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.