WCCO is celebrating 100 years with 100 memorable moments!

"Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall," proclaimed President Ronald Reagan in 1987. Two years later, East Germany tore down the Berlin Wall, one of the most prominent Cold War symbols and a barrier between the East and West came tumbling down. This is what it sounded like on WCCO Radio. 

(Image: November 1989 - Berlin, Germany - East Berliners pass the border crossing at Bornholmer Strasse in Berlin while West Berliners cheer on. Martin Cejie Hegardt / Scanpix/Sipa Press.)

WCCO is celebrating 100 years with 100 memorable moments! "Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall," proclaimed President Ronald Reagan in 1987. Two years later, East Germany tore down the Berlin Wall, one of the most prominent Cold War symbols and a barrier between the East and West came tumbling down. This is what it sounded like on WCCO Radio.  (Image: November 1989 - Berlin, Germany - East Berliners pass the border crossing at Bornholmer Strasse in Berlin while West Berliners cheer on. Martin Cejie Hegardt / Scanpix/Sipa Press.)

In 2024, WCCO Radio is celebrating 100 years on the air. We'll look back on some of the most important and entertaining moments from the last century as you heard right here on 830 WCCO Radio!

In 2024, WCCO Radio is celebrating 100 years on the air. We'll look back on some of the most important and entertaining moments from the last century as you heard right here on 830 WCCO Radio!

WCCO Radio:  100 Years

WCCO 100 Days - Berlin Wall

WCCO looks back on 100 years of history heard right here on the "Good Neighbor".

He was one of a kind, broadcasting live from the "basement studio" with his cast of (self-voiced) characters. The Cannon Mess era came to a close in 1997 when the legendary Steve Cannon said goodbye to 'CCO.

WCCO looks back on 100 years of history heard right here on the "Good Neighbor". He was one of a kind, broadcasting live from the "basement studio" with his cast of (self-voiced) characters. The Cannon Mess era came to a close in 1997 when the legendary Steve Cannon said goodbye to 'CCO.

WCCO 100 Days - The Steve Cannon farewell

WCCO continues to look back on 100 years of history celebrating a century on-air.

In 1925, radio was still in its infancy. And for the first time ever, an American President was inaugurated in "real time" on the radio when Calvin Coolidge was sworn in. WCCO was one of the stations that carried the event an estimated 23 million people tuned in to hear. 

(The inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as the 30th President of the United States of America. Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images,)

WCCO continues to look back on 100 years of history celebrating a century on-air.
In 1925, radio was still in its infancy. And for the first time ever, an American President was inaugurated in "real time" on the radio when Calvin Coolidge was sworn in. WCCO was one of the stations that carried the event an estimated 23 million people tuned in to hear.  (The inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as the 30th President of the United States of America. Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images,)<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/license/2480666?adppopup=true"></a><a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/license/803564?adppopup=true"></a>

WCCO 100 Days - Calvin Coolidge gives the first "radio" Presidential Inauguration

Over 100 years of WCCO Radio, there have been legendary hosts, but perhaps none more popular or influential as Cedric Adams. In 1952, WCCO's star talked to a couple of Hollywood's biggest stars, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. This is what it sounded like on "The Good Neighbor to the Northwest". 

(Image: The legend himself, Mr. Northwest Cedric Adams, sharing a laugh in the WCCO Studios)

Over 100 years of WCCO Radio, there have been legendary hosts, but perhaps none more popular or influential as Cedric Adams. In 1952, WCCO's star talked to a couple of Hollywood's biggest stars, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. This is what it sounded like on "The Good Neighbor to the Northwest".  (Image: The legend himself, Mr. Northwest Cedric Adams, sharing a laugh in the WCCO Studios)

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