. The station I was connected to was originally WRCR AM 1010 started in 1949 I think. Not sure, but I think the format was country back then. The station was later bought a guy who changed the call letters to his initials WJSW and I think that is when it became a polka station (which is my interest). Eventually, it was purchased by guy named O. B. Borgen and he grabbed the WMIN call letters when they became available, keeping the format as polka. At the time I was there, this was a 500 watt, clear channel, sunrise to sunset station, so the operation hours changed every month. In the late 70's the format was changed and the power was increased (to 50,000?). But, in order to do that, they had to move from AM 1010 to 1030 (I think because of the clear channel thing). Being that the station was less than 2 miles south of the campus for 3M Company, 3M objected, fearing that it migh



Date February 4, 2010
Name Tim Mohrlant
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Comments - previous post got cut off ... 3M objected, fearing that it might interfere with their equipment on campus, so the station and towers moved about 8 miles away. And guess who WMIN leases the land from that the new towers are on? 3M, of course. WMIN AM 1030 is still on the air I believe, but I don't know the format. For a while it was religious, and maybe still is.



Date September 18, 2006
Name Steve P
Email
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City Milwaukee
State Wisc
Country
Comments I listened to your air check. That was great and brought back good memories of the old days. Remember when we actually had to take our own meter readings? It is amazing how much we have in common. How many people have Wranglers, old satin radio station jackets AND a knowledge of the difference between rentable and useable factors? Best Steve P.



Date October 11, 2012
Name Sheri Roeschlein
Email sheriroes76@gmail.com
Home Page
City Isle
State Minnesota
Country USA
Comments Just found this site and wondered if you can help me find The Slim Jim's Amateur Hour that aired 1945 or so. My mom sang on this show as a child and I'm looking to find a recording of it for her. Thank you so much.



Date February 8, 2013
Name Scotty Johnson
Email exnhlgoaljudge@aol.com
Home Page
City Palmer
State Alaska
Country USA
Comments Great website! Glad to be the first post of 2013. Worked at KFMX for a while in 1978-79 and grew up seeing the WDGY tower from my window in Bloomington. Great memories. Keep up the great work!



Date June 10, 2007
Name Scott Johnson
Email scott@realtysilvercreek.com
Home Page http://realtysilvercreek.com
City Maple Lake
State MN
Country
Comments Rick, I just found this site, brings back great memories. I grew up in the '70 and the better part of the day was spent listening KDWB. Thanks for a GREAT site!



Date July 16, 2008
Name Ron NaSal
Email rnasal@capitolinvest.com
Home Page
City sacramento
State California
Country
Comments Great stuff. Brought back many menories. Love to hear sports; old twins, Gophers and vikes



Date June 29, 2016
Name Robin Ore
Email robinore@verizon.net
Home Page
City Henrico
State VA
Country USA
Comments Rick, thanks so much for hosting a WLLL page on your website. I have such super memories of listening to Triple L in the 70s, used to frequently tape and write down their weekly Top 40 countdowns on Saturday nights, till they went Drake-Chenault in early 1974, ugh. 1971 was such a great year for Top 40 music! Speaking of which, I posted 57 WLLL countdowns on the ARSA website recently, half of 1972, most from 1973, and the year-end countdowns of 71-72-73. And I’m seeking more. If anyone out there has any WLLL Top 40 countdowns sheets, or knows of someone that used to work at Triple L, please email me at robinore()verizon.net [replace () with @]. I’ll get them posted at ARSA for you and give you the credit. Originals, copies, scans, whatever. ARSA has 66,000 weekly surveys from 2300 radio stations from 1957 to 1989, totally amazing US radio history! Another chart topic: the Lynchburg newspaper used to run a Top 20 record chart on Sundays, until May 1974, called “Young Folks Choose Week’s Top Records.” It started sometime



Date June 29, 2016
Name Robin Ore
Email robinore@verizon.net
Home Page
City Henrico
State VA
Country USA
Comments Ooops, I got cut off. Part 2: Another chart topic: the Lynchburg newspaper used to run a Top 20 record chart on Sundays, until May 1974, called “Young Folks Choose Week’s Top Records.” It started sometime before Jan 1971, maybe into the 60s even, I’m checking old issues of the paper on microfilm to see. Question: does anyone know the source of this Top 20? Was it from one of the local radio stations? Or local record sales? It didn’t come from the national charts, as there were lots of local/regional hits on it that never made Billboard. I’ve been contacting the newspaper, but so far no one knows anything about it. I’ve also got some WLLL radio checks that I’ll forward to you, Rick, when I can find some time, DJ’s from 71-73. Plus I have a brief history of WLLL I need to clean up and send you, that you can post on your WLLL page. Thanks so much, Rokin Robin



Date August 13, 2012
Name Robert
Email Captainkidd01@aol.com
Home Page
City Lynchburg
State VA
Country usa
Comments I have enjoyed seeing the old pictures from WWOD radio. However, I would like to know if you have any pictures of Richard Connelly, who did a paid show on Sunday morning and also Warner Kidd, who played the music for his Sunday morning show. Please write me back at Captainkidd01@aol.com. I would greatly appreciate any of the info and pictures that I could get of this. Thanks for your great collection.



Date November 14, 2011
Name Quentin Smith
Email
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City Hudson
State WI
Country USA
Comments I grew up with WDGY in my backyard, literally! In the late 60's and early 70's my friends and I use to stop by and take tours of the station. The DJ's would give us the old 45 singles. The person that stands out most in my mind is the beautiful blond who was always so nice to us, and I was only around ten. We use to hear the station through our heating vents until our power lines were barried. I saw one of the origanal towers tops topple over in a storm and couldn't believe what I had seen. Learned to like country when the station change it's format. I called the station a few thousand times trying to win stuff. I made a radio in 6th grade and WDGY was the first station I heared. Remember seeing Toro test law mowers in the open fields summer after summer. Couldn't believe the day came when the towers were dismantled. WDGY was a great neighbor and I have found memories of the people and music I heard over the years. Thank You!



Date June 7, 2010
Name Paul Nielsen
Email pqn420@gmail.com
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State
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Comments Just took a trip down memory lane on your website. Very enjoyable. I grew up listening to Jim Dandy,etc. and eventually worked at WDGY for about 11 years as Gary Stone [GT Stone during the rock days]. Hired by Johnny Canton and fired along with most others during the Storz sale in the mid-80's. I lost most of my physical memories in a house fire years after leaving WDGY. If I run across anything you can use I will contact you. Take care.



Date November 29, 2012
Name Pat Devaney
Email patdevaney6175@gmail.com
Home Page
City Sioux Falls
State South Dakota
Country USA
Comments Hi there old room mate. I've got a couple of old air checks from KTCR-FM. How come no mentions of yours truly in the files. My address is 905 South Jay Circle; Sioux Falls, SD 57103. Cell phone: 605-212-4560. I'd love to hear from you. The Conclave that Tom Kay, Doug Lee and I started is still going strong in the Cities in July.



Date August 14, 2006
Name Pat
Email
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City Madison
State Wisc.
Country
Comments Rick, It was great to hear "Bill Lake" on your website. Carl was my all-time fave on CCO-FM. I worked with him there from 78-82, and it is the same guy you've tracked to Iowa (although I'm not sure if he's in radio anymore). I had never heard audio of him on U100 until today. Carl would occasionally poke fun of the radio name he had to use at U100. Odd story: in 82 I briefly worked at the old WAYL/KKSS in the old U100 building. Hidden in the basement was an old 45 rack, converted to a mailbox device for jocks...on the bottom row was a faded label reading "Bill Lake." Pat



Date April 25, 2016
Name Nancy (McGinley) Armstrong
Email nanners_co@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Denver
State CO
Country USA
Comments Thank you for posting oldies of my dad, Denny McGinley (Dan Thomas). It's really a treat for us to hear.



Date January 17, 2017
Name Mike Pittelkow
Email mpittelkow71@gmail.com
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City south st. paul
State MN
Country
Comments contact me via email when you can. 1/17/17



Date September 9, 2006
Name MIKE MATSON
Email
Home Page
City SO ST PAUL
State MN
Country DAKOTA
Comments Thanks Rick for a lot of great memories! It was fun looking back on a fun and wonderful time of our youth. You put a lot of time into this site and I am looking forward to new additions you will make in the future!