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Personalities!

Don Bell, Dic Youngs, Don MacKinnon, Ronn Pepper, Dick Vance, Van Harden, Several KIOA Goodguys, Tom and Jerry, Peter McLane, Smokey Smith, Doug MacKinnon, Walt Reno, Billy Cole, Jim Michaels, Captain Jack...many more to come

Personalities


Where are they now?

"Microphonies" Meets the 1st Wednesday of every month
11:30AM at The Iowa Machine Shed Resturant in Urbandale.

This gathering consists of Des Moines area broadcasters, active and retired from the business, including air personalities, newspeople, engineers, sales people, management and behind the scenes personnel. We get together every month to share stories and enjoy each other's company. If you are a current or former broadcaster, or just interested in participating in the conversation with the group, please join us.


Des Moines Radio and TV Stations

Station Time Line
updated Oct 10 2019
when stations went on the air, call letter/frequency changes


Radio Stations
history, pictures, transmitter sites, promotional items, jingles,
sound bites and airchecks

WGF WHO WOI KSO KRNT KCBC KIOA KWDM KSO-FM KRNT-FM WHO-FM KCBC-FM KDPS KWKY KDMI KNDR KBAB KFMG KLFM KYNA KLYF KRNQ KGGO KMGK KANY KEZT KJJY KMRY KKXI KFMD KDWZ KDMG KDFR KKSO KMXD KBBM KSTZ KHKI KZZQ KKDM KAZR KXTK KLTI KBGG KYSY KJMC KVJZ KXNO KPSZ

 

TV Stations

WOI-TV KGTV WHO-TV KRNT-TV KDPS-TV KDIN KCCI KCBR KDSM KFPX KPWB

 


Around the Dial
misc airchecks and montages


AudioOddities

Bloopers, spoofs, pranks and other unusual sound bites

Rare recordings heard only at DesMoinesBroadcasting.com


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Links to More Information


Archives of Iowa Broadcasting Wartburg College

Iowa Rock n' Roll Music Association

The Radio Attic - Pictures of Old Radios

Omaha Radio History

fybush.com - Tours of Radio Station Sites 

fybush.com -Iowa Transmitter Site Tour

NorthPine.com - Upper Midwest Broadcasting News

The Broadcast Archive - Radio History on the Web

The Nebraska Radio Page

Wisconsin Radio Pages

Reel Radio Top 40 Radio Repository

FCC Broadcasting Frequency Database

Steve's Radio and Railroads

440: Satisfaction - Radio Personality Locator, Past and Present

Jim Hawkins Radio and Broadcast Technology Page

Iowa Broadcasters Association

NAB - National Association of Broadcasters

What You Need to Know About Oldies Music

Early Radio History

Radio Iowa- news service

Media Preservation Foundation "The Hits Between the Hits" jingle history book now available.

Rock Radio Scrapbook

XERF Story -- The Border Blasters

KSTTgoodguys.com
Quad-Cities. KSTT Good Guy Alumni Site.

Exit 113 -- Local family music group Website has interesting links to R n' R artists etc.

Lost Cinemas of Greater Des Moines Blog relives memories of the old theatres.

St. Louis Radio St. Louis radio history site

Early Television Museum Has info on early experimental TV at University of Iowa in 30's
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Rick Burnett's TwinCitiesRadioAirchecks.com

radiotapes.com - Minneapolis/St. Paul historic airchecks




 

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