From the early 1940s to the early 70s the brothers owned and operated 11 radio stations throughout the Upper Midwest. Proceeds would go to a charity mutually agreed upon by the two teams. A note in the Minneapolis Tribune dated December 10, 1965, said that The discotheque scene at St. Pauls Ebony Lounge which disappeared a couple of weeks ago, is back in action, with much the same cast, at Big Als in Minneapolis. Below is a photo of at least part of the family and shows how close the staffs of the two competitors were. They are posted here for historical examples of top 40 radio from one of the originators, Storz. Top O The Radio Dial. Can't Get Used To Losing You - Andy Williams 5 4. 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. Coast to Coast AM is overnight talk radio with daytime ratings. Although they play the jingle "The Music's on Us" you will hear a little more talk compared to the typical WDGY music format. Allegedly, the Stewarts would go so far as to use the sharp end of a compass to scratch away the grooves of tracks on albums that didnt meet their standards of nice music, in order to prevent rebellious D.J.s from playing them. The format changed to classical music in 1961. Art Hoehn and Ralph Hull left with Wolfman, either to Mexico or Southern California. Bobby Freeman, who did Lets Do the Swim, came to the Marigold on Sunday, September 27, 1964. 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. Our normal 5,000 watt, 6 tower, highly directional radio station was now a 1,000-watt non-directional radio station. The number 1 song that week was When by the Kalin Twins; Elvis had two songs, Ricky Nelson, Bobby Darin, and Duane Eddy were represented as well. WDGY "The Original Rock and Roll Station" . 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. 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). It was a small shack hoisted on a small tower on the corner of 9th and Nicollet. He left in July 1957 to become Vice President of ABC in New York and was replaced by Jack Thayer. Meanwhile, they borrowed a little trailer studio from someone and that was our production room for the next month or so. KLBB Building in 2014, courtesy Reed Hagen, For airchecks from WMIN, see http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wmin.html. We dug up the Colonel, I called and told him what we had in mind. In 1967 KQ-FM made its first foray into album rock with its Night Watch program, broadcasting from midnight to 5 am. In the main studio, there was a sticky sap-like residue on everything. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE, WDGY's Johnny Dollar in a promotional photo from the mid-60's. A memo to the staff from Todd Storz dated May 28, 1956 singles out the gang at WDGY for a job well done. One contest in 1963 was a challenge to bake the worlds biggest Christmas Cookie. was WeeGee getting ready for the country format switch? What are we gonna do? KDAN may not have been muchbut it provided me opportunity and a beginning. Enter Bob Reed the news director. But late at night, if the conditions were right, Minnesotans could hear all kinds of music through the airwaves from all parts of the United States country blues from Arkansas, R&B from WLAC in Nashville, and maybe even some doo-wop from back East. WDGY was founded in 1923 by Dr. George Young, an optometrist who dabbled in radio as a hobby, and was one of the first commercial radio stations in the Twin Cities area. 63 thats easy to remember. A history of the station prepared much later explained that: In 1956 the owners of WLOL AM added one of the first FM stations. 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. For his own protection, his real identity was kept secret. (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.) 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. By 1957 KSTP was squarely on the rock n roll bandwagon, but got off pretty quickly. On May 27, 1965, Will Jones noted that with Daylight Savings Time and sundown getting later Billy G would be able to wail with the records from Cassius Bar until 9 pm. A memo to the staff from Todd Storz dated May 28, 1956 singles out the gang at WDGY for a job well done. Competition was fierce with five rock radio stations at the time, and compared to U100, WDGY, KDWB and KSTP seemed a bit tame in their original on-air presentation. We were on the air. In May 2006 the recordings started to beconverted to MP3 andsharedhere. 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. CLICK TO ENLARGE, Donald K. Martin at The Pavek Hall of Fame Dinner, October 2006. The gun-toting news director? WLOL-AM (We Love Our Listeners) was out of the rock n roll market and became the Twin Cities first all-talk station in 1967. On June 3, 1963, KTWN began programming by its new owners, K-TWN, Inc., headed by Gene Posner, President of Cream City Broadcasting, Milwaukee. A 15-year-old polio victim was smashed, face-first, into the pavement and sent home bleeding. 1/6/1961 Bill Diehl - 23 MB 7/10/1963 Bill Diehl - 8 MB (provided by Phil Kitchen) - February 1964 Packhorse/Pecos Paul Denault -There was also a Packhorse Paul and/or a Pecos Paul same guy? On WLOL. WDGY: Dick Driscoll remembers trying to sneak in some peppier tunes in the mid- 1950s, to his bosss chagrin. Note the article actually prints his home address. A September 21, 1958 playlist shows jocks Bob Bradley, Tom Wynn, Jim Boysen, Dan Anderson, and Sandy Singer. (Minneapolis Star, March 14, 1966). An ad from October 1976 describes the playlist as Folk, Jazz, Blues, Totally Album-Oriented The Fine Rock Station. DJs could play anything they liked and anything that pleased the stations audience. In a column dated January 24, 1954, Will Jones of the Trib called Cannon a Hep Talking radio disk jockey.. Published in the Star Tribune on 3/30/2008. Jimmy is very polite and waits for the mother to get her daughter on the phone to see if she could guess the amount. The Colonel became famous and very rich. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. WDGY operated on eight frequencies [1] by the time it settled on 1180 AM. The station was nicknamed "WeeGee," the phonetic pronunciation of the call sign, and its format was near the top of the ratings for several years. The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting has radio station ratings books that list programs from 1953 to 1955. Ramsburg says, Let me put it this way it was all show-biz. Don Martin_________________________________________Thanks Don for letting me share on the site. One more testament to the sheer effective radiated power in WDGYs nighttime lobe. Selby and Avon Streets. Youll LOVE IT!!!!! Rick B. WDGY- Don Martin contributed this undated photo from late 60's - early 70's, Don Martin contibuted this October 16, 1974 article on Twin Cities morning radio shows. In 1973-75 Chuck Knapp and Charlie Bush in the morning, Machine Gun Kelly and others livened things up. Preacher Paul is no preacher. In 1948 the Sepia Serenade show featured black recording stars, Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:15 to 6:45 pm. On August 13, 1968, KDWB started programming underground music from midnight to 5 am. In about 1970 there was a shake-up of personnel. It was to be a program format, readily identifiable concentrating on jazz, according to Burke. But if you listen to radio to soothe your nerves, reports of mideast tension, recession and crime just might produce the opposite effect. Two of them, a married couple, were from Minneapolis, and they had a loaded submachine gun in the trunk of their car and a .45 pistol under the seat. Photo courtesy St. Paul Police Historical Society. The radios had to be placed at one end of a room 6-8 feet apart and the listener had to stand about 10-15 feet away. And he noted that it was difficult to even find R&B records in town. Some notes about this copy. An historical archive of surveys and nostalgia from radio station WDGY 1130 AM, Minneapolis / St. Paul. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. I continued on Highway 12 to Radio Drive. In late 1935 a new non-directional 226 Truscan Steel Vertical Radiator (tower) was erected at the site. Click here for the story of a strange radio show that was sponsored by Daytons and aired on KDWB for four months in 1968. Storz also ended the affiliation with the Mutual network. Thus incited, the crowd began yelling invectives at the police and throwing furniture at them. KS95 was beginning to take hold. The ratings books from late 1953 to late 1955 identify programs by names of shows and names of DJs, and its a challenge to match them up. Music consultants included folks from the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, Schmitt Music, and Leigh Kamman. On August 19, 1963, the stations license was voluntarily assigned to Edward D. Skotch. Jones explained that Lanphier was a former Milwaukee radio and TV man, and would act as the station manager as well as owner. By 1977, FM radio had arrived big-time in MSP. 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. 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. Relieve Ennui today! Inside the box was a piece of paper on which there was a beautiful color picture of the Twin-Cities Radio Dial with a large arrow pointing to the left end of it and an invitation toCome on down. In 1978, promoter Tom Tipton noted that KUXL played only 11 hours of soul music per week. Skotch felt that once radio became a juke box and all talk was eliminated, the heart of radio was lost as well. And then, nothing. WCOW was a precursor to KDWB, so it must have been another station. And as soon as he got that he would file for full-time operation and still more power. This ad appeared in March 1964. In May 1961 it was purchased by Red Owl Stores, Inc. which was seeking diversified subsidiaries. End Of The World - Skeeter Davis 4 3. On October 10, 1958, the station was moved from 1590 to 630 kc (Channel 63). I know nothing about Billy G! On November 7, 1961, Will Jones reported in his entertainment column in the Minneapolis Tribune that the station was still awaiting its approval from the FCC to go on the air. in Golden Valley, across from the Point Supper Club. Original staff consisted of Rob Sherwood, Jeff MotherRobins, Benny Blore (Bill Hartman) Jerry Brook, U.S. 1945. 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. I hope to get some late 60's clips up on the site soon. If we had to play junky music with morally degrading lyrics, wed get out of the business.. The cookie was displayed in the lobby of the Foshay Tower, where viewers filched pieces of it until French dispatched a guard. Recording are from museum archives and provided courtesy of Steve Raymer and Daniel Henry at the. And then he said that B.B. The station derives a portion of its programming from Scott Shannon 's The True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio. U.S. Patent . The Broadcasting Yearbook for 1983 indicates that the format was country. (Both recordings from the A. Mintz Collection). KEEY seemed to specialize in handing out these FM radio station directories, which seem to me to advertise the competition more than anything else. The Original Rock and Roll Station. In April 1957 the studio was in the Builders Exchange Building in downtown Minneapolis, and the transmitter was described as WDGY Transmitter Plant, Oxboro, Minn. Around that time, a young Leigh Kamman and his friend Sev Widman hosted Studio Party Wham, named after a Jimmie Lunceford tune, showcasing big bands, small combos, and jazz. Storz's stations were heavy on promotion, headline-grabbing contests, and high profile dee-jays (usually using echo-chamber microphones). However, you can still hear what is being discussed and the sound for the WDGY portion of the interview is unaffected. . Tom has been in radio for 48 years and was at WDGY in the early 60's. Program directors like me used the more exclusive Gavin Report from Bill and Janet Gavin in San Francisco. In March 1970, two engineers struck for higher pay and the disk jockeys honored the picket line. Quick installation and adjustment. MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA Format: T40. Check out airchecks and more at RadioTapes.com, where the home page features newly-discovered TV commercials from 1974 1975. At about 9:30 pm, someone with a shotgun wounded three police officers who, with about 20 others, were trying to break up a crowd of about 200 who had gathered at the site of a firebombing. In 1937 the station had a 15-minute program on Sundays featuring black singers that was advertised in the Minneapolis Spokesman. Its the swinginest!, In March 1958, WLOLs catchphrases were The Best Sound for Miles and Miles Around and Bigger, Better, Brighter than Ever.. Jim Dandy, Perry St. John, Scott Burton, George Young, B. Mason Dean. Other early DGY personalities were Bill Armstrong, Jack Thayer, Bill Bennett, Don Loughnane, and Stanley Mack. 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. Finally, Rob Sherwood arrived back in Minnesota with new jingles for the Twin Cities powerhouse station U100. June 18, WWTC radio replaces every bit of music with news. http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/kstpam70s.html. Its complex. Secret Stash indicates that Bob Smith arrived in January 1965. It was Helm that people petitioned to have on the station more than anything, after trying him out on a trial basis starting in the middle of 1972. WDGY was certainly a much different station pre-Beatles than it was as the 60's progressed. 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. In 1959 it had a monthly newspaper called Big K News. . A touch of Formula 63 is the perfect way to brighten up your mundane day. Along with enough news to give you information, but not anxiety. Although the records say that KUXL was granted the license to increase its power to 1000 watts on October 1, 1963, Will Jones of the Tribune did not announce the approval until February 17, 1964. The show was to start at 8 pm and take place at both the Minneapolis and St. Paul Auditoriums at the same time, with the stars shuttled by helicopter between them. In a column dated January 24, 1954, Will Jones of the, Merle Edwards was at WMIN from 1949 to 55 and had shows like, Michael Scroggins, General and Program Manager, Program Director, Jean Myts, Commercial Manager and News Director, Al Alonzo, Vice President and Program Director (also identified as General Manager by the, Mornings featured DJs Larry Fitzgerald and DonOvan Staar Johnson, formerly of KMOJ. 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. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE, WDGY Guides, Bohaty-Douglas-Olson, 1982. They were attacked by about 20 men who tried to retrieve the gun. Notice the Catman poster on the upper wall. Studio and Transmitter were at 611 Frontenac Place, St. Paul. Unfortunately, this shot suffers from poor exposure. Heres a story from Rod, taken from, http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wwtc.html, http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wmin.html, http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wdgy1130tapes.html, http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/ktcrfmtapes.html, http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/kqrsphotostapes.html. Formula 63, will relieve ennui he promised right from the first moment you try it. 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. The DJs chose the music, which was 80 percent pop standard and 20 percent contemporary. Donald Perry was the General Manager. An invaluable source of information about the history of WDGY comes from a Masters Thesis written by Jerry Verne Haines in 1970. Sherwood and the rest were at their antic best, cooking up contests and announcing test answers to kids. The first we hear of programming that was not Percy Faith and not (by this 21st Century womans standards) patronizing, comes in mid 1964. King, right? A lot of people thought it was a broadcast training center like Brown Institute or something. WMIN adopted an all news format in mid-July 1962. WDGY Jimmy open his 1st show at WDGY he stated he was "..out on pass from the suburban rest-home." Let us assume that the mighty CCO did not dabble in such vulgar music and focus on the others. Preacher Paul. We sold spots a dollar a holler.. Jack Thayer was on three different times during the day, Frank Beutel with a show called Just Easy, Swing Club: David Hersk remembers Bob Bradley playing R&B in 54 and 55. Top Row: Step Up Movie, Steve Highsmith, Gregg Lindahl, Paul Johnson. Wonder what E.I.I. Jimmy Reed cues up a record in the control room at WDGY in 1969. In late 1953 there were shows called Saturday Date and Rhythm at Random, but what they played is anyones guess. 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. U100 Studio. Save peace in the world. He had a pilots license so he rented an airplane and he and the engineer, Rey Lark, and someone else hopped in with Bob and flew through the night to Peoria where they picked up the transmitter. 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.. On August 22, 1978, a construction permit was approved to increase the stations power to 2.5 kw. He did his own programming, and said he loved his job. Doing the research for this page has taken all of my resources, from the all-important Facebook, Star Tribune, and Wikipedia, broken links, bad info and all. There were a few periods of time when the studios were remotely located in (glassed-in) studios across from the 1st floor elevators of Metro Square shopping mall in downtown St. Paul. The original WDGY DJs were Herb Oscar Anderson, Jack Thayer, Bill Bennett, Don Loughnane, Ralph Martin, and Len Bart. . Rhythm, a/k/a Joe Zingale, who played an honest-to-goodness Rhythm & Blues show, according to Sam Sherwood. Storz also ended the affiliation with the Mutual network. On August 28, Will Jones published an extended interview with Skotch. If it doesnt do, Ill be back in the rat race.. 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. Jim du Bois (Right), President and CEO of the Minnesota Broadcastors Association at a May 4th 2007 breakfast meeting with me (Rick Burnett). Those Yearbooks and a Minneapolis Star Tribune article dated April 30, 1988, provide the details below. 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. This left KEYD (soon to become KEVE) as the only full time C&W station. Im sorry the ad below is so hard to read. Unfortunately, there is a short period of time with lower quality sound, which is corrected quickly. No matter what I did, the signal was always distorted. WDGY-AM Hal Raymond 7/9/63 KDWB-AM 630 St. Paul (Woodbury) I remember that the No. (Minneapolis Tribune, January 27, 1966). Address : PO Box 25130 St Paul, MN 55125. We had been wounded, but we werent dead. Photo by John Glanton, courtesy Hennepin County Library, From 1946-1950 Leigh Kamman and Bob Smith hosted the We Call it Jazz Program, featuring live performances from the Treasure Inn, Calhoun Beach Hotel, and Radisson Hotel downtown. Mutual was dropped and the station adopted a for women only format. Back row: Randi Kirshbaum (KQ), John Fineberg and Richard E. Nelson (who was KQs production studio wizard). See www.radiotapes.com/WDGY.html for airchecks and much more, including the very entertaining history of the station written by Haines. The promotional flier or whatever below was posted on Facebook, and I dont know what the class designations mean. Then, thinking he may have over-reacted, returned to the studio to start the next song. It held some interesting insights not revealed in the one Will Jones did (on August 18, above). 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. In February 1963, familiar names Stanley Mack and Lou House were on the air. Contributed by John Pratt 12-6-07. But that was overnights (considered a throwaway daypart by management) on a 50,000 watt station that reached from Canada to Cuba. The fact that there were no lights did not compute until I heard the news guy on WLOL say, The radio station studios of KDWB burst into flame this afternoon. Where is the equipment? Jay Philpott posted it to Facebook, and listed the names: Brian Cosmic Phenix, Bob Lange, True Don Bleu, Tim Kelly (nee Sebean), Smokin Joe Hager, Chuck Britton, Dave Cooper (nee Hamilton), John Sebastion (PD), and Dave Thompson. Sincerely by the McGuire Sisters. We have no airchecks, but ratings books from 1953 to 1955 do give us the names of programs that give hints as to what they were playing: KEYD was primarily a country station, with shows by Slim Jim and the Vagabond Kid and programs called Record Rodeo and Random Ranch. Remember Bob? At night (with 25,000 watts) you could hardly pick up the station 5 miles to the south of the site, but the signal had an effective radiated power of 300,000 watts to the north and went right over the North Pole into the Soviet Union. See Top 30 and Top 40 countdowns from 1966 on Robb Henrys blog. General Manager was Marlin D. Schlottman, formerly with WLOL. WDGY, Rock & Roll Radio, playing the hits of the '60s and '70s for the Twin Cities! I did not get to talk to the Twin Cities until 1972 when I was hired as a part-time DJ at KTCR-FM, a country station in Minneapolis. This and other WDGY surveys can be see at the museum along with many other radio artifacts. Matchbook images courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, In July 1948, Chuck Mulkern had a fifteen-minute show called Hillbilly Hits.. King was also coming to the same ballroom on September 12. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Jeff Lonto: KDAN was depicted as an FM underground rock station, the complete opposite of what it actually was. Jeff Lonto explains: To plan a schedule of programming consisting of things women supposedly would like, the station hired male psychologist Dr. Jacob Berg, whom management said would provide psychoanalyzed programming. In addition, the new format included horoscopes, James Aldens advice to the anguished and lovelorn, two-minute newscasts and editorials slanted toward the womans point of view, and 60-second lectures on sex, marriage and family problems. In addition to this web site creator's recorded aircheck collection, there are also manyairchecks that were recorded and submitted by friends and acquaintances, or contributed by other collectors. Johnny Canton is at the top left. Click on Photo to go to a site with old bloomington antenna site and transmitter photos put together by Aaron White. WPBC: No, thats not a mistake. 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.. The control board, counters, carts, walls, microphone, everything. Each one of these selections was especially chosen by the WDGY All-Americans, and is performed by the original recording artists. Trongard, not Trangard. On June 12, 1967, the stations application to change its studio location to 5728 Wayzata Blvd. (Minneapolis Star, October 18, 1966) Interestingly, the name of the act was never mentioned in the news reports. Fan Feed More The OFFICIAL Fictional Radio Stations Wiki. CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE, WDGY Donald K. Martin contributed this undated from the late 60's - early 70's. The only coordination was (sometimes) the Pick Hit of The Week as a freebie to a record maker.. The show was emceed by KUXLs Jack Harris and Billy G. Little Miltons hits were listed in an ad in the Insider as Were Going to Make It, Blind Man, and More and More.. This shot of him in the WDGY DJ control room is one of the better quality shots showing the Gates control board. The station again went dark, this time for good, but when? According to the April 13, 1968, issue of Billboard, Chess Records artist Jack Harris is now doing a show on the R&B station Jack Harris, the proprietor of Black & Proud records, became Daddy Soul. The Insider said that he was on-air just an hour a day during the week and from 1 to 3:30 on Saturdays. BB King performed at the Marigold on September 12, 1965. WMIN aired a pop music Spanish-language format as "La Nueva Ley" until November 14, 2005. WDGY 1130 AM is an online radio station broadcasts from Scottsdale, Arizona providing vintage music. The production room was a wreck and there was no heat in the building. A daily show dedicated to Whoopie John records, Melody Hall with Mort Garren, 11 to 3 pm, Album Parade with Jack Hyatt, 3 to 8 pm, German, Polish, Country, Old-Time: 15 percent, Shows with Don Hawkins, Johnny Morris, and Jimmy Valentine, Shows with Henry J. Taylor, Bill Ingram, and Don Riley, Suburban Editorial, with editors of 12 suburban newspapers editorializing on the air throughout the week, A two-hour show featuring audience calls discussing some controversial or current issue, The all-time, sock, dynamite hits, on 15 reels of tape, 32 or 33 songs to a reel. On January 15, 1969, Minnesota Human Rights Commissioner Frank C. Kent announced that Ray Moss, who had charged KUXL with discriminatory practice in employment when it discharged him, had been been restored to his position. Bill Hartman, as promotion director, convinced Rob and Mike that it was very important to launch the new station at the Minnesota State Fair, exposing the new format to 1.3 million people that attended the fair for 12 days at the end of August to Labor Day every year. Unfortunately, the American Research Bureau came in at fewer than 1,000 listeners at 3 pm on a week day. 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