Looking for WIGL Jingles
By bob.halverson on Oct 4, 2011 in History, Music
WIGL radio was a daytime Top-40 music station covering the Duluth-Superior market from 1961 to 1964. I am a collector of radio jingles, and have many from WEBC and a couple of early WAKX ones. However, WIGL has been elusive. I e-mailed Lew Latto about it (who owned the station for a while), and he regretfully replied that he was unable to help me. I know some people taped the radio back then (I did) — maybe there’s an aircheck out there with a WIGL jingle or two. I remember they had purple promo signs on the backs of the city buses during that era, and their jingles always ended with “Wiggle!!!” Posting this in case somebody is unknowingly sitting on a piece of Duluth-Superior broadcasting history.
Although I am not yet able to help with this request, I’m compelled to note that the subject puts me in the mood for Claire Stewart.
I never recorded it but I can hear it in my head. (Can you?) “W-I-G-L, 97 wiggle!”
Here it is, courtesy of Midwest Communications’ Dave Strandberg.
WIGL jingle (mp3)
There’s a lollapalooza of a radio station
A 23-skidooza with syncopation
Wiggle-97 Duluth-Superior
They got the ol’ pizzazz, they have
They got that razzmatazz!
And for good measure, here’s a KAOH jingle (also an mp3).
Keep your dial aimed up high
One-three-nine-oh Kay-oh radio!
I don’t remember the “Keep your dial aimed up high” line, but I can sing the “1-3-9-oh, Kay-Oh Radio” line. (To myself, of course.)