WCCO 100 Days - Payne Stewart Plane Crash

In 1991, golfer Payne Stewart won the U.S. Open at Chaska's Hazeltine. But eight years later, tragedy struck when a plane carrying Stewart and others crashed in a field near Aberdeen, South Dakota killing everyone on board. WCCO's Bruce Hagevik was on the scene and it's another of our 100 Moments i…

WCCO 100 Days - The NHL returns to Minnesota

In 1993 the North Stars left for Dallas. But in June of 1997, news came out of St. Paul that the NHL would return to Minnesota as the Minnesota Wild and play at the new Xcel Energy Center beginning in October of 1999. WCCO looks back as we celebrate 100 years with 100 memorable moments!  (Image: M…

WCCO 100 Days - Sandy Hook

Truly one of the saddest and hardest moments as we look back on 100 years of WCCO Radio. In December of 2012, a man walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and shot and killed 26 people. 20 of the victims were children between six and seven years old.  (A police officer s…

WCCO 100 Days - Capture of Saddam Hussein

In 2003, the deposed president of Iraq Saddam Hussein was captured by the U.S. Military. This is what it sounded like as the news broke on WCCO Radio, part of our 100 memorable moments in 100 years!  (A photo of the capture of Saddam Hussein, subdued during his capture by U.S. Special Forces. Phot…

WCCO 100 Days - 2020 Election

Amid a global pandemic, turnout for the 2020 Election was historic and who won the White House turned into a legal battle. It took a few days to become official, but Democrat Joe Biden won after Pennsylvania went his way. Another of WCCO's 100 unforgettable moments in 100 years.  (Photo by Drew An…

WCCO 100 Days - MLK and RFK Assassinations

In 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed. Just two months later, Robert Kennedy was shot and killed. It was a shocking stretch of time for Americans and WCCO detailed both of those memorable moments as we look back on 100 years on the air.  (Photo: Martin Luther King…

WCCO 100 Days - Met Stadium final game in 1981

In 1981, an era of Minnesota sports came to a close when the Vikings wrapped up their season at Met Stadium. WCCO brought you the final game at "The Met" after 25 years as the home of the Vikings and Twins before moving to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Met was eventually torn down and the M…

WCCO 100 Days - 9/11

Today marks 23 years since one of the most consequential and horrific days of the last century as WCCO looks back on 100 moments in 100 years. On September 11th, 2001, terrorists struck the U.S. and it's a day we'll never forget. Here's what it sounded like on WCCO Radio. (Smoke pours from the Wor…

WCCO 100 Days - 1997 Red River Flood

It's one of the worst - and most expensive - floods in the area's history. In 1997, the Red River along the Minnesota-North Dakota border broke through walls of sandbags and practically destroyed Grand Forks. WCCO was there for all of it, part of our 100 memorable moments in 100 years. (Photo: STE…

WCCO 100 Days - Paul Wellstone Death

In 2002, just 10 days prior to the Election, Minnesota DFL Senator Paul Wellstone, his Sheila, daughter Marcia, and four others were killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota. WCCO brought Minnesotans another tragic, memorable day in the 100 year history of the station. (Image: Senator Paul We…