Media Memories from Stephen Winters Winzenburg
Highlights from Stephen Winzenburg's over 50 years in radio, starting in 1972 in Minnesota and expanding to 14 stations in seven states. These include his decades as a talk show host (including "Steven Winters" at WCIE in Florida), news director, professor, Christian broadcaster, and radio drama producer. Many are from the vault of WHO radio's "Winzenburg on the Weekend," which has more recent episodes streamed on its own separate podcast and has video versions on @swinzenburg on YouTube. Most of this audio is edited from cassette recordings and copyrighted music has been removed.
Episodes
This audio from a 1989 "Iowa Inquiry" television program is hosted by Rich Eychaner and features Stephen Winzenburg, the first person to conduct academic content analysis of television preachers. He discusses the history of televangelists in the 1980s, the impact of Jim Bakker , Jimmy Swaggart, Jerry Falwell, Billy Graham, and Pat Robertson, and how much airtime these programs devoted to asking for money.
If you thought classic TV talk shows like Ricki Lake, Phil Donahue, Geraldo, Oprah, Jerry Springer and others were just innocent entertaining fun, think again. Days after a person was embarrassed on The Jenny Jones Show in 1995 as part of a secret gay relationship, one participant was dead and the other charged with murder. Soon stories came out about other violence as a result of talk television.Jan Mickelson from Newsradio 1040 W...
"Leave It to Beaver" star Jerry Mathers talks about his own media memories, the adult style of contemporary sitcoms, and why he didn't watch his own show. Mathers goes in depth with Stephen Winzenburg about how he feels about modern television in this 1994 interview done in the studios of Grand View College's KDPS-FM and later aired on WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa.
Six-time Grammy nominee Jim Yester from The Association talks with host Stephen Winzenburg about hitting the top of the rock charts and the dangers of drugs.
From 1965 to 1967, while the Beatles changed music, the mellow sunshine harmonies of The Association pushed others off the top of the pop charts. "Cherish," "Windy," and "Never My Love" went to #1, while top ten hit "Along Comes Mary" br...
Emmy-nominated TV personality McLean Stevenson gave KNDR radio in Bismarck/Mandan, North Dakota a rare exclusive interview in 1985 where the M*A*S*H star was surprisingly serious, first about the positives of raising children away from Hollywood and then helping burn victims. The sitcom star also shared his personal story with host Stephen Winzenburg.
Christian radio KNDR-FM in Mandan/Bismarck, North Dakota, hosted David Meece for a concert in September of 1985. Station manager and talk show host Stephen Winzenburg interviewed the musician about David's career, family, and recordings.
James Garner's daughter Greta shares inside stories about her movie and TV star dad in this short "Winzenburg on the Weekend" interview from 1997 on WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa. Her father was known for his colorful crime-related film and television roles, so "Gigi" Garner put together the "Cop Cookbook," getting special recipes from other well-known stars and police officers.
This was one of a series of interviews KSUM radio (1370 AM in Fairmont, Minnesota) did to celebrate its 50th anniversary of going on the air. The 1999 morning talk segment covered Stephen Winzenburg's start at the station in high school in 1972 before going on to a career at 14 other radio stations, teaching radio in college, and managing stations. It also includes his infamous award-winning story about the inappropriate timing...
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