national stable of conservative hosts, including Dennis Prager, Hugh Hewitt, Larry Elder, Sebastian Gorka, Mark Levin, and Eric Metaxas. The Patriot's locally-focused programs include the long-running Northern Alliance Radio Network, which airs on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and focuses on Minnesota news and related politics. Salem also ran "The Patriot II" on sister station KYCR in Golden Valley. KYCR's program schedule was initially almost the same as WWTC, with the addition of Bill O'Reilly's midday show, and mostly aired repeats of shows already on WWTC. In 2007, KYCR changed to a separate talk format as "AM 1570: The New Talk of the Twin Cities", and would later shift to a business news format as "Business 1570, Twin Cities Business Radio." In December 2015, KYCR flipped to a health-oriented talk format known as "Wellness Radio 1570". KYCR swapped call letters with KDIZ the same year, with KYCR taking on the business news and talk format. Books Area author Jeff Lonto wrote a book about the station in 1998, "Fiasco At 1280" (), which covered many of the station's missteps during the 1980s. The book was published just before the demise of "Radio Aahs," so it doesn't include that part of the station's story. References St. Louis Park Historical Society Twin Cities radio history External links FCC History Cards for WWTC AM 1280: The Patriot Radiotapes.com Airchecks of WWTC radio formats dating back to 1972 including All News Radio, The Golden Rock, Metro Radio, Weather Radio, Radio Aahs and more. In addition, the site has photos of the Wesley Temple Building and studio, an article about the mid-1970s news format, and other documents and history TwinCitiesRadioAirchecks.com includes some 1970s airchecks of WWTC Minnesota Historical Society photos of WTCN 1938 QSL card from Radiotapes.com 1946 newspaper ad from Radiotapes.com King Koil Mattress billboard with WTCN Radio plug, 1946-49 from the Hennepin County Library WTCN Radio transmitter site & tower, 1947 from the Minnesota Historical Society WTCN billboard, 1948 from the Minnesota Digital Library WTCN TV & Radio billboard, 1949 from the Minnesota Historical Society WTCN TV & Radio billboard, 1950 from the Minnesota Historical Society Beat Radio Studio Z-7 Publishing: Fiasco At 1280 Direct streaming link Sources Radio stations established in 1925 Talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Conservative talk radio 1925 establishments in Minnesota Salem Media Group properties