In 2021, Entercom country station 102.9 FM The Wolfs programming day will be broken up by up to 190 Twins simulcasts. Knoepke dismissed John Hanson during the winter, the third programming exec she has replaced during her six-year tenure. In the February 2021 Nielsen ratings, released as this issue ofTCBwent to press, Minnesota Public Radios all-news KNOW-FM was the #2-rated local station, while iHeart Medias mostly sports KFAN was #3, and CCO was tied for ninth (with sister station Jack FM; Hubbards KS95 was #1). Rate it: WCCO. But in late 2020, the opportunity presented itself. WCCO Radio recently made significant changes to its on-air lineup. [4] It is also heard on a digital subchannel on co-owned FM 102.9 KMNB-HD2. The station soon had financial trouble and closed in 1924. CCO held a 20 share as late as 1991, but by 1998, with Steve Cannon and Boone & Erickson all retired from their drive-time strongholds, the station had fallen to a 10 share. 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Knoepke has no choice but to replace Lee, but given the lack of an obvious in-house successor, the question is, where to turn? And despite CCOs audience shrinkage, BIAs estimates of historical revenues at the station show a much smaller decline. The station's owner, Audacy Inc for WCCO sold to a new company so Spectrum has to get a new agreement from the new station owners. The petition from Allen Media's KIMT/3 (Mason City, IA) was first reported here last year. Hes in a lot of different settings. FM Sale; Black Hills AM Remains Silent, Third Northwestern Wisconsin Cabin Opens for Cabin Season, Weekly Log: Several TV Anchors Move; Crystal Awards for KS95, WTMJ, Data Dump: Top Nebraska Radio Station Owners, FCC Monitor: Several FM Signals Return, One AM Goes Silent, Broadcast History: Cities That Never Got Their Allotted TV Stations, Weekly Log: Total Hits in the Twin Cities, Several People Moves. He said succession planning is key in a transition like Lees. It has shuffled through a whos who of local television royalty in PM drive since Steve Cannons retirement, to little apparent success. With the move to Division I starting in the 2021 season, the football games would move to KSTP. [17] WCCO programming is also simulcast on 102.9 KMNB-HD2. WCCO became the radio home of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team starting with the 20112012 season, acquiring the broadcast rights from rival AM 1130 KFAN. WCCO is also a PEP station for the Emergency Alert System. He graduated from the University of North Dakota, then hopped to jobs in Grand Forks and Fargo. Knoepke is regarded by competitors and staff as a capable executive but her background is entirely in sales. The weed watchdog: What Minnesota can expect if it legalizes recreational marijuana this year. The petition included ratings data showing that WCCO no longer meets the threshold of broadcast viewership to be considered significantly-viewed in Rochester. To republish, copy the HTML at right, which includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to MinnPost. Visit the Downdetector Methodology page to learn more about how Downdetector collects status information and detects problems. Former Governor Jesse Ventura had a show while in office, and successor Tim Pawlenty followed suit. Sign in or register to get started. For WCCO to survive the next decade, the consensus is the station needs an FM signal. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for nearly all of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities. WCCO had been the radio flagship of the Minnesota Vikings football team from 1961 to 1969, 1976 to 1984, 1988 to 1990, and 1996 to 2000. Jason joined WCCO as a reporter in 2003 and was able to mark an impression on the public. Because the data is proprietary and WCCO refuses to comment, there is no way to settle the question. WCCO-TV, a television station (channel 32, virtual channel 4) licensed to serve Minneapolis, Minnesota. His retirement is not merely a symbolic break with the past, but a critical fork in the road that will determine the stations future. And because Lee reads so many of those ads, and nurtures so many of the advertiser relationships, his departure breeds uncertainty. [15] The move by the large market dominating WCCO to adopt AM stereo received attention from local and national news outlets. I have no concerns, she notes. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Theres no other person like him in the history of Twin Cities radio. Advertisers generally are looking for listeners 25-54 or 18-34 years old. A moderator might be able to plug that into the channel database, and determine what is happening with the station at this time. Usually when these things happen it is one of the following: 1.) Broadcasters have until Tuesday to indicate their interest in participating in the March 29 reverse auction. Morning drive has pretty much transitioned to news, Lee says. For many years, WCCO was famous for its "klaxon" alert tone for tornado warnings. The air quality alert is extended until at least 3 p.m. Tuesday. Knoepke focused on key themes like trust, reliability, and tradition, but did not articulate an interest in change. The following year, WCCO experienced an enormous ratings drop. ", "Audacy Announces Updated Programming Lineup for 830 WCCO in Minneapolis", "WCCO-AM 830 kHz - Minneapolis, Minnesota", "CBS Sets Radio Division Merger With Entercom", "CBS and Entercom Are Merging Their Radio Stations", "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio", "Minneapolis Breaking News, Today's News | WCCO Radio", Offenders of The Faith - The AM STEREO Page, https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=16, The First Forty - The Story of WCCO Radio 1924-1964, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WCCO_(AM)&oldid=1149713038, This page was last edited on 14 April 2023, at 00:17. WCCO is missing from my lineup - why? Strike-weary listeners sampled the better fidelity of the FM band, and realized it offered weather, traffic, and news, and some stayed. He has a great voice. There are other issues. Cory Hepola moved from KARE-11 two years ago and describes his midmorning niche as a work in progress. The petition from Allen Medias KIMT/3 (Mason City, IA) was first reported here last year. More health-related information on air quality can be found here. He can host any time slot. We had a 30 [percent audience] share much of the day and a 35 share in AM drive.. CBS affiliate WCCO is turning off its KCCO-TV signal for the Alexandria area at the end of the year, but Selective TV based in Douglas County is hopeful it will be able to relay WCCO. We are a neutral grounds where Sotans come from all four corners of our great state to discuss the latest news, share great photographyand memes, discuss politics, the outdoors, and so much more! (January 13, 2023.). [12][13], In 2018, WCCO returned to the moniker "News/Talk 830 WCCO" with its logo reflecting the change.[14]. WCCO 830 AM (CBS) One of the nation's great stations and a big part of Twin Cities and Minnesota radio history. Hes an extrovert. WCCO features a talk radio format, with frequent newscasts and sports programming. A savvy contrarian would make several points in WCCOs defense. The AM deficit is so significant that when Twins baseball returned to WCCO in 2018, the team required an out clause if WCCO could not get an FM simulcast by 2020. The home of. One reason for CCOs strength, says a competing radio programmer in town who did not want to be quoted publicly on a competitor, is that everything is for sale, and there is so much to sell. WCCO has more commercial inventory than any station in town. Dont think we dont smell blood in the water., Lee says he will continue to do endorsements for the station as long as both sides find it mutually satisfying, which gives Knoepke a measure of confidence. Tax credits of up to $1,500 for e-bikes added to Minnesota Senate transportation budget, Minnesota Gov. Listen 24/7 for free on Audacy. (Entercom says the age is 53, perhaps relying on a lesser used metric known as median cume, which was under 54 for one month in 2020.) Much of Minnesota remains under drought conditions. The music was gradually phased out by the early 1990s, when the format was changed to news, talk, and sports. WCCO (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by Audacy, Inc.[1] Its studios and offices are located on Second Avenue South in Downtown Minneapolis. More will be added, so check back. Its closest competitor, KSTP Radio (1500 AM), had just under an eight share. The dual auction will marry the economics of wireless providers demand for spectrum with the economics of television broadcasters, says the FCC website. What were trying to do here is realign the use of the spectrum in a way that lets the market decide how much the supply will be and the demand will be, said Charles Meisch, spokesman for the FCC. Development of talent is an industrywide problem, says Bloom. Bloom was followed by Hanson, who came from an Entercom sports station in Kansas City. WCCO Radio remains the storied icon of Twin Cities broadcasting. WCCO. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The agency encourages people who are affected by unhealthy air quality, such as the elderly or those with respiratory or heart conditions, to limit their physical activity and take the proper precautions. It remains a CBS affiliate. KIMT is the official CBS affiliate for Rochester and presents newscasts from a studio in the city, but has long competed for CBS viewership on cable due to the status of WCCO-TV/4 (Minneapolis) as a significantly-viewed station in Rochester. The big three [Cumulus, Entercom, iHeartMedia] are overleveraged and burning the furniture to stay alive, says an industry source currently involved in brokering radio station transactions. While light rain showers moved over southwestern Minnesota on Friday, no other significant rain is in store for the first few days of August. Thirty seconds earlier, he was cracking his knuckles; she had her elbows on the desk and her chin resting in her hands. (2020 market revenues were down 28 percent locally, say insiders, due to the pandemic recession. There is no band on the internet other than bandwidth, so WCCO is at no competitive disadvantage online, and is increasingly adept at promoting and marketing its digital content. In January, WCCO attracted slightly more female than male listeners, per Nielsen data. Bandwidth auctions, 84 of them in the past 20 years, have been to wireless Internet and phone carriers. World Conference for Cancer Organisations. Theres not a future in bland. July 31, 2021 / 8:30 AM WCCO discontinued broadcasting in AM stereo around the turn of the millennium.[16]. And Lees prowess is known throughout town. Having six stations in town is key to maximizing revenue, explains Anselmo. By the time Boone & Erickson retired in 1998, Lee was a familiar voice to their listeners and had been anointed by the duo as their successor. KNOW has nearly twice CCOs audience share and more than twice the number of listeners per week. Legendary station personality Howard Viken said that he once picked up the station while he was in the military during World War II, stationed at Guadalcanal in 1943. Donations made by check can be made out to MinnPost and mailed to us at PO Box 18438, Minneapolis, MN 55418. Water City Chamber Orchestra. Pilots flying over the Upper Midwest reported watching the lights go out all over the region each night when Adams finished his 10 pm newscast. On November 11, 1928, with the implementation of the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40, WCCO changed its frequency to 810kHz and was granted clear-channel status. Chicago-based broadcast industry columnist Robert Feder toldTCBthat Entercom-owned market leader WBBM-AM lost its morning drive cohost to retirement a year ago and was not replaced, an apparent cost-cutting move. I even went to the KIMT station studio in rochester to see if they had requested CCO to be removed from the cable line up and their place was locked up like Ft Knox and they wouldn't answer their telecom at the door either. Just found this after my wife asked me what happened to Molly. A coverage map from RabbitEars.info shows over-the-air reception of WCCO may only be possible in limited parts of Rochester and would require a rooftop antenna. Though Knoepke is well-liked and described as a leader by most of the staffTCBinterviewed, it is unclear how much decision-making authority Entercom cedes to local management. (Digital revenues, recalls Adam, account for 1020 percent of station revenues. However, the auction could have a profound impact on consumers, notably those who use indoor or rooftop antennas to pull in free over-the-air signals. Downdetector only reports an incident when the number of problem reports is significantly higher than the typical volume for that time of day. But the CBS network signal has been coming through KCCO off a tower near Westport in Pope County. Some notable sports broadcasters have included Baseball Hall of Fame member Herb Carneal, the longtime voice of the Minnesota Twins, Halsey Hall, Ray Scott and Ray Christensen, longtime voice of University of Minnesota's Gopher football and Gopher men's basketball. At that point, WCCO could have made a format pivot and occupied any market niche it wanted. Two stations can broadcast on the same channel. Douglas' role is strictly as a meteorologist. What this means is WCCO is casting an audience net that reaches only 18 percent of listeners, almost all of them over 50. In 1952, CBS sold majority control of WCCO to the Murphy and McNally families, who formed Midwest Radio and Television as a holding company for WCCO radio and its new co-owned television station, Channel 4 WCCO-TV. TV watchers that use an antenna in Douglas County get most of their channels from the Selective TV tower. In his letter, Douglas said no attempt was made to negotiate a lower salary. Big changes at WCCO Radio were announced Tuesday morning as "The Good Neighbor" formally introduced longtime morning television anchor Jason DeRusha as its new afternoon drive host. She seemed like a big part of the team to just disappear like that. Programmers in town told TCBthat by simulcasting Twins baseball, Entercom has effectively killed The Wolfs ability to hold an all-day audience. For decades, WCCO was the place Minnesotans turned for news and sports. But radio has an incredible future when led by smart, creative, visionaries who can build connection with an audience.. A local watershed was KFANs move to FM in 2011. Family track or fast track? The vendor provider (Spectrum) no longer has a contract to carry the station. The affected WXXI . Washburn Crosby Company, forerunner of General Mills, took over the station and switched the call sign to WCCO for the company's initials. Certain conditions can make the signal reach much farther. Will it make the city a more affordable place to live? But when the camera pans in . The FCC has granted a petition for special relief from the Rochester markets CBS affiliate and issued an order that will result in WCCO-TVs CBS programming being dropped from cable in the Med City. People like Dave Lee are born, not made., Max attributes Lees effectiveness to constant preparation. Knoepke declined to say anything specific about WCCOs audience makeup or future goals. Scandinavian Gift Shop to host Wake Up Alexandria on May 5, New robot server 'hired' at Grand Arbor's Pioneer Grill in Alexandria, State FFA band and chorus are the hidden gem of Minnesota State FFA convention, MN 100 Club donates $50,000 to family of Pope County fallen officer, Overpass in Glenwood to memorialize Deputy Josh Owen. But from a scale standpoint, its reach is limited. [5] Broadcasts resumed less than two months later on October 2, 1924, from its current transmitter site in Coon Rapids, and with studios in the then-new Nicollet Hotel.[6]. iHeart went bankrupt in 2018, the same year Cumulus emerged from Chapter 11. Knoepke expects station revenues to rebound to 2019 levels this year. Spectrum is working on a new contract to carry the station, but can not broadcast the network until they have a new have a new carriage agreement. KFAN has outpaced WCCO in talent development as well. Were going through a search process, auditions.. 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WCCO has perfected these endorsements, or sponsorships, as it calls them, and they likely represent a greater share of revenue for the station than any other locally. "We have a strong team because you put us there," co-host Heather Brown said Tuesday morning on the air. And Hubbards all-sports format at 1500 AM never got enough traction to be relevant. Reach Agweek reporter Jeff Beach at jbeach@agweek.com or call 701-451-5651. The Pohlads found it difficult to make money in radio, and recouping their investment proved no easier. World and national news is supplied by CBS News Radio. Box 18438 | Minneapolis, MN 55418 | 612.455.6950. Once that auction is concluded, the FCC will resell the bandwidth it has purchased in a second auction to wireless companies, where demand is growing. We see that you have javascript disabled. Thats why [KFANs] Dan [Barreiro] is the best show in town right now.. St. Paul ABC affiliate KSTP is also included in Spectrums Rochester listings but is subject to blackouts. Disclosure: Jon Ellis is an employee of Gray Television. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. [3] The transmitter is located off Coon Rapids Boulevard at Lily Street NW in Coon Rapids. Its your job to build a bench, explains Quick. Discussing the one-year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Vascellaro was supposed to say "insurrection" but unfortunately, cut off the "ins-." Meet the WCCO NEXT Weather team WCCO's NEXT Weather team are always looking for what's next in Minnesota's rapidly-changing weather environments. Stream, read and download from any device on Audacy. WCCO needs to get on FM. The FCCs memorandum opinion and order approving KIMTs petition for relief does not specify when WCCO-TVs CBS and syndicated programming must be dropped from Spectrums Rochester cable system. From 1947 to 1996, WCCO and WCCO-TV won 12 George Foster Peabody Awards, more than any other Twin Cities broadcast outlet. Dave does more endorsements than anybody that Ive worked with, says retired WCCO market manager Mick Anselmo. The station [is] sold on results for clients. Its a self-serving justification, of course, but it is also not without an element of truth. In addition, most such stations would continue to qualify for carriage via pay-TV services, meaning consumers would be able to find them via their cable or satellite providers. They would need only to rescan for stations that have new channel locations. The industrys fiscal state is constraining its capacity to spend, says former CBS Radio executive Tom Langmyer: There have just been very few transactions of this type in the past few years, period., This story appears in the April/May 2021 issue with the title The Shrinking Neighbor.. The Selective TV signal covers about a 40-mile radius from its tower near Garfield. A full day's programming of music and a large news operation could be heard clearly for 150 miles in all directions. Dave was the reason we moved a lot of our advertising to WCCO. Here is WCCO's Twitter page for CBS-Minnesota. Eleanor Mondale, the daughter of former Senator and Vice President Walter Mondale, started her career in radio at the station in 1989 as the entertainment reporter, but left after 8 months. It was surreal, it was the place. Those are the words of Jon Quick, WCCOs marketing director, then program director, from 1980 to 1992. Revenue matters, and their revenue has held up as the ratings have slid.. Today, the station is boxed in. Radio is most threatened by people in leadership roles who only account for it as a commodity and see stations as real estate assets, says Langmyer, speaking of the industry in general. Job one for Knoepke is to hit a home run with Lees replacement. St. Paul wants more missing middle housing. The iconic radio station that was once the town square of Minnesota faces a near-term full of challenges. "This is a message to everyone who sends me and WCCO emails about [Amelia and Frank] sitting too close together," he tweeted. WCCO is listed in the World's largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms. Northern Lights Broadcasting, the radio arm of the Pohlad family enterprises, which had paid $28 million to acquire GO 96.3 FM in 2007, put the station and its low-power sibling at 95.3 FM up for sale.
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