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WCCO-TV (channel 4), branded CBS Minnesota, is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios on South 11th Street along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis; its transmitter is located at the Telefarm complex in ...
WCCO (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by Audacy, Inc. [2] Its studios and offices are located on Second Avenue South in Downtown Minneapolis. WCCO features a news/talk format , with frequent newscasts and sports programming.
WCCO (AM), a radio station (830 AM) licensed to serve Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States WCCO-TV , a television station (channel 32, virtual channel 4) licensed to serve Minneapolis, Minnesota KMNB , a radio station (102.9 FM) licensed to serve Minneapolis, Minnesota, which used the call sign WCCO-FM from May 1969 to November 1983
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Alexandria: 1 16 K16CO-D: Selective TV Guide on 1.2, NASA TV on 1.3 4 33 K33DB-D: CBS () : Start TV on 4.2, Dabl on 4.3, Fave TV on 4.4
The station began as WCCO-FM in 1969. [3] It was the FM counterpart of local powerhouse WCCO 830 AM, owned by Midwest Communications.As the station was hampered by its limited signal of only 2,700 watts, it had to temporarily transmit from the Foshay Tower at reduced power pending the completion of the Telefarm tower facility in Shoreview.
WCCO is considered by many to have originated the "happy talk" often used to attract viewers in modern local newscasts, at least among stations in the Twin Cities. It has been said that Moore's happy talk was merely a result of the camaraderie among the cast rather than a contrived plan, although his acting ability could have fooled people easily.
Bill Carlson (November 26, 1934 – February 29, 2008), born William Meyer Carlson, was an American journalist and longtime television anchor at WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] Carlson was born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota and grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. Carlson died of prostate cancer at the age of 73 on February 29, 2008. [2]
In 2010, after almost two decades at Clear Channel, Hines joined News Radio 830 WCCO, where he first hosted an evening show. In 2011, Hines replaced John Williams in the midday time slot, where he worked daily broadcasting until 2018.