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WCCO-TV


Image:WCCO Know More 2008.jpeg
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
Branding WCCO 4
Channel 4
'CCO
Slogan Know More (TV)
Always On (webpage)
Channels Analog: 4 (VHF)

Digital: 32 (UHF)
Translators KCCO-TV 7 Alexandria
KCCW-TV 12 Walker
4 other translators (see article)
Affiliations CBS
Owner CBS Corporation
(CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and Alexandria is a city in and the County seat of Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. Walker is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1069 at the 2000 census CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television )
First air date July 1, 1949
Call letters’ meaning Washburn Crosby COmpany
(original owner of WCCO-AM)
Sister station(s) KZJK, WCCO (AM), WLTE
Former callsigns WTCN-TV (1949-1952)
Transmitter Power 100 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 452 m (analog)
432 m (digital)
Facility ID 9629
Transmitter Coordinates 45°3′43.9″N, 93°8′22.2″W
Website www.wcco.com

WCCO-TV, occasionally WCCO 4, is the CBS owned and operated television station that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise General Mills ( is a Fortune 500 Corporation, mainly concerned with Food products which is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota In Broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels (or "sibling stations" in gender-neutral form are radio and/or Television stations KZJK (1041 FM) is a Radio station broadcasting the Adult hits " Jack FM " format in the Minneapolis-St WCCO is a Radio station with a storied history spanning more than 80 years that serves the Minneapolis-St WLTE (1029 FM, "Lite FM" is a Radio station in Minneapolis-St In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers It broadcasts on channels 4 (analog) and 32 (digital). In North America, terrestrial Television is broadcast on designated channels numbered 2 through 69 Digital television (DTV is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by discrete ( digital) signals in contrast to the analog signals used by It also operates two full-powered semi-satellites--KCCO-TV in Alexandria (7, 24 DT) and KCCW in Walker (12, 20 DT). Alexandria is a city in and the County seat of Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. Walker is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1069 at the 2000 census KCCO-TV simulcasts WCCO-TV, but airs separate commercials. KCCW is a full repeater of KCCO-TV. The station's studios are in downtown Minneapolis, while its transmitter is at the Telefarm complex in Shoreview, Minnesota. Telefarm Towers Shoreview is a transmission site for FM radio and Television Broadcasting in Shoreview Minnesota consisting of two Shoreview is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States.

From 1947 to 1996, WCCO-TV and WCCO-AM won twelve George Foster Peabody Awards, more than any other Twin Cities broadcast outlet. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) WCCO is a Radio station with a storied history spanning more than 80 years that serves the Minneapolis-St The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting

Unlike most other CBS owned-and-operated stations, WCCO does not follow the CBS Mandate in its branding, using simply its call letters rather than "CBS 4". The CBS Mandate, which is also known as the Viacom Mandate, is a mandate used by both Viacom and now CBS Corporation on the company's owned-and-operated

Contents

History

WCCO-TV's roots actually originate with another radio station, WRHM, which took to the air in 1925. WWTC (1280 AM, "The Patriot" is a long-standing Radio station serving the Twin Cities region Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1934, two newspapers—the Minneapolis Tribune and the Saint Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch—formed a joint venture named "Twin Cities Newspapers," which purchased the radio station and changed its call letters to WTCN. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Star Tribune (also Star Trib or Strib, as it is often referred to is the largest Newspaper in the U The St Paul Pioneer Press is a Newspaper based in St Paul Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area WTCN-TV went on the air on July 1, 1949 as Minnesota's second television station, broadcasting from the Radio City Theater in downtown Minneapolis. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

When Twin Cities Newspapers sold all their radio holdings, including WTCN Radio, in 1952, it created an opportunity to purchase WCCO radio (AM 830 and FM 102. WCCO is a Radio station with a storied history spanning more than 80 years that serves the Minneapolis-St 9, now WLTE) and merge the two companies into Midwest Radio and Television, Inc. WLTE (1029 FM, "Lite FM" is a Radio station in Minneapolis-St The new company changed Channel 4's call letters to match its new radio sisters.

Channel 4 has been the market's only station to never change its affiliation. Because of this stability, WCCO-TV is one of CBS' best-performing affiliates.

The WCCO building in downtown Minneapolis
The WCCO building in downtown Minneapolis

In 1954, a live CBS broadcast from the Foshay Tower provided a view of an early-morning solar eclipse, the first time such an event had been televised nationally. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Foshay Tower, now serving as the W Minneapolis - The Foshay, is a Skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured In 1955, a mobile unit was formed, using a van dubbed the "Blue Goose" which would be used for more than a decade. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)

WCCO-TV participated in the first transatlantic television broadcast via the Telstar satellite on July 23, 1962 when a mobile crew provided video of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Telstar was the first active Communications satellite (launched in 1962 and the first Satellite designed to transmit telephone and high-speed data communications This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental Granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941 located South Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. This video was broadcast across the three major networks of the time: ABC, CBS, and NBC. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's

Channel 4's studio was renovated in 1956, but as the station grew the space eventually became too small. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1983, the station moved to a new studio on the south end of Nicollet Mall. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Nicollet Mall is a portion of Nicollet Avenue running through Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Channel 4 is the only area TV station broadcasting from downtown Minneapolis today.

In 1977, WCCO-TV unveiled the "Circle 4" logo. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays At the time of the unveiling, the "4" was colored blue and was placed inside a yellow circle. The first newscast title to use that logo was called NewsWatch 4.

In 1987, WCCO bought KCMT, channel 7 in Alexandria and its satellite KNMT, channel 12 in Walker. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) KCMT had signed on in 1957 and had been the only full-power VHF station in central Minnesota. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) KNMT signed on in 1962 as a satellite of KCMT in northern Minnesota, serving Bemidji and Brainerd. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bemidji (bəˈmɪdʒiː is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. They were renamed KCCO and KCCW respectively, and their local operations were progressively cut back until 2002, when local news segments on both stations were discontinued and KCCO-TV became a full repeater of WCCO-TV, except for local commercials. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Since 2002, WCCO has identified itself on-air as "Minneapolis-St. Paul/Alexandria/Walker. " WCCO has opened bureaus in Brainerd and St. Cloud, and stories produced in Alexandria, Brainerd and St. Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. St Cloud (ˌseɪntˈklaʊd is a city in the US state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region Cloud can be seen in the Twin Cities as well.

WCCO was purchased by CBS in 1992; it had been a minority owner of the station for many years. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) It does not follow the CBS Mandate; it is branded as WCCO 4 rather than CBS4. The CBS Mandate, which is also known as the Viacom Mandate, is a mandate used by both Viacom and now CBS Corporation on the company's owned-and-operated Other CBS O&Os not to follow this mandate are KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh (branded by its call letters), WWJ-TV in Detroit (branded by its call letters), WJZ-TV in Baltimore (branded WJZ 13), and WBZ-TV in Boston (branded as simply WBZ). KDKA-TV is the CBS owned and operated (O&O Television station in Pittsburgh. WWJ-TV is the CBS - Owned and operated station in Detroit, Michigan. This article is about the television station in Baltimore Maryland WBZ-TV, channel 4 is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Boston Massachusetts.

Since the May 2006 ratings period, WCCO's newscasts have claimed the top spot in total household ratings for most news programs. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month The exception has been the mornings, where KARE still leads all local competitors. KARE, channel 11 is an NBC -affiliated television station licensed to Minneapolis Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis- St

WCCO experimented with cable in the 1980s. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Known initially as WCCO II or 'CCO cable, it was a way to transmit programs that wouldn't ordinarily make it onto the over-the-air frequency. During this time, WCCO II aired local forecasts when not airing sports or other programming. This later morphed into the Midwest Sports Channel (MSC), which operated for several years. Following Viacom's purchase of CBS, MSC was sold to News Corporation and became Fox Sports Net North. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation

WCCO also operated a local weather channel on cable systems in the Twin Cities area. Unlike The Weather Channel, WCCO Weather Channel did not have any on-camera personalities and instead consisted of computer graphics with voice-over provided by WCCO-TV's meteorologists. The Weather Channel (also TWC) is a commercially-sponsored US This programming ran in a loop until updates were made available. Ads on this channel were delivered in this way as well (voice-over consisted of radio-formatted advertising). During severe weather occurrences, the channel would interrupt the recorded voice-over with live weather bulletins provided by WCCO 830 AM. Twin Cities PBS member station KTCI-TV airs weather info in a similar way but with the following differences:

A later experiment in 1995, this time in the field of evening newscasts, also proved to be interesting. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 WCCO partnered with KLGT (channel 23, later KMWB and now WUCW) and fed a second news show to that station. WUCW (Channel 23 analog 22 digital) is an affiliate of The CW serving the Minneapolis-St This was known as "News of Your Choice", where the news anchors would periodically describe the upcoming items on each channel. This allowed viewers to decide which stories they wanted to see. Multiple factors contributed to the shutdown of the experiment after about one year.

WCCO-TV's transmitter is located at the Telefarm paired tower installation in Shoreview also used by KSTP-TV, KARE and WUCW. KSTP-TV, channel 5 is the ABC affiliate for the Twin Cities. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview Minnesota. The market's southern and western portions gets WCCO from four low-power translators, all privately owned:

On about June 29, 2006, WCCO introduced "The Plaza Studio", a renovation to their existing studio, on 11th St. Frost is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. Olivia is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. St James is a city in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. Willmar is a city in and the County seat of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. South and Marquette Ave.

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

Station Logos

WCCO-TV's "Circle 4" logo in a blue variation, taken from a 1985 newscast opening.

WCCO-TV's "Circle 4" logo in a red variation, used from 1990 to 2000. The logo was first used in 1977, with the "4" colored blue, and in a yellow circle.

WCCO logo from 2000 to 2003, did not follow the guidelines for use of the CBS eye device

Current WCCO logo, used since 2003

KCCO/KCCW Logo

KCCO's version of the longtime "circle 4" logo, in the 1990s variation. Also retired since 2000.

Satellite stations

Station City of license Channels
(Analog/
Digital)		 First air date Former callsigns ERP
(Analog/
Digital)		 HAAT
(Analog/
Digital)		 Facility ID Transmitter Coordinates
KCCO-TV Alexandria 7 (VHF)
24 (UHF)		 October 8, 1958 KCMT (1958-1987) 316 kW
674. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international Alexandria is a city in and the County seat of Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. 9 kW		 355 m
305 m		 9632 45°41′8.4″N, 95°8′5.2″W
KCCW-TV Walker 12 (VHF)
20 (UHF)		 January 1, 1964 KNMT (1964-1987) 316 kW
718. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Walker is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1069 at the 2000 census Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. 7 kW		 284 m
260 m		 9640 46°56′4″N, 94°27′21.2″W

Note: Both of these stations were affiliated with NBC (primary) and ABC (secondary) from their sign-on dates until 1981, when they switched to CBS. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. [1] Both stations were acquired by WCCO in 1987.

Notable personalities

An early local program broadcast by the station was a children's program named Axel and His Dog, featuring Clellan Card as Axel. Clellan Card ( June 24, 1903 &ndash April 13, 1966) was a noted on-air personality at the Minnesota station WCCO best-known In 1954, the first local program to be broadcast in color by the station was an episode of Axel. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar)

Some notable personalities at the station have had long careers. Dave Moore, a Minneapolis native who had worked almost his entire career in the city, anchored the 10:00 p. Dave Moore (1924&ndash January 28, 1998) was a popular Minnesota Television personality who was one of the most well-recognized figures in the m. newscast from 1957 until September 1985. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) He continued to anchor the 6:00 p. m. news until 1991, when he moved to a more leisurely schedule broadcasting Moore on Sunday. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. In 1962 he had helped create The Bedtime Nooz, a satirical view of newscasts that aired on Saturday nights. Another program called The Scene Tonight was created in 1968. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Both programs featured meteorologist Bud Kraehling and other members of the regular station staff. Meteorology (from Greek grc μετέωρος metéōros, "high in the sky" and grc -λογία -logia) is the Interdisciplinary Moore died in 1998. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

Bill Carlson joined the station in 1959, working in several roles over the years including news anchor. Bill Carlson ( November 1934 - February 29, 2008) was an American journalist and longtime television anchor at WCCO in The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was with the station until he passed away due to complications of prostate cancer on February 29, 2008. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [2]

Don Shelby joined the station as a news anchor in 1978 and also has done investigative reporting, although he ended that area of his career when one of his reports was heavily criticized. Donald Gilbert "Don" Shelby (born 1947 is a news anchor on WCCO-TV in Minneapolis Minnesota. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) [3] Shelby suffered a mild stroke in early 2004, and returned to anchor duties by the end of that year. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " As of 2005, Shelby continued the unique dual responsibility of hosting an afternoon radio show which ended at 5:00; for a while, immediately after the show, he anchored the 5 pm TV newscast. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As of 2006, the radio show goes an extra hour, and the 5 pm news has been moved to 6 pm, still simulcast on radio but now minus Shelby. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Today, Shelby only does the 10:00 news on television.

Sports commentator Mike Max, talk show host Dark Star (real name George Chapple) and other personalities also cross over between TV and radio. A dark star is a theoretical object compatible with Newtonian mechanics that due to its large mass has a surface Escape velocity that equals or exceeds the

Silvia Gambardella was a consumer affairs reporter, but later removed from this role after filing reports that were critical of the practices of local car dealers, inspiring the dealers to cancel their advertising contracts with the station.

In April 2008, WCCO, affected by the cutbacks at CBS News announced the layoffs of a list of employees, most notably, weekend anchor John Reger, and chief Meteorologist Paul Douglas. Paul Douglas (born June 12, 1958) (given name Douglas Paul Kruhoeffer is a meteorologist author entrepreneur and software expert in Minneapolis-St

Anchors

WCCO Weather Team

WCCO Sports

WCCO reporters

Former WCCO anchors and personalities

"On Air @ The Fair"

Every year, at the Minnesota State Fair, WCCO takes most of its set and moves from their Nicollet Mall Studio to their Minnesota State Fair Newsroom/"Studio" and broadcasts its' noon, 5, 6 and 10PM newscasts at the WCCO studio in Carousel Park, at the Fairgrounds. The Minnesota State Fair is the State fair of the US state of Minnesota. The Anchors do the news, weather and sports at the grounds, a reporter broadcasts any breaking news at the studio. WCCO is also known for feeding its "studio" audience with state fair food. When they are not on the air, the anchors and reporters sign autographs and chat with fans. The 2007 fair brought changes to the 10:00 show with Don & Amelia doing the news form the main studio and the weather/sports anchors along with one of the other news anchors at the fairgrounds.

In 2003, WCCO installed a dunk tank at the fairgrounds. They dubbed this "Dunk Don" (named after lead anchor, Don Shelby who was the only anchor dunked the first year. Donald Gilbert "Don" Shelby (born 1947 is a news anchor on WCCO-TV in Minneapolis Minnesota. ) Then from 2004-2006, wcco. com visitors voted for who they wanted to be dunked. At 10 PM, a reporter or anchor went into the tank and 3 "lucky" viewers (or local celebs) were chosen to have a chance to dunk the anchor. If all 3 people missed, one of the other anchors had a chance to hit the target. Dunk Don was replaced in 2007 in favor of the "Go Green" News campaign that sees how much human energy it would take to power each live newscast.

Dunk Don 2004 "Dunkees"

Dunk Don 2005 "Dunkees"

Dunk Don 2006 "Dunkees"

On August 24, 2007, WCCO completed the first ever human powered newscast.

Trivia

External links

Notes

  1. ^ Minnesota State Edition
  2. ^ "WCCO Anchor Bill Carlson Dies At Age 73", 2008-02-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant  
  3. ^ Oslund, John J. (1997). Ruling a Prizewinner Unfair. Retrieved on 2007-12-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office

References

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