Laid-back Winter – 1966 Radio Aircheck (KSTP-AM, 12/2/1966, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)

Laid-back and cool as a cucumber, KSTP radio DJ, Don DuChene, takes his Twin Cities listeners through the easygoing & breezy 4 o’clock hour of his 4:00pm - 8:00pm shift on this radio aircheck from Friday afternoon, December 2, 1966. Lots of news of the day, weather, sports updates, and songs from the great Middle-of-the-Road artists of 1966… including Dean Martin, the Baha Marimba Band, the Anita Kerr Singers, and Al Hirt, just to name a few. Highlights on this show also include a commercial for the 1966 Julie Andrews Firestone Christmas album (13:02), and an AAMCO Transmission Repair commercial featuring Zsa Zsa Gabor (17:17).

Don DuChene was a radio disc jockey in the Midwest U.S. from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. In the early-to-mid 1960s, Don had a popular show on KDWB (AM 630) in Minneapolis/ St. Paul, MN. In the Fall of 1965, his show moved to KSTP-AM 1500 where he worked through the end of the decade. Don wrapped up his Twin Cities radio career at KQRS in the early 1970s. The 1960s and early 1970s were a quickly evolving time for rock n roll and pop culture. These tapes are a peek into that time and the heyday of old-school American radio.