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WRCR

WRCR – 1010 kc

The Twin City a’ Go Go January 1966 issue mentioned this station and its DJs:   Dean Alexander, Dave Charles, Will Grassman, Myrna Jean, Oliver Towne (nee Gareth Hebert), Don Riley, Bob Leonard, and Charles Conrad.  A Billboard Magazine from July 9, 1966 shows that it was a 250-watt independent station operating 15 hours/day.  The DJs chose the music, which was 80 percent “pop standard” and 20 percent “contemporary.”  Donald Perry was the General Manager.

Jeff Lonto provides this info:  “The station became WJSW “Polka Power” around 1969, and they picked up the WMIN call letters in November 1973 after being dropped a year earlier by 1400 AM. I actually have a WRCR pinback button that says ‘I’M A TEN-TEN TUNER WRCR 10-10 ST. PAUL, MINN.’”