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Call Letter Change To KOOD
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Mar_16__1969 Vic Cozzetti Sports Reports on KOOD
KOOD went dark in the late Summer of 1969.
KOOD Ad
T.K. • August 1, 2026
From June 19, 1968…
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T.K. • August 1, 2026
Leading up to the same event…
I’m pretty sure this is the same Gene Nelson that was in sales at KBRO and was mayor of Bremerton in the early ’80s.
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T.K. • August 1, 2026
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Awesome KFHA Finds
Jason Remington • July 26, 2026
Very cool picks! Proof that KFHA was very active in the community!
I think that bank building still stands in Tacoma.
** Checking Google maps, the building is still there, now serving the Seafarers Union.
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T.K. • August 1, 2026
The Lakewood Log and the Suburban Times is now on Newspapers.com, so there is more to dig up on 1480. Here’s a clipping from one of its many changes of ownership. This is from 1961 when the studios were moved to the transmitter site off Steilacoom Boulevard at Rigney Road. Note J.J. Valley on the airstaff.
KFHA Remotes Late 1962
T.K. • July 26, 2026
Since there’s so little evidence of KFHA’s existence…
If you look at the far right of this photo from a November 1962 bank robbery, you’ll see the tail of the KFHA mobile unit: https://tpl.accesstomemory.org/bank-national-bank-national-bank-of-washington-branches-became-pacific-national-bank-in-1970-became-first-interstate-bank-in-1981-7
And less than two weeks later, 1480 was broadcasting from a perch next to “Mount Villa Plaza” at an event staged by Lou Whittaker: https://tpl.accesstomemory.org/shopping-center-villa-plaza-lakewood-1