In 1966, the Seattle P-I revealed to Puget Sound area children, the identity of the beloved TV clown, JP Patches. When the actor was injured in a car crash, the paper ran an article, as did the Tacoma News Tribune, and his real name became public.
story at SEATTLE P-I
Seattle’s first news anchor [September 1951] – Charles Herring, interviewed on NWCN Cable News, September 2001, by Cam Johnson. Charles Herring left KING 5 in 1967, he and his wife purchased radio station KAPY/Port Angeles, which they operated until 1978. Herring died in January 2006 after a long battle with cancer.
*** In 1973, I drove up to Port Angeles to apply for a position at KAPY. I was a day late, the job had been snatched by someone else. Mr. Herring listened to my aircheck, asked me to put together a three-minute newscast and audition anyway. He then called the owner of KONP/Port Angeles and recommended me for any position that station might have available. I was hired that day by KONP, staying there a year before moving on.
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I had lunch last summer with Al, Frosty Fowler and longtime KIXI newsman Bill Wippel. After our gathering, Al was heading off to Mexico, and promised to get in touch once he got settled. To date, none of us has heard from Al, who refers to himself as El Chingón de San Miguel.
So, here ya go – some memorabilia:
· A Seattle Magazine ad from 1965 with the lineup at Contemporary KING
· The photo of Al, Frosty and Bill Wippel
[Story and photos courtesy of Bill Taylor]
Hey Jason…
I want to thank you for the Bruce Cannon tribute….I worked with Bruce in Bend, Oregon for about 4 years…thank you for keeping his memory alive online.
It means a lot to all of us who worked with him in Bend. He was a teacher, and prided himself on that, and I certainly was a student. He had a huge heart. Which may have been his downfall, but it was a benefit to all of us. I hope he knows that.
Sincerely,
Scott Schuster
*****Editor’s note: Bruce was one of the good guys. I grew up listening to him and later had the opportunity to work with him at KTAC. KTAC was Bruce Cannon. He loved radio and was a “lifer”. Hear the audio salute here.
[1940]
Dick Ross, Green Hornet, KMO, Lee Hodget, Max Bice, Model Bakery, Mueller-Harkins Co., Music Box Theater
In 1978, Larry King, took his place behind the microphone at the nightly talk show on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Previous host, “Long John” Nebel had recently passed away. This Mutual network coast to coast program had been pioneered by Herb Jepko.
The program aired live Monday through Friday from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Larry interviewed celebrities and news makers for the first three hours. This was followed by a segment called “Open Phone America”. Larry King went on to CNN Cable News television, where his popular interview program and 56 year career wraps up this week.
Replacing Larry King on CNN, Piers Morgan. Morgan is a British former editor of the tabloid newspapers the News of the World and the Daily Mirror. His television career includes judging performers on America’s Got Talent.
Video clip from a documentary called “Off The Air, But Still In Our Heart”.
Brakeman Bill, Bill McLain, KTNT TV, Crazy Donkry, Warren Reed, Dave Richardson
Gratuitous sexual content.
Megyn Kelly, in a spread for GQ Magazine. She reports [& I have decided she is HOT!]
Network affiliation of Seattle radio stations has changed over the years, and is much less important to the listener these days. No longer do networks carry daily entertainment programs on radio, as they do on television. Gone are the dramas, westerns, variety shows, Arthur Godfrey, Art Linkletter and Don McNeil’s Breakfast Club.
Remember when we used to count on CBS for House Party each afternoon? This Art Linkletter program made us laugh when he would interview the children during his time on the air. KIRO 710 carried this and Arthur Godfrey on a daily basis, as well as other CBS entertainment and network news programming.
Network affiliation in 1960s Seattle radio was typically:
570 KVI – Mutual
710 KIRO – CBS
850 KTAC – ABC
950 KJR – ABC
1000 KOMO – ABC
1090 KING – NBC
1150 KAYO – Mutual
1400 KTNT – Mutual
1300 KOL was a CBS affiliate prior to KIRO getting the network in 1937. KOL later hooked up with Mutual. All this, long before KOL started rocking Seattle.
ABC was a spin-off of the NBC Network, called the Blue Network, incorporating as the American Broadcasting Company in 1945. In the 60s, ABC split into four distinct networks for various audience demographics. There was ABC Entertainment, ABC Information, ABC Contemporary and ABC FM Network.
These days, NBC Radio has all but disappeared, sold off to Westwood One years ago. The NBC Radio News name is simply branding that Westwood One uses during certain newscasts, there is no real connection to the NBC Network. The Mutual brand was purchased by Westwood one in 1985 and signed off for the last time in 1999.
“Theater of The Mind”, or radio programming, as we knew it, has been revived in programs like the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, still in reruns on stations throughout the country, and available online. KIXI Seattle carries old-time radio programming during the feature When Radio Was, and the Adventures of Harry Nile. The few specialty programs featuring old-time radio, are all that is left of radio’s golden age of entertainment, on terrestrial radio. Still fun to listen to, after all these years.
Saturday, May 19, 9:11 am
 Click the individual station links to find historical data regarding stations, personalities and formats at SeaTacRadio.com
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