WCCO brings you 100 moments over the 100 years we've been on the air. 

In 1979, American citizens were taken hostage in Iran. 444 days later, they were all released and WCCO was able to get one of the first interviews with one of the hostages, U.S. Ambassador BruceLaingen.

(Image: An American protestor holds a dummy head of Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini in a noose at a demonstration in Washington DC, August 1980. Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.)

WCCO brings you 100 moments over the 100 years we've been on the air. 
In 1979, American citizens were taken hostage in Iran. 444 days later, they were all released and WCCO was able to get one of the first interviews with one of the hostages, U.S. Ambassador Bruce Laingen. (Image: An American protestor holds a dummy head of Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini in a noose at a demonstration in Washington DC, August 1980. Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.)<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/license/1582337?adppopup=true"></a>

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 - Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-1981

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 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.)

WCCO 100 Days - Berlin Wall

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 - Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-1981

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