Singing About Pat and Cindy
I think I was in high school when Cindy Brucato and Pat Miles were sitting next to each other on the TV dial. Yep! Some televisions still had dials in the ’80′s. I have to admit, I never developed a crush on either one of these nice looking local anchors. I had [...]
Bud Kraehling and a Black Magic Marker
Here’s a little clip of good old Bud Kraehling doing the weather on ‘CCO in the 1950′s. Bud began a 50-year radio and television career at WCAZ in Carthage, Illinois. He spent six months reading the market reports on the air before he found his next job at WGIL in Galesburg. Kraehling spent World [...]
Trying to Remember Danny’s Reasons
Danny Stevens, Mickey Stevens, Ceedy Van Dusen, Bob Gonya, and Frank Marino started Danny’s Reasons in 1964. The band was lucky enough to be featured on Dick Clark’s music showcase program and toured both coasts with Frank Shapiro as their promoter and Bob Dylan’s brother, David Zimmerman as a manager. 1967 was a big [...]
The First Aquatenial
The entire Minneapolis Police Department worked twelve hours each day of the first Aquetenial in 1940. Ninety-two year-old Chief One Bull, last of the great Sioux warriors and famous for his defeat of General Custer was a guest of honor at the festivities and singing cowboy, Gene Autry did his “Melody Ranch” melody ranch broadcast [...]
Radio Wars
For decades, WCCO radio was the most well-known and most popular broadcaster in the region,with an all-day talk format. WCCO was eventually pushed out of the top spot by KQRS, a classic rock station with a popular morning show. Non-commercial KTIS 98.5 has leaped onto the morning show scene with its clean format. Recent ratings [...]
