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Books For Sale:

Chronicles from the Analog Age

My Brother…
He’s an Angel


It Happened On The Air

Fiasco At 1280

Legend Of The Brewery

Essays
For public consumption:

The RYTHER Factor
The broadcast career of sports guy Tom Ryther

KONO-AM 86 Tribute
San Antonio’s One and Oldies Station

Right On Super U!
Recalling U100, the controversial 1970's radio station.

KMSP Your
Newsnine Station

The saga of KMSP-TV
Mpls-St. Paul in the 1970's

The Trading Stamp Story
(or: When Trading Stamps Stuck) In 3 Parts

The Incredibly Ugly
Del Roberts

Charlie Bush
(1933-1991)

When Cincinnati Pulled
the Plug on Alice

Alice Cooper was too cool for TV in 1972.

 

NEWS FROM THE STUDIO

NEW BOOK RELEASES FOR 2010

To kick off the new year and decade, Studio Z-7 Publishing is releasing two new books, including one from a brand new author.

CHRONICLES FROM THE ANALOG AGE—Slices of Life, Culture and Media from the Old Millennium by Jeff R. Lonto
It’s You Are There meets The Twilight Zone with writer/historian Jeff R. Lonto in sort of the Rod Serling role as host and narrator.
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My Brother…He’s an Angel by Savannah L. Leyde
An uplifting, positive story for children and families who have suffered the loss of a baby through complications during pregnancy.
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NOW FOR SALE
IT HAPPENED ON THE AIR
Amusing Stories of Twin Cities Radio-TV History
by Jeff R. Lonto
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Plus...check out our special offer!

 


STUDIO Z-7 BOOKS

IT HAPPENED
ON THE AIR

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.


FIASCO AT 1280

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.


LEGEND OF THE BREWERY

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.

Contact:
Jeff R. Lonto, Publisher
UPDATED: December 6, 2009

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