Steve Bernard Cannon (1927–2009) was an American
radio personality
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who spent 1964-1971 broadcasting from
KSTP-AM, then a longer stretch hosting a
drive time
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talk show
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in
Minneapolis-St. Paul,
Minnesota
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, the ''Cannon Mess'', on
WCCO Radio - 830 AM from 3pm-6pm and 3pm-7pm. from "the basement studio."
Both on KSTP and WCCO Cannon had a regular cast of self-voiced characters known as his "Lil Cannons" that included Ma Linger, Backlash Larue and Morgan Mundane (not to mention Contemporary Collins) through which he provided
comedic relief as well as commentary on the topics of the day. He often made jokes about what he called "the crack management staff at 'CCO".
Cannon spent 26 years at WCCO, before he retired in 1997. He was inducted into the
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
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Hall of Fame in 2002. Early in his broadcast career Cannon was a TV host as children's show character "Wrangler Steve" on
WMIN-TV 11 and later during newscasts on
KSTP 5. Previous to WCCO, he had been heard in Minneapolis-St. Paul on
KSTP-AM and
WLOL, and in San Francisco on
KGO.
Death
Steve Cannon died, aged 81, on April 6, 2009, from cancer.
Obituary
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References
External links
* ttp://minnesota.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2010/11/03/wcco-radio-the-cannon-mess/ Photo Gallery of Steve Cannon from CBS Minnesota "The Cannon Mess"br>Cannon as "Wrangler Steve" on WMIN-TV 11, 1954 at mnkidvid.comCannon profile at mnkidvid.comCannon as "Wrangler Steve" on WMIN-TV 11 at mnkidvid.comCannon in KSTP-TV promo material at Old Minneapolis
American talk radio hosts
Deaths from cancer in Minnesota
Radio personalities from Minneapolis
1927 births
2009 deaths
Place of birth missing
Minnesota North Stars announcers
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