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1962 Tacoma radio listings
2011/05/12 – 9:45 am
[click to enlarge] [Tacoma News Tribune]
*** Note that many stations, such as KIRO and KOMO, signed off at midnight, as did most TV stations. These days, we have hundreds of 24 hour cable TV channels and thousands of radio stations [on-air and Internet] to choose from — and many of us still turn to other forms of music or video entertainment.
Live! From our Bon Marche studio…
2011/05/11 – 7:03 pm
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Before there was a radio studio in the Space Needle (used at various times by KING, KIRO and KAYO), KVI had a broadcast facility in the early 1960s on the 8th floor of the Bon Marché.
If you could read it, the sign in the window says that on Friday, July 1, Dick Keplinger would do a noon newscast from the booth — located near the Skybridge — and that Buddy Webber’s show would air from the studio from 2-5:45 p.m.
[photo and story courtesy of Bill Taylor]
Bill Taylor – One of Seattle Radio’s Greats
2011/05/10 – 11:42 am
I can hear his voice in my head as I read these words. Bill Taylor relates stories of his early years in radio. If you lived in the Puget Sound region during this time, you probably remember Bill Taylor…
“Lee Askervold was my mentor at KING, when I worked there as a switchboard operator and tour guide in 1965. Lee had the overnight show, and after my shift on the switchboard, I’d hole up in a production room with a reel-to-reel Ampex, records, news and commercial copy, and be a DJ. Lee would critique my tapes, and helped me assemble my first audition tape, which got me a gig at KMO (Tacoma).
After stints at KMO and KJNO (Juneau), I was hired by Lee in January 1967, to replace Bruce McMichael who was heading to KIRO Radio.
At the time, KTAC’s business offices and newsroom were in the Winthrop Hotel. Jerry Geehan owned and managed the station, Fred Kaufman (formerly of KOMO) was the sales manager.
The jocks did their shows from a ramshackle studio out at the transmitter site near the Puyallup River.
Dave Allen (Darrel Sauve) was doing mornings, John Welsh afternoons. Lee Knudsen, a former KING FM announcer, did 6 p.m. -12m.
Jack Allen (Thompson) came to KTAC from Idaho just before I left for KOL in June 1967. Dave and Jack and I worked together again in the ‘70s at KVI.”
***Thanks for the info, Bill! We welcome more stories from those who slaved over hot turntables, sold air-time, managed or programmed stations — pictures, newspaper clippings and audio is always welcome also!
More from Seattle Radio Greats: http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1262849372/
Award winning radio in Seattle-Tacoma
2011/04/24 – 12:00 pm
And the envelope please…THE RADIO TELEVISION DIGITAL NEWS ASSOCIATION has announced the winners of the 2011 Regional EDWARD R. MURROW Awards for outstanding achievements in electronic journalism.
This year’s winners include:
Radio, Large Market – Region 1
Overall Excellence: KIRO-FM
Audio Breaking News Coverage: KIRO-FM
Audio Continuing Coverage: KIRO-FM
Audio Feature Reporting: KPLU
Audio Reporting: Hard News: KPLU
Audio Investigative Reporting: KIRO-FM
Audio News Documentary: KPLU
Audio News Series: KIRO-FM
Audio Newscast: KIRO-FM
Audio Sports Reporting: KIRO-FM
Use of Sound: KPLU
Web site: KIRO-FM, mynorthwest.com
Writing: KIRO-FM
[allaccess.com]
Tony Miner, KIRO Radio news, leaves Seattle radio after 30 years, to become Program/News Director at KGMI Bellingham in May.
Don Chapman [Woodland], DJ at Country KAYO Seattle, passed away March 2, 2011 at age 75.