We have some new features here, including “Studio Z-7 on the Radio,” audio clips of author Jeff Lonto’s appearances on various radio stations promoting his books, plus some fun stuff including airchecks and commercial parodies written and voiced by Lonto.
Under Essays, legendary TV sportscaster and journalist Tom Ryther sat down recently with us in an exclusive interview about his life and career in broadcasting in “The Ryther Factor.” We have also added a tribute to radio station KONO-AM 86, “San Antonio’s One and Oldies station,” including audio clips of airchecks from 1987. And we’ve spruced up the “It Happened On the Air” book page, so check that out.
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by JEFF R. LONTO. Beginning in 1992 Twin Cities broadcast historian Jeff R. Lonto has been a contributor of unique, interesting and often hilarious tales about local radio and TV for a renowned broadcast museum in Minnesota. This book is a compilation of those articles, reprinted for the enjoyment of anyone who recalls the call letters, the personalities, the programs and the nostalgia of old time radio and TV in the Twin Cities.
by JEFF R. LONTO. Radio the way it was meant to be—in its AM mono glory! Here’s an often amusing, very human inside story of a legendary Midwestern radio station that endured inept management teams, a revolving door of personalities and every format imaginable.
by JEFF R. LONTO. Crack open a cold one, sit back and enjoy this colorful and turbulent story behind the Grain Belt brewery in Minneapolis from its 19th Century origins to its fate in the hands of a powerful businessman. Lots of photos and reprints of vintage advertising.
