A KSTP QSL
Back in the old days, you could listen to the AM radio band at night and hear stations from all over the country. If you sent the station a letter telling them where you heard them, what time and what they were playing, they would send you a souvenir QSL card, usually signed by [...]
Cat Bernard on KSTP
Tom Barnard was born in Long Prairie, Minnesota and raised in North Minneapolis. Before he became a big shot on KQ-92, Barnard worked at WDGY and KSTP as “The Catman”. Until 1986, he was the booth announcer for KSTP-TV. Tom Bernards KQ Morning Show has been one of top-rated morning show in the country [...]
Blabbering Bob is Back
I pretty much gave up on right wing radio after Bob Davis was fired from KSTP a couple years back. Bob is back now, but he’s paired up with a washed up Republican legislator in some sort of morning zoo show. I just can’t bring myself to listen. About the same time I gave [...]
Ghosts Fleeing the Curtis
This large hotel and apartment complex occupied most of a downtown block between 1903 and 1984. The hotel tower and apartment tower flanked two other the low-rise buildings known as the Curtis Court. At one time the Curtis had over 800 rooms and billed itself as the largest hotel in the Upper Midwest. In [...]
Dark Star Twinkles Out on ‘CCO. Draft Mischke!
I love AM radio, but Dark Star just never did it for me. I’m sure I must have given him a listen or two, but I won’t miss him much. Dark’s been over there since the mid-eighties. I just never got past the stupid name. According to the Good Neighbor’s website, Dark adopted the name [...]
