Jim du Bois, President & CEO - Minnesota Broadcasters Association
Jim is a friend and a good contributor to the site. I worked with Jim when he had his first on-air job at KTCR-FM, when he was the weekend and relief DJ playing country records. Jim later went to WDGY and later KEEY. Jim du Bois is currently the President and CEO of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association. Jim is a wealth of knowledge on radio back to the 1970's and is a board member of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, demonstrating his interest in preserving radio history. With exception of the aircheck I recorded of him on KTCR-FM (below), the items posted here on this page are from his personal collection of airchecks. I have more of his collection to post, so please check back.
There is also a old photo (1980's) of Jim when he was the WDGY North Country Radio Music Director at the great RadioTapes site: http://www.radiotapes.com/WDGYAM.html Scroll down to the numerous WDGY photos. This site has one of the premier collection of older Twin Cities radio airchecks and photos and videos from the end of the last century.
Jim du Bois - President and CEO of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association. Jim hosts a regular weekly public affairs show, Access Minnesota.
I worked with Jim at KTCR-FM when he was doing weekends at KTCR-FM. Jim later went on the WDGY and then KEEY. This tape is typical KTCR-FM country. I finally found this in my storage locker. It was recorded off the air on reel to reel tape using my TEAC 1240 tape deck.
Recorded of the air by Rick Burnett
KRSI-AM 950 Before Request Radio Terry Tersari - November 22nd, 1967
You will notice the old KRSI Channel 95 Jingles sound a bit like the KDWB Channel 63 jingles. No requests being taken on the Terry Tersari show. News and some commercials are left in. In one commercial, you can buy a thermometer that is guaranteed to provide accurate readings up to 120 degrees and down to 60 below. Just send one dollar to KRSI 4500 Excelsior Blvd. At about 11:40 into the recording you will hear Terry accidentally kill the instrumental "Alfie." Later Terry turns over KRSI to the program "Back to The Bible."
Contributed by Jim du Bois, formerly at WDGY and KTCR, currently CEO and President of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association.
This one has the news opening theme and Bob Ryan's full newscast segment, with commercials. Not quite News Radio, but still interesting to listen to for the memories.
Contributed by Jim du Bois, CEO and President of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association
Photos contributed by Steve Moravec and posted 9-16-07
KDWB News Room in 1962 with News Reporter Steve Moravec on the phone. Steve would later work for WDGY
Steve Moravec interviews Arnold Palmer for WDGY in 1965
KDWB-AM News with Ryan in 1968 and Tres Goddard 1963
Those of you old enough to remember T Eugene Thompson will like the 1963 newscast.
Contributed by Jim du Bois, CEO and President of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association
This aircheck has the music scoped out, but the commercials and promos are left in, providing a glimpse into the times. There is a promo of Jim Dandy announcing he was returning to WDGY (to fill the shift left by Rob Sherwood when he went to KDWB). Dandy informs us that if we do not listen, he will tear our heads off.
There is an interesting commercial for Carnation Instant Breakfast that is true to the flower power of the times. The young announcer in the spots is getting very turned on, but it is not sexual. For those of us who were around in the late 60's, this tape will bring back a lot of memories.
I am very grateful to Jim du Bois, President and CEO of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association, for getting me a copy of this aircheck. Jim and I worked together at KTCR-FM (way back before it was sold and turned into KTCZ "The Cities 97"). The photo of us to the right was taken May 4th 2007.
You will notice the Rob Sherwood promo thoughout this Block aircheck. KDWB know where Rob Sherwood is, but do we?
Contributed by Jim du Bois, CEO and President of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association
The airchecks on this not for profit web site were recorded off the air. The recordings on this site provide historical examples of Twin Cities radio and are intended for purposes of archival preservation and for research. Additionally, the recordings can be used by vision impaired visitors to get an audio perspective of radio history. These recordings are not intended to by used by others for commercial purposes.
Some of the airchecks are off reel to reel tapes that were recorded off the air by the web site creator. In May 2006 the recordings started to be converted to MP3 and shared here. In addition to this web site creator's recorded aircheck collection, there are also many airchecks that were recorded and submitted by friends and acquaintances, or contributed by other collectors. Sources are cited, if known. The contributed recordings from friends and contributors of both airchecks and other material are greatly appreciated. Without their help, the site would have many less pages of radio history. The recordings of the contributors to this web site who recorded them off the air may show up on other sites. This site does not charge any fees to listen to the posted recordings. The purpose of this site is to provide radio history and intended for purposes of archival preservation and research.
Windows Media Player works well to play these MP3 files, and depending on your internet settings, will start streaming the file once the link is clicked, Some files are large and may take time to open. Should you have any aircheck of Twin Cities radio stations, let me know and I may be able to include them at this site. Contact me at Rick(at)HotMail.com --- NOTE Replace "(at)" with @ when typing email address
