Click his name for a separate page on this Twin Cities radio icon. Deep Cover is a show about people who lead double lives. The Exchange resident's style is rooted in house but runs the gamut from soulful to pop-oriented vocal tracks, with touches of bass-heavy hip-hop influences woven throughout. He died in 2005. Mentions in January and February 1965 say that Doty was working for WTCN-TV. Put em together, and its no surprise that they know exactly how to get a party started while accommodating the occasional chin stroke. Thanks to Johnnys son Tom Wigren for the info and photos! John Sebastian KDWB (1974 1978), KSTP-FM. Good Sport dives into worlds like F1 racing, table tennis, NBA shooting, and beyond. In September 1964 Murphy was renamed Dino Day and hosted A Date With Dino on TV, followed by Upbeat. See TV Shows. Sportscaster Rod Trongard was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2003. CITIES 97.1 - 1600 Utica Ave S, Minneapolis, MN - Yelp After a long and varied career, Peter died at his home in Eden Prairie at the age of 80. Big Al Davis (Al Arneson) KSTP-AM (1973), WYOO (1976), Bobby Davis KDWB (1967-68) Super Boob in TV Guide ad. All proceeds from the CD benefit local charities. A little over three years ago, a family reached out to me about giving their daughter voice lessons, Noble wrote. Ray: The photo [below] was, indeed, taken at KRSI. Its always great when I can bring back a prior employee who our audience loved, said Rich Davis, Program Director of Cities 97.1. Storz ad: Morning Mayor, happiest man in radio, radar-location divulger, Smilin Irishman, singer, comedian, wit. Image below from an August 1956 WLOL Top 40 courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. Says he Went to XERB in Mexico with Wolfman Jack in 1966. Liz Ohanesian, 9. Jerry Cunning WLOL (1954 1958 The Nightwatch), KEVE (1959 1963), KTCR-FM (1973), WWTC (1985). Then Norman Wayne went to the owner of Metromedia in New York the owner of the station to get the $50,000. Keeping company with more people than a sold-out Twins game. From a 1970 ad: The man with a smile! Original junglist DJ Machete has these in spades. Don't sleep on this fabulous DJ! after-hours nights). However, in the past year or so, Cities 97 has been leaning more toward a Top 40 or contemporary hits format, playing the latest hits b, When asked to describe Cities 97s current format, Crusham hesitated and then said: Were breaking new music. Marques Wyatt Brian The Cosmic Phoenix KDWB (1974-1976), Brad Piras KTWN-FM (1978-79), WWTC (1979-1981). Fresh from his first Coachella and poised to wreck the decks at Hard Summer and on Night Bass' eight-city Summer Phases tour (local stop: July 1 at Union), Slater continues to tear it up. Sam Sabean started out at WCOW, working himself up from writing ads in 1953, to reading the news on Saturdays, to getting his own show in 1954. And we all know, being a disc jockey was like this: Dean Alexander WISK (1959), KDWB (1959), Dan Allan WMIN (1954-1958), WLOL (1959; program director until October 1963), KSTP (1970). Carson Rennie WLOL (1963 1965). KDWB (1973), Johnny West (John Dotas) WMIN (1963 December 1966) Dotas was working under his own name when new management came along and gave staff new western names over the weekend. Ramsburg published a book Network Radio Ratings, 1932-1953: A History of Prime Time Programs Through the Ratings of Neilsen, Crossley and Hooper. He also used the name Shadoe Steele. Well, we found him DJ George, Erin B. said Copyright 2022 RadioInsight / RadioBB Networks. Starting at $400 per event. Reportedly stood during his show. 97.1 WASH FM - DJ Washington, DC - The Bash Hoyer started in radio right out of high school at age 17 when he joined KEVE in 1945 to at least 1959. Drumcell is Moe Espinosa, a member of the Droid Behavior collective and one of the few DJs on this list who reps the SGV. Sandy Singer WTCN (1956 1957), WDGY (August 1, -), WLOL (1958 1968). We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards. Click Here for a video that gives an overview of his career made by his Albuquerque station when he retired. His next L.A. gig is on June 10, to coincide with Gay Pride weekend. This list is of Twin Cities disk jockeys of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Bob Cole WDGY (November 1965 October 1966). He became Music Director in March 1968. Photo from Rob Sherwoods blog. Contrary to what you may have read on some bitter techno blog, DJing is not a lost art form. The list leans heavily on those who played rock n roll dont be looking for anyone from WCCO-AM. Lance Tac Hammer KDWB (1965 1968), KRSI (1968 1974), KQRS (March 1, 1974 1979), WLOL-FM (1982 July 1986). World War II marked the beginning of the end for Hammer. Styles : Top 40, Latin, Hip Hop, House, Deep House, EDM. Cities 97.1 - Home | Facebook KSTP (Adminstrative job until June 1979), WLOL (early 1980s). Keri Noble leaves Cities 97.1 morning show to pursue vocal training He died in December 2003. Tuesday-Friday 2-3a EST. In 1940 he was listed in the census as a musician. Minneapolis radio station Cities 97.1's new format more like its old one Recovering after treatment program, Brian Oake shares 'frightening Try to get a feel for their style, the genres of music they usually play, and what types of events they've worked at in the past. The Morning Mess is back in-studio now with precautions, of course and they teased that they do have some special surprises and bits up their sleeves that are special to the L.A. audience. Magazine. "Hello, everybody. Green is justly revered for his full-band live shows and original tracks, which mix breakbeats, jazz, trip-hop and future bass into a soulful stew that has nourished heads from London to Low End Theory and beyond. The . Win Tickets to see Weezer at The Armory! It is now a ghost town. Sev Widman WMIN (early 1940s 1945), KSTP (July 1945 November 1947), WMIN (December 1947 February 1, 1949), WDGY (February 1, 1949 September 12, 1952), WTCN (September 27, 1952 January 1960 Program director 1956 to January 1960), KEVE (June 1960 August 1960. An article dated June 15, 1965, indicated that Doty was at liberty, freelancing on WTCN-TV. I go by DJ Manny Ace, I run a professional DJ and Event Services company that features all that you need to make. He had a quad bypass, though after that I watched him eat a steak/lobster dinner drenched in melted butter and gulping wine. When KDWB was sold, Sherwood joined Entertainment Communications and pioneered the beautiful music format with WAYL FM, where he spent ten years as general manager. Back L to R: Germanus Kipp, Herb Dallmann, Richard (Dick) Rosenthal. Hence the small crowd and disappointed King and WDGY. Want to know more about Hunter & Mollie? You can rest easy knowing that your payment is secure, and that well have your back in the event of any trouble that may occur. Moved to Milwaukee in 1956. In 1969 he became a partner in polka station WJSW in Maplewood. At WTCN Singer introduced records with piano chords; if the record didnt play at the right speed there was dischord. Lauren MacLeash, longtime Cities 97 program director/DJ and the force behind the popular "Sampler" charity series, was let go by Clear Channel Radio on Monday. Susan and Randi Kirshbaum were the first female disk jockeys in the Twin Cities. When the list of venues for the 1964 Beatles tour did not include Cleveland, the station sent Joe to New York to negotiate with Brian Epstein. She was in town promoting The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and ended up in tears after the interview. Also did a kiddie show on Channel 5 TV called Saddle and Boots he was Boots. It surely doesnt hurt that hes a musician himself (one-half of She Wants Revenge) or that he worked for Prince back in the Glam Slam days. After nearly eight years at Cities 97.1, morning show host Keri Noble announced Monday that she is leaving the station. Tom Kilbride WLOL (1958), KEVE (1959), KANO (1960 1965). The first photo below is from the front of the March 16, 1963 KDWB Fabulous Forty Survey, Don Betzold Collection, courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. Liz Ohanesian, 4. Storz ad: Comedian, emcee, TV performer, recording star, teen-dance innovator, Northwests outstanding radio personality, likeable, perpetual smiler, teen-age columnist, magician, amateur clown. Starting in April 1956, hosted shows at the Prom Ballroom on Saturday nights. GEC Street Team was awesome! He has a honed ear for creative, regional bass tones, and he has a knack for combining them into a fresh sound that is all his own. Frequent collaborators Lovefingers and Heidi Lawden are a dream team of dance-floor eclecticism, with nearly a half-centurys experience as house, techno and disco tastemakers between them. Christensen was inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2002. When Simon Green aka Bonobo was the surprise Sunday-night headliner at the Do Lab stage at Coachella last year,any thoughts anyone present may have had of braving the crowds for Drake melted away. She has a BA Hons degree in television and theatre production from Buckinghamshire University in England. Michael died on April 24, 2013 at the age of 65. The Insider reported that he was also an artist on the Chess/Checker label. Steve Cannon (Bernard Cannon) WMIN (1949 1954), WLOL (1955 1957; with Don Kelly January 1957), KSTP-AM (1958 October 1971), WCCO (1971 October 1997). She is his manager but the two are not married. Photo courtesy Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 29, 2016. After my 1974 cutoff, but he was kind enough to send me a photo! Mesa was known as The Fox That Rocks. She died on September 6, 2009 at the age of 52. While at WCOW, Denver Don Doty was the top country DJ in the Twin Cities. Ray Christensen KUOM, WLOL (8 years, PD in 1956), WCCO Photos below courtesy Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. He was a graduate of Brown Institute. He took over from Jonny Matthews. If I have continuing information I will probably include it, but this website as a whole stops at 1974. Hoehn was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2010. I developed a format of album rock, blues, soul, some jazz, a bit of folk, classical, spoken word and anything I could find that interested listeners. Were just excited, Joey said. From February to April 1955, he hosted the Don Doty TV Show on Channel 11. In retrospect, what neither myself nor Dandy nor WDGY realized that spring was by 1969, the times they were a-changin' and indeed had changed. Host Joey Boy grew up locally in Highland Park and later lived in Burbank where his parents currently reside. He was apparently either very popular or very overworked we see him three times a day, sometimes at long stretches at a time when shows then were often only 15 minutes. Marv Henry WLOL ( 1962), KSTP (1962 ), John Hines WWTC (1971- 1973), KSTP (1979), WLOL-FM, KEEY-FM, WCCO. My uncle Selmer ran the grocery store, creamery, and post office. His favorite part of his job is reviewing, and live tweeting, Twin Cities arena concerts. Mort Garren KRSI (1959), KUXL (1963). Adaptability. Zimmerman was also the host of Hi-Five Time on KSTP-TV from 1958 1959. The fact that this full-circle moment is happening right now is wild, he said. Daryl Laub WLOL (1945), WMIN (1949), WTCN (1952), KSTP (1960s), KQRS (1973). Liz Ohanesian, 14. cruise with mesmerizing sets that mix classic deep and Chicago house sounds with touches of techno, disco and the occasional big-room drop to keep the EDM kids happy. Contemporary Collins is the cool one at the bottom right.. Steve never allowed anyone to see him do his Little Cannons voices; when he was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2002 he was almost persuaded to demonstrate if everyone shut their eyes, but too many peeked and it didnt happen. Sweet Michael OShea WYOO (1973), WLOL (1973 1976), KS-95, WWTC (1988-1989). Jack Douglas WCOW, WDGY, WMIN (1955 1958), WCCO (1973). Photo courtesy RadioTapes.com When posted on Facebook, much was made about how he was smoking at work. Back at the station a telegram was crafted with the name of the owner of the Music Hall without the owners knowledge. I love coffee and I hear there are amazing coffee shops out there, and I want to experience the farmers markets and dig into more local produce and locally owned things. Bobby Konders. Heres an aircheck from May 15, 1970, courtesy twincitiesradioairchecks.com, George at KQ in 1966 playing records for the MOR format, George in about 1968 at KQ, well into the underground rock format, George in 2009, posted by Randi Kirshbaum, George says he is always delighted to hear from his former listeners his email is 1103@comcast.net. Prior to the event, she asked questions to get a clear idea of what was expected., Darlynn R. said Donald K. was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2010. In 1975 Mpls. Denny Long came to WCCO as music director in 1971. Season one, The Drug Wars, tells the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover with a biker gang, and follows a trail of clues that eventually leads to the US invasion of a foreign country. Weeks prior to my event, we communicated over text and phone to discuss my Speakeasy themed birthday, Frederick A. said Blueberry Bill hour with local musicians on Sunday nights. While browsing Los Angeles DJs, read through their profiles, look at photos, and watch videos to learn more about the services they offer. I hired DJ Cakemix for my wifes 50th birthday party. Magazine in January 1976 as someone who was going places in 1976. Merles is the second photo Stuart A. Lindman is holding up. In between exporting their homespun Angeleno club aesthetic everywhere from Londons Fabric to Space in Ibiza, Droog legitimized the Standard Downtown as a dance venue by hosting the likes of Seth Troxler and Dixon at their iconic rooftop Culprit Sessions. Search for DJs in Los Angeles, California above. In October 1963 Garren hosted a show called Celebrity Table, with remote broadcasts from places like the Waikiki Room at the Pick Nicollet Hotel. Don French KDWB (1960). Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. In 1974 he became the Music Director for KQRS. On April 4, 1958, Will Jones reported that Doty left WTCN because of doubts about a racy new program policy that is to start soon. Leigh Kamman was to replace him, but he went to KSTP instead, for the same reason. From a 1970 ad: The Solid Sound of Scott Burton starts out your day with his entertaining Burton n Eggs Show, morning from 6 to 9. Pat Knight KSTP (1974-75) (Also see Pat McKay), Bill Lake (also know as Carl Lensgraf) WYOO (1974), Bullet Bob Lange KDWB (1972 1979), WLOL-FM, WWTC (1988-1989), KSTP, Bob Lange, 1973, KDWB. Whats better about [dance music] is the energy isnt angry, says Ghastly. So how exactly will a morning radio show based in Phoenix be able to simultaneously speak to L.A. audiences? He died in 2011. Mike Cunningham WMMR (U of M), 1966 1970; KUXL (1972 1974); KTCR-FM, (1972 1977). For more than a decade, Stock has been showcasing the huge musical spectrum that punk music encompasses, and the newbands (especially L.A.-based) that add to that spectrum. It got steamy as fans and friends of Cities 97 packed the room to see performances by local band Cedar Avenue, as well as national acts Donovan Franekreiter, The Rescues, and headliner One eskimO. What: Cities 97 Sampler Volume 22 Release Party, Where: Bayview Event Center on Lake Minnetonka, Why: This sales from Volume 22 raised $800,000 for Minnesota charities. He chartered the Royal Order of Night People, who would then engage in organized moon tanning under the light of the moon. They decided to buy a radio station in White Plains, New York but after a year their wives missed Cleveland. He said it was one of nine times he was fired! Hes known in particular for his collection of funk, soul, boogie, disco and rap 12-inches and 45s, but he can rock you in any way he sees fit. This year was no different: The CDs sold out in two hours when it was released on Thursday, November 18. Photo below courtesy Rick Burnetts Twin Cities Radio Airchecks. From hip-hop to footwork to Brazilian music to techno and electro, a J Rocc set will let you know that theres only good music, and that other stuff. An encore was demanded but we unfortunately had to leave due to the venue's tight restrictions. Glen Big Daddy Olson WWTC (1971 1975 had worked at the station earlier as G. Edward Foshay), WLOL/WRRD (1975), WDGY, KTWN, WLTE, WCCO, KOOL 108. There was record called the Sev Widman Polka by Harold Picha and His Band, which indicates his popularity! Curt Lundgren WCCO FM (1975), WCCO AM (1983). He already had a presence via Mad Decent and Smog Records with his banging releases on those top labels. The contest was to guess how many miles he drove during those four weeks. Its a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! The diversity of this show fits SoCal, so when we got the call I was like Yes!. Cities 97 is a Modern adult contemporary radio station broadcasting to the Twin Cities market of Minnesota English Website 5 Listen live 0 Contacts Cities 97 reviews Radio contacts Time in Minneapolis: 03:23, 02.25.2023 for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! In December 1947 Widman left KSTP radio in a huff, following an interview with actress Virginia Mayo. Now theres an interesting combination! In mid-1964 he got on at KDWB, but got fired for playing the blues. 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