Hello and welcome to the cyber-throne of the Vinyl King. If you want
to start your weekend with a little “sizzle” I invite you to tune in
my show, The Rock and Roll Classifieds, 7 to 10 PM every Friday evening
on KOWZ FM 100.9. Not only will we start your weekend with sizzle, we’ll
start it with a little snap, crackle and pop also. That’s because I
actually play vinyl records on my show! It’s your chance to hear any
song that made the Billboard Pop Charts, from numbers 1 to 100, with
listener requests, contests and features all part of the start to your
weekend!
Whether you’re a long-time listener or a newcomer to my show, you’ll
find out pretty quickly that I can be correctly classified as a record
nut. How did I get this way? Well, growing up I always had control of
the car radio, I cranked up the stereo at home until my parents (and
the neighbors) couldn’t stand it anymore, and I was the guy that always
had an earphone attached to a little transistor radio I carried in my
pocket. During the day, that radio was always tuned to AM 1130, WDGY
Minneapolis with it s
great DJ’s, Million Dollar Weekends, and “much more music”. After sundown,
like so many of you, I explored the nighttime sky-wave and tuned in
to other AM giants like WLS Chicago, KAAY Little Rock, WHB Kansas City
and KOMA Oklahoma City. During the 70’s and 80’s these stations all
changed formats and what we were left with was FM oldies stations playing
the same songs over and over. Frustrated with being able to only hear
the same 300 songs from the 1964 – 1971, I decided that somebody, somewhere,
has got to play the other 19,700 songs that charted between 1955 and
1990, and it might as well be me! While I don’t have all of the approximately
20,000 hits from that era, I do have quite a few, and KOWZ and you the
listener have been good enough to let me play them for you every Friday
evening since 1998.
As for myself personally – by the way, my name is Dale Siegfreid –
besides the title Vinyl King I have several other titles. One is CPA,
as I work in the Austin office of Larson Allen Weishair & Co. LLP.
Another title is coach, as I’m involved in coaching youth hockey and
baseball in Austin. Another is Dad, as myself and the Vinyl Queen (wife
Lori) are the parents of the Vinyl Prince – Joseph (age 13) and the
Vinyl Princess – Laura (age 10). As a family we enjoy all kinds of outdoor
activities – biking, fishing and hiking in particular, and enjoy cheering
for and attending Minnesota Gopher hockey games and Wild hockey games.
One other thing (and here’s a shameless plug) – I’m also a mobile DJ
and invite you to contact me if you want an entertaining and interactive
DJ for any upcoming event that requires music from the 1940’s to the
present, dancing, and lots of fun!
Thanks for stopping by, and before leaving, please feel free to visit
some of the links below to various sponsors of The Rock and Roll Classifieds.
As you know, their support, and your support of them, is an important
component of my show. I hope you can tune in to KOWZ FM 100.9 this coming
Friday evening, and as always please remember, that peace, love and
rock and roll are all here to stay!
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