KDWB-FM 101.3 Minneapolis MN Edmonds McManus 1982

Here’s 5 full quarter hours of Chris Edmonds, KDWB-FM’s morning host during their “Stereo 101” AOR days of the early 1980s.  The music and commericals have been edited out. Everything else is intact: breaks, news, segues, etc.  Pam McManus is also heard on a few breaks.  This is about the time when Pam started “hanging around” with Chris after her overnight shift.  Eventually, Chris and Pam ended up doing a show together.  It was always billed as “Chris Edmonds’ Morning Sickness”, however.  On this aircheck, Chris is his usual raunchy self.  He talks about seeing nipples in a department store catalog.  Also mentions playing Ms. Pac Man for the first time at Maplewood Mall.

I recorded this on an 8-track tape when I was a senior in high school.  These were the days before auto reverse home cassette decks.  Wanting to roll tape for 90 minutes as I got ready and drove to school, my only option was to use 8-track.  I had several blank cartridges that I used for this purpose.  The original plan was to listen back to the show, then erase and reuse them.  Being the radio geek that I am, however, that never materialized.  Instead, I saved all of them in a box marked “EDMONDS 8-TRACKS 1982.”  Fortunately, these tapes held up surprisingly well and survived the transfer to digital quite nicely.

Reception was made from Apple Valley, MN, using a Pioneer SX-3900 receiver, Winegard 10 element FM yagi antenna, and Belden ultra low loss RG59 coaxial cable.  A Panasonic RS-808 recorder and generic “no name” 90 minute cartridge were used to make the recording.  Transfer to digital was accomplished with a Marantz Superscope 8-track recorder, connected directly to a Tascam CD-RW4U CD recorder with Monster Cable interlinks. 

This file is 16.5MB in length and runs about 18 minutes.  If you have a slow Internet connection, it may take awhile to download.  Trust me, it’s worth the wait!

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