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'''Thomas David "T.D." Mischke''' (born September 19, 1962) is a Minnesota writer, musician, and former[[talk show]] host, currently employed at ''[[City Pages]]'', a Twin Cities alternative news, arts and entertainment publication. For 17 years he hosted ''The Mischke Broadcast'' on [[KSTP (AM)|am1500 KSTP]], until it was cancelled in December 2008. His show featured quirky regular callers, [[stream of consciousness]] [[humor]], and experts on any topic he found interesting. Since 1998, Mischke has been the winner of the "Best AM Radio Personality" award given by the local weekly alternative newspaper ''City Pages'' eight times. Mischke now hosts a daily webcast entitled ''In the Stream'' for ''City Pages''. |
'''Thomas David "T.D." Mischke''' (born September 19, 1962) is a Minnesota writer, musician, and former [[talk show]] host, currently employed at ''[[City Pages]]'', a Twin Cities alternative news, arts and entertainment publication. For 17 years he hosted ''The Mischke Broadcast'' on [[KSTP (AM)|am1500 KSTP]], until it was cancelled in December 2008. His show featured quirky regular callers, [[stream of consciousness]] [[humor]], and experts on any topic he found interesting. Since 1998, Mischke has been the winner of the "Best AM Radio Personality" award given by the local weekly alternative newspaper ''City Pages'' eight times. Mischke now hosts a daily webcast entitled ''In the Stream'' for ''City Pages''. |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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T. D. Mischke | |
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| Career | |
| Show | In the Stream |
| Station(s) | Streaming online at citypages.com |
| Time slot | Monday to Friday, 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
| Style | Talk, comedy, stream of consciousness |
| Country | United States |
| Previous show | The Mischke Broadcast |
| Website | www.citypages.com/mischke |
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Thomas David "T.D." Mischke (born September 19, 1962) is a Minnesota writer, musician, and former talk show host, currently employed at City Pages, a Twin Cities alternative news, arts and entertainment publication. For 17 years he hosted The Mischke Broadcast on am1500 KSTP, until it was cancelled in December 2008. His show featured quirky regular callers, stream of consciousness humor, and experts on any topic he found interesting. Since 1998, Mischke has been the winner of the "Best AM Radio Personality" award given by the local weekly alternative newspaper City Pages eight times. Mischke now hosts a daily webcast entitled In the Stream for City Pages.
Early life
Mischke was born into a large Catholic family of six boys and two girls. After a stint at Cretin High School, he graduated from Highland Park Senior High.[1] He attended Saint John’s University, the alma mater of his father and grandfather, planning to follow in his father's footsteps with a degree in journalism. Finding no journalism program at St. John's, he transferred to the University of St. Thomas where he graduated in 1987 and became a freelance writer.[citation needed]
Broadcasting career
In 1986-1987, Mischke was known as "The Phantom Caller" on Don Vogel's show, where he would randomly call in (without identifying himself) with tightly-written, sixty-second comedic bits. He so amused the radio personality that he was invited to become Don's sidekick on his show, Afternoon Saloon, on KSTP in 1992, during Vogel's second stint in the Twin Cities. After the stint as a sidekick, Mischke was given his own program on am1500 in January 1994.
On December 15, 2004, Mischke released Whistle Stop, a collection of his music. He performed on fellow Twin Cities broadcaster Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion on the September 2, 2006 show.
On January 3, 2006, the Mischke Broadcast returned from the Christmas hiatus to a new timeslot and an altered format. The new hours, a late drive-time shift of 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, prompted the new format, the station banning many of the trademark Mischke bits including his prank 411 calls and the pockets of dead air that would occasionally fill large portions of his show. Mischke, in announcing the change, said, "the Mischke Broadcast, as you know it, is finished," though he assured listeners the move was a positive one for both him and KSTP.
Mischke released his second CD, "That Kind of Day on December 4 2008.
Mischke was abruptly fired by KSTP on December 5, 2008 for making a phone call on the air without first getting the recipient's permission,[2] a FCC violation[3] Mischke said he'd made before.[4]
Mischke hosted a daily webcast for the weekly Twin Cities alternative newspaper City Pages.[5] The show, entitled In the Stream, premiered on March 4, 2009. Mischke ended the webcast [1] on February 4, 2010, but continues his weekly column for City Pages.
External links
- Mischke's City Pages show website
- T.D. Mischke: Whistle Stop
- In-depth article about Mischke from The Atlantic Monthly
- The Rake Magazine article on Mischke
- City Pages article on Mischke
- The Madness of Mischke, an online collection of audio clips
- Mischke Podcast Archive
References
- ^ http://www.citypages.com/2008-11-05/news/tom-mischke-still-pioneering-format-free-radio/3
- ^ Tim Harlow (2008). "Mischke let go at KSTP-AM". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2008/12/details_emerge.php
- ^ http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/12/18/5380/mischke_speaks_why_i_was_fired
- ^ David Brauer (2009). "T.D. Mischke to City Pages". MinnPost.com. Retrieved 2009-02-15.