KDWB-FM

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KDWB-FM

City of license	Richfield, Minnesota
Broadcast area	The Twin Cities
Branding	"101.3 KDWB"
Slogan	"All The Hits!"
Frequency	101.3 FM (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 101.3 HD-2 Acoustic "Best of Studio C"
Translator(s)	102.5 K273BH (Fridley, relays HD2)
First air date	August 1959 (as WPBC-FM)
Format	Commercial; Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	315 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	41967
Owner	Clear Channel
Sister stations	KEEY, KFXN-FM, KQQL, KTCN, KTCZ
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	kdwb.com

KDWB-FM (101.3 FM) is an American commercial radio station broadcasting in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul metropolitan area commonly referred to as the Twin Cities (east-central) region of Minnesota, KDWB's radio format is known for over fifty years (since 1959) as a major contemporary hit radio Top 40 pop music outlet. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota. It broadcasts in 5.1 cinema-quality Dolby Surround audio sound. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.

History

Between its AM and FM frequencies, KDWB has been an uninterrupted Top 40 outlet since 1959. Originally starting out at 630 kHz, the station's owners (Doubleday & Co./Doubleday Broadcasting, Garden City {N.Y.C}, N.Y.) purchased the 101.3 MHz frequency in 1976, later transferring the entire format there.

63 KDWB

See also: WREY

KDWB's origins on the AM dial date back to 1951, at 1590 kHz. The big station began as a collaboration between three brothers who named it WCOW, and it played country western and old-time music. In the early days, 1590 WCOW, South Saint Paul (original city of license and former home to one of the world's largest volume stockyard and slaughterhouses at the time), signed on with a cowbell. The studios, transmitter, broadcast towers ((6)1200 v/ft, 2x3 array) and offices were located one-quarter mile south of U.S. highway 12 (later 1986-1988, re-built and designated Interstate 94, engineers at the Minnesota Department of Transportation routed the interstate domain through the tower field implying KDWB would just have to move the towers and ended up having condemned some properties unnecessarily and then condemning additional properties and building an S-shaped curve to avoid the six tower array) at 255 Radio Drive South (Washington County 13) in Woodbury Minnesota in the midst of various rotated farm crops (corn,wheat,soy,etc.) and livestock pastures. In 1949, the three brothers, Al, Vic, and Nick Tedesco applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the purchase of WSHB (W-east of Mississippi River, S-Stillwater, H-Houlton & Hudson. Wi., B-Bayport, previously owned and licensed 1948) Stillwater, Minnesota (and call letter change to reflect their first names). The application was approved and on March 15, 1949, WAVN, Stillwater signed on the air (as a 5,000 watt non-directional day-timer with 500 watt pre-sunrise authority) in Stillwater, Minnesota. The Tedesco brothers attempted to get into television on channel 17 the next year, but financial backing fell through. The channel 17 allocation was taken by Twin Cities Public Television in 1965. Since the initial purchase of WAVN in 1949, the Tedesco brothers acquired and/or sold several other radio stations, spanning over 50 years, sometimes with partners. On April 18, 1994, the 36-year-old 630 kHz frequency known as 630 WISK (1958), 63/KDWB (1959) and 63/WDGY (1991) went dark. The owner, Midcontinent Media, sold the property. The state of the art facilities were dismantled, salvaged and/or destroyed to make room for the construction of State Farm Insurance Companies Regional Headquarters, later moved to Lincoln, Nebraska.

1590 WCOW was not very successful, so the station transitioned to being a female-oriented station including commercials aimed at its target audience, with a heavy saturation long term ad contract, enticed with the station applying (to FCC) for call letters of the same letters as the new (1956) product, the first liquid laundry detergent, the FCC approved call letters of 1590 WISK in 1957, and switched its frequency to 630 kHz the next year (1958). Again, the format was not popular, and the station, 630/ WISK, Lake Elmo, was soon sold (1959) to Crowell-Collier (publisher of the very popular "Collier's" weekly magazine) Broadcasting Company, owners of "Color Radio!" "Channel 98" KFWB Los Angeles and "Channel 91" KEWB Oakland/San Francisco California. The top 40 format of those stations (Crowell-Collier, National Program Director Chuck Blore via Don French) with strong California/West Coast style influence, was brought to Minnesota, and the call letters changed to KDWB in 1959. With the 630 kHz frequency (5,000 watt day-time directional, 500 watt night-time directional), "Channel 63, KDWB, St. Paul - Minneapolis", began its long uninterrupted run as a pop music station. It quickly became a major competitor to the established (50,000 watt day-time, 25,000 watt night-time) 1130 WDGY (Todd Storz {"The Father Of The Top-40 Format"} Broadcasting owned and operated) had been (since 1956) playing a pop music format for three years by that point. KDWB and WDGY were fierce rivals throughout the 1960s and 1970s. During the late '60s and early '70s, both stations gained more competition, as "Request Radio" AM 950 and FM 104 KRSI (1968–1973, hybrid-quasi top-40 call letters changed to KFMX 1973-1980 started with heavy oldies mix with top-40 switching to all disco late '70s), 15 KSTP The Music Station" (1972) and "The Boogie Station", "Right On", "Super (U100), "WYOO (1974) picked up the format.

During the 1960s, promotion at 63/KDWB and WDGY consisted largely of on air give-away contests featuring records, tickets to concerts and local events; Minneapolis Lakers, Minnesota Twins , Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota State Fair, Auto Races, Auto Shows, Boat Shows,(70's; Minnesota Kicks, Minnesota Renasaissance Festival) etc., frequently obtained as trade-outs, in exchange for on-air promotional endorsement of the concert or event. With the additional competition of 15 KSTP "The Music Station" came disc jockeys to play that music including Captain Whammo, Dr. Brock, Machine Gun (M.G.) Kelly, Chuck Britton, "Smokin'" Joe Hagar, "The Catman" Tom Barnard, Ed O'Brien, Chuck Knapp, Charlie Bush, John Hines, Denny Carpenter, Dan Walker, Jeff Pigeon, Steve Shannon "At Night", Greg Austin, "Big" Al Davis. Twin Cities Top-40 was now (1972) a three (1974) four horse race and the players all upped the promotions ante, adding even more cash, all expense paid vacations, boats, motorcycles, snowmobiles, cars, and the stations prize/promo van to the list of reasons why ; "When anybody asks you which radio station you listen to, say (your station here), and you could win ! ! !" "Remember The Phrase That Pays, Nobody Plays More Music Than 63 / KDWB ... Write It Down And Listen For Your Chance To Win ! ! !"

Ownership of 63 KDWB included Crowell-Collier, Val-Jon, Doubleday, Midcontinent Media.

7 Swingin' Gentlemen

"The 7 Swinging Gentlemen" (Crowell-Collier Program Director Chuck Blore's term referring to the seven air-shifts in 24-hours and their cool, classy, intelligent Disc Jockeys) graced the airwaves of "Channel 63" KDWB during the 1960s and 1970s including:

Buzz Bennet,
"True" Don Bleu
Ron Block
Benny Blore
Chuck "The Chucker" Britton
Charlie Brown
Mike Butts
Steve Casey
Michael Christian
Randy Cook
Dave Cooper
Bobby Dale
Bobby Davis
Don Duchene
Marc Elliot
Chuck Evans
Charlie Fox
Bill Gardner
Tony Glover
"Blue Eyed Brother, Smokin" Joe Hager
Tac Hammer
Tony Hart ( aka Fast Eddie & Frank Miller, KDWB-FM )
Tim Kelly
"Bullit" Bob Lange
Don Martin
Peter Huntington May
Barry McKinna (Siewert)
Hal Murray
Adam North
"The Professor" James Francis Patrick O'Neil
Ed O'Brien,
Brian "The Cosmic" Phoenix
Jimmy Reed
Ron Richards
Chris Roberts
"Ugly" Del Roberts
John Sebastian
Bob Shannon
Rob Sherwood (KYOR Blythe,Ca., WDGY Mpls, 63/KDWB St.Paul/Mpls, WYOO Mpls/St.Paul, KSTP St.Paul/Mpls, WEBC Duluth,Mn., KHOP Modesto,KOSO Modesto)
Sam Sherwood (WCOW-WISK-63/KDWB St.Paul/Mpls, FM94 WAYL Mpls/St.Paul)
Dave Thomson (99X-WXLO N.Y.C., 63/KDWB, WRQX Wash,D.C.(1980), WMGK Philadelphia, 99WLOL (Dr. Dave 1986)St.Paul/Mpls, KKBQ Houston, KHMX Houston, WKQI Detroit, WXTR Wash,D.C., WLIF Baltimore, Since 1998; KYMX Sacramento)
Earl L. Trout III, (KYOR Blythe,Ca., 63/KDWB StPaul/Mpls)
Jay Walker (KFIV Modesto, WGRQ Buffalo, WAPE Jacksonville, WGCZ Atlanta, 63/KDWB St.Paul/Mpls, KAFM Dallas, Xerok Jaurez, Mexico, KROY Sacramento, WMJK Miami, KROY Sacramento, KFIV Modesto, KMEL San Francisco, KYHL Sacramento, KQOD Stockton, KCCL Sacramento)
Lou Reigert (Lou Waters)
Bobby Wayne.

Syndicated and/ or Non-local originating broadcasts included:

American Top Forty with Casey Kasem (former KEWB DJ)."Casey's Coast-to-Coast" was "heard ... on great radio stations like #1, 63/KDWB" (Stereo KDWB). Aired Sunday evenings and for over ten years the highest rated program in the Twin Cities market. AT40 was hosted on April 13, 1985 by (former KDWB DJ) Chuck Britton, for one of Casey Kasem's absences from the show.

Jim Ladd's Innerveiw. Hosted by legendary KMET and KLOS Los Angeles freeform personality Jim Ladd.

Program Directors included Chuck Blore, Don French, Ted Randall, Sam Sherwood, Earl L. Trout III, Deane Johnson, Chuck Buell, Bob Shannon, John Sebastian and Dave Thomson.

News Directors included Art Blaske, Stan Turner, Michael J. Douglas, Michael J. Elston, Scott Harris and Bill Allard.

Engineers included Chief Ray Lark, Chief Bill Dorweiller, Chief Walt Ellis, Assistant Ted "I Luv My Pager" Broich, Chief Mike Gorniak, Assistant Micheal Halleck.

The FCC

KDWB allegedly was the first station (March 1961) to have been fined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It apparently had to pay $10,000 because of repeated willful violations of nighttime broadcast power restrictions on the AM band. A fire at the station, during the Ron Block midday show (November 30, 1969) knocked KDWB off the air for a few days.

History of 101.3 FM

Stereo 101

With the active competition gone, KDWB-FM split apart from the AM station's Top 40 simulcast in September 1979 and became a pop/rock hybrid as "K101" with a new separate air-staff. K-101 was met with mixed review and less than hoped for ratings in the 1979 "Arbitron Fall Book" (mid-October to mid-November). KDWB management opted for a change, between the last week of December 1979 and New Year 1980, replacing the Program Director. The station immediately morphed into "Stereo 101-The Twin Cities Rockin' Best" (1980–1982) a.k.a. "Stereo 101, The Home Of Rock-n-Roll" (1981–1983) and "Real Rock 101" (1983) an AOR station designed to go up against KQRS-FM which had recently dumped its freeform rock presentation and adopted a stricter playlist in reaction to the drop in ratings. "Stereo 101" would be successful in its four-year run, topping KQRS in the Arbitron ratings many times, but KQRS endured and prevailed. By summer 1983, "Stereo 101" began to move from active rock to mainstream rock. KDWB's AM signal continued with the Top 40 format during this time.

Back to Top 40

Late in 1981, a serious new Top 40 competitor arrived in the Twin Cities. WLOL dropped its soft rock format and turned itself into a high-profile hit music station (heavy with power pop and new wave), immediately shooting to the top of the ratings. And at the other end of the spectrum, KS95 was competing somewhat with its older-leaning soft rock format. WCCO-FM also briefly switched to Top 40. Meanwhile, 63 KDWB faded quickly in the ratings, as AM music stations were slowly becoming a thing of the past. To protect its heritage, take a chunk of WLOL's stellar ratings and finally make the move of its legendary station to the FM dial, KDWB-FM dropped AOR in early 1984 and reverted to the Top 40 simulcast, though the AM station was running its own programming at times. In a role reversal, the FM signal was now deemed the priority, as 630 AM attained secondary status. The AM station continued with Top 40 through 1985, before it flipped to a separate oldies format in early 1986. In 1991, 630 AM took on the WDGY call letters of their former Top 40 rival on 1130 AM.

The new 101 KDWB struggled for years against upstart market leader WLOL, which featured a fresher music selection, more popular DJs, and a highly-rated morning show. KDWB was viewed by many as stuffy, stale, boring and misguided, and it went through several unsuccessful morning shows. It was argued by many that its promotions, music selection and on-air presentation paled in comparison to WLOL.

In 1988, newly hired program director Brian Phillips cleaned house, as he dismissed many of the air personalities, overhauled the music and brought in Steve Cochran to host the station's new morning show. He also hired a new air staff, introduced 12-song commercial-free music sweeps, changed the overall on-air presentation, and created a new logo, which is still in use today. As the rechristened 101.3 KDWB, its fortunes changed. KDWB quickly became the top CHR station in the market, starting a dominance that continues to this day. Now WLOL was playing catch-up, as it tried various minor overhauls and tweaks before moving in a rhythmic-oriented direction in 1990.

KDWB also gained national attention in 1989 for helping to break "The Look" by Roxette, the first of four US number-one songs for the Swedish duo. In February 1991 WLOL came to a sudden and premature end, as owner Emmis Broadcasting experienced financial problems and began to divest of many of its properties. Minnesota Public Radio purchased WLOL and turned it into the flagship for their classical music service. Throughout the rest of the 1990s, KDWB had virtually no CHR competition.

In 2000 KDWB got a new rival of sorts when upstart KTTB (B96) went on the air with a rhythmic Top 40 format, heavy with hip-hop and urban contemporary music. While B96 hasn't been a major ratings threat, partly due to its rimshot broadcast signal and smaller promotional presence, it has given KDWB the most formidable competition it has had in recent years. At the other end of the spectrum, KS95 also competes somewhat with its older-leaning Hot AC format. Since 2010, KTTB was rebranded as KHTC, leaning more toward KDWB's format and relocating their transmitter to the heart of the metro area. The battle between KDWB and KHTC lasted until New Year's Day 2012, when KHTC flipped to Adult Contemporary to fill the void left open by WLTE's flip to Country, thus leaving KDWB as the market's only Top 40 outlet again.

"Muslim Jeopardy!" controversy

In late September 2006, KDWB-FM's Dave Ryan, Corey Foley and Steve-O performed a comedy skit based on radical Islamic ideas and behaviors that dominate the news. The skit, modeled on the popular TV game show Jeopardy!, included an announcer using a fake South Asian accent introducing contest categories such as "infamous infidels" and "potent portables." The skit also included a threat to behead a female host (Corey Foley) when she got an answer wrong. Many, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group, thought otherwise. After receiving complaints about the skit, it demanded an apology from KDWB.

On October 2, 2006, the station's website contained a short apology: "KDWB does not condone making light of Islam and Muslims. We regret that listeners found the 'Muslim Jeopardy!' comedy skit of one of our on-air hosts to be insensitive."

K273BH (KDWB HD2)

On April 25, 2006, Clear Channel announced that KDWB's HD2 subchannel will carry a format focusing on dance hits. The HD2 signed the following July as the Party Zone. "Party Zone" is also the name of the Friday and Saturday night show on KDWB simulcasted from local clubs that in the past has been hosted by the likes of Tone E. Fly, Gerry Dixon and Michael Knight. After six months of running jockless, the subchannel began to add announcers (from KDWB) to its programming.

In 2010, the Party Zone format began broadcasting on K273BH, its FM translator at 102.5, which covers the area. They were one of two outlets in the Clear Channel roster that does not use the Club Phusion Dance format, as this one featured a live presentation over the air. The other one is KXJM/Portland, Oregon, who launched "Too Wild HD2" in January 2012, customized for that market.

On April 29, 2013, the Party Zone format was dropped in favor of an Adult Contemporary format. In e-mails exchanged with the KDWB programming director, it was discovered that ultimately the station will air "songs recorded in Studio C from Cities 97", which began on July 15, 2013.

Dave Ryan in the Morning Show

The Dave Ryan in the Morning Show is KDWB's morning show. It has aired on KDWB since June 11, 1992. Current hosts of the show are Dave Ryan, Falen Bonsett, and Steve-O.

Skits, bits and quizzes

Here is a list of wacky gags and goofy skits performed on The Dave Ryan in the Morning Show.

War of the Roses: This is a skit that uses actors alleging to be standard callers, since the FCC prohibits radio stations from broadcasting a person without the person's consent. The skit includes a person in a committed relationship - the initiator - who believes that he or she is being cheated on. With the initiator silent on the phone, the host of the show calls the suspected party using a ruse to get them to talk - usually claiming that the suspect has just won a free dozen roses as part of a promotion to be delivered to anyone of his or her choice,
Gary Spivey: a psychic that you can call into to ask questions to.
Blind Luck: an on-air activity that has all four hosts given the decision to choose between something that will taste good and something that will taste bad. Only thing is, they're all blindfolded.
Parodies of hit songs: such as the song "Glamorous" by Fergie, replaced with the words "Hollister", and sung by Dave Ryan's daughter, Allison.
KDWB Pays Your Bills: an event when the radio station pays for something expensive that you have purchased. Often at 7:20.
What Are You Nervous About?: an activity when people call in, telling the hosts what they're nervous about over the weekend. Later, on Monday, the people are required to call the show back, otherwise they will give out your cell phone number on the air.
KDWB's Gas Pump Payoff: an event where a caller will be given the chance to have the radio station pay for their gas bills. But, ask for too much, and you won't get anything at all.
The One That Got Away: callers will ask the radio station to track down a past boyfriend or girlfriend of theirs to see what they're up to.
Cheaters club: An activity where a person who has been cheated on describes his or her past relationship (the one that was unfaithful) and others call in who have been part of it. This bit is a put on, or faked, as well.
Man Panel: an activity where three men are asked questions about men that have been asked by women across the Twin Cities.
Hiram: Dave Ryan pranks people on the phone as "Hiram" and "Hiram Jr."
"30 Hmongs in a House": a parody of Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" that aired on March 22, 2011. Local community groups reacted to the with song with protest.^[2]
When was the last time you paid child support: A prank where Dave calls shady, lazy baby-daddies who spend their child support money on binge drinking. Dave invites them to take a short 3-question quiz to win an iPad mini or some other modest electronic give-away. The first two questions are a breeze, but the final one reveals what tools these wankers truly are. The ensuing rage-spewed insults from the baby mamma make this bit an instant classic.

Ryan started in radio in Colorado in the early 1980s. He worked at stations in Columbus (Ohio), Las Vegas and Phoenix before joining KDWB in 1992.

Former morning show staff

Former morning show staff include:

Lee Valsvik: (1993–1998) — now at Cities 97 in Minneapolis/St. Paul
Angi Taylor: (1998–2003)- now at 103.5 KISS FM in Chicago
Corey Foley: (2003–2007)- now at 100.3 The Bull in Houston with Greg Thunder
Lena Svenson (2007–2011) — now on the Elvis Duran & the Morning Show in New York (Using the name Bethany Watson)
Intern John Cerrito (2007–2011) — now on the Kane Show on HOT 99.5 in Washington DC
Crisco (2002–2012) — now at KSTP-FM in Minneapolis/St. Paul
Pat Ebertz (Producer) - now a salesperson for KQRS-FM
Jackson
Jamie Guse ("Extreme" Jamie)^[3]
Kelly Doherty (Imaging)

References

↑ http://www.radiotapes.com/user/U100%20-%20Sun.pdf
↑ "KDWB listeners say Hmong song was in spirit of the program, others say its racist". Retrieved 2011-05-06.
↑ "Customer Image Gallery for Something Smells Funny : The Best of the Dave Ryan in the Morning Show, Volume III". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-01-02.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KDWB

Radio-Locator information on KDWB

v t e Radio stations in the Minneapolis–St. Paul market

by AM frequency	630 690 740 770 830¹ 900 920 950 980 1030 1080 1130 1220 1280 1330 1400 1440 1470 1500¹ 1530 1570 1590 1600

by FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 89.3 89.7 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.5 95.3 95.9 96.3 97.1 97.7 98.5 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.3 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.5 104.1 104.5 105.1/3/7 106.1 106.5 (night/day) 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.500 162.550

by callsign	K214DF K218DK K249ED K260BA K273BH K278BP KBEM KBGY KCMP KDIZ KDWB KDXL KEC65 KEEY KFAI KFXN KFXN-FM KKMS KLBB KLCI KMNV KMOJ KNOF KNOW KPCS KPNP KQQL KQRS-FM KQSP KMNB KRJJ KSJN KSTP¹ KSTP-FM KTCZ KTIS KTIS-FM KTLK KTMY KTNF KTWN-FM KUOM KXXR KYCR KYMN KZJK W221BS W225AP W227BF WAJC WCCO¹ WCTS WDGY WGVX/WRXP/WGVZ WIXK WLKX WLOL WMCN WNG676 WREY WRFW WWTC

Defunct	KMAP (AM) WLOL (defunct) WYOO

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v t e CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Minnesota

By frequency	96.7 98.7 99.1 99.7 101.3 102.5 103.7 104.3 104.7 106.9 107.7

By callsign	KBMX KCLD KDOG KDWB KDWZ KEEZ KKBJ KKCK KLTA KROC KZTP

By city	Bemidji Duluth (KBMX) Duluth (KDWZ) Mankato (KDOG) Mankato (KEEZ) Marshall Minneapolis-Saint Paul Moorhead (Fargo, ND) Rochester Saint Cloud Worthington

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Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (CEO, CC Media Holdings, Inc.) John Hogan (Chairman/CEO, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays (Chairman) Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

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Coordinates: 45°03′29″N 93°07′26″W / 45.058°N 93.124°W / 45.058; -93.124

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