[Interesting trivia from the web and music from YouTube] Steve Alaimo is the one artist with the most chart entries that never cracked the Top 40. You may remember this one, but you might not have heard it since it was released in 1972. “Amerikan Musik” It didn’t make the Top 40. It was “bubbling under”, as Casey Kasem would have said, somewhere around number 90 more than likely. This did get a lot of air-play at the time…
Bob Rivers produced a great series of videos a few years ago, about the history of Seattle radio stations. Check it out at: http://vimeo.com/15965471
Bob Rivers, KIRO, radio, history
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
Belo’s KING Seattle and the Seattle Times newspaper are working side by side on a local online advertising network.
The beLOCAL Ad Network aggregates local media and pairs the content with advertisers. The venture “provides an opportunity for local web publishers to leverage the media sales teams of these two organizations,” said Belo in a statement.
“We have such a rich diversity of communities in Western Washington and each community blog has their own news stories, events, reviews and forums and that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” said KING Seattle President/General Manager Ray Heacox. “We believe this partnership we have with The Seattle Times will help these online community news sites to grow and increase their viability.”
Belo is pushing the beLOCAL network at its stations.
“This new partnership combines the power of The Seattle Times and KING 5 sales forces to help contribute to the viability of the great variety of local community blogs,” said Alan Fisco, Seattle Times Company VP of sales and marketing. “The Seattle Times already has strong content-sharing partnerships with many of these independent sites. Our new sales network will only make those partnerships stronger.”
[Michael Malone - Broadcasting & Cable]
Luke Burbank now becomes a permanent co-host with Dave Ross, 9 to Noon on KIRO FM. The synergy between these two broadcasters has brought positive listener reaction and this is yet another phase in the metamorphisis of the “News Authority”. Burbank, of TBTL [once a KIRO evening show], brings a huge following, in the younger/hipper demographics, with him.
KIRO shares Tony Minor now with KTTH 770. Minor takes the reigns as Assistant PD at the Rush Limbaugh affiliate. Tony will continue to fill-in as anchor at KIRO FM.
We have two very different news/talk FM stations in Seattle. KOMO, which is shedding talent, cutting costs and declining in ratings — appearing to slim down in preparation for a sell-off, and KIRO FM — innovative, progressive [not in the political sense], and entertaining.
It is hard to believe, but TVs Batman, Adam West, celebrated 80 years this week. Happy Birthday, Caped Crusader!
University Place residents lined up along Bridgeport Way, Saturday morning, to view the 2010 Duck Daze parade. The crowd, people of all ages, waved, shouted and clapped for the various organizations passing by the route. The parade ended in the vicinity of City Hall and further events took place in the courtyard there and at nearby Homestead Park.
Here are highlights from the parade. These scenes were shot across from the new Town Center development project.
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Another great Seattle radio talent has died. Robert O. Smith, zany man of a thousand voices, died of pancreatic and liver cancer. Smith worked at KSND, KJR, KOL, KTAC, KVI, KIXI FM and CFMI. He recorded several novelty tunes, including “Walter Wart, the Freaky Frog” and “DJ At The End of The World.” You might also remember him as Dr. Zingrrr, host of late night fright films on Channel 13 in Tacoma, sometime in the early 70s.
His hobbies included 3-D art and animation. He gave voice to hundreds of TV cartoon characters. He was a world class Powerlifter [he was a big guy, 5' 9" about 275 pounds]. He was 67 years young.
Art Linkletter, the host of “People Are Funny” and “House Party” of the 1950s and ’60s died Wednesday, May 26, at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles.
Caught on the web: this from Q13/Seattle: Mark, Lily, MJ, Kaci & Adam keep it light during breaks, as you see in the video. Follow Lily Jang on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LilyJang and Q13 on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Q13FOX
Sunday, February 5, 6:03 am
 Click the individual station links to find historical data regarding stations, personalities and formats at SeaTacRadio.com
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