OFF-TOPIC ARCHIVE

   August 11, 2019

Jason Remington

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    • February 8, 2023 at QZVX

      T.K. says:

      I guess Longview the Clown wasn’t available.

      • August 10, 2024 at QZVX

        Jason Remington says:

        I think clowns have fallen out of favor after all those horror flicks with killer clowns.

  3. January 29, 2023 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    If you mark your birthday by saying you are thankful for “another trip around the sun” I will not acknowledge your birthday and might never speak to you.

    • February 9, 2023 at QZVX

      Dick Ellingson says:

      I’m just glad I made another year without being caught.

  4. January 16, 2023 at QZVX

    Dick Ellingson says:

    Seattle School District sues Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok over harm to kids; proceeds will finance flak jackets, G. I. Joe helmets in a rainbow of colors, and lethal, yet age-appropriate, weapons for all students, pre-k and up. Interschool rivalries will be “a heck of a lot more excitin’ than paint ball ever was”, promises spokesperson.

    • January 16, 2023 at QZVX

      Jason Remington says:

      The ar-15 rifles will help liven up those student-teacher battles in the classroom. Fights in the average Tacoma area high school about every two weeks, police are often called in, from what parents and students tell me. Big brawls. Trans, queer, cross-dressing teachers and students. Students don’t respect teachers, bathrooms are the place for sex between students, some bathrooms are locked part of the day because of these activities. Trans indoctrination or grooming by teachers, critical race theory and pronoun emphasis are a few of the problems. Home schooling might be a better alternative since so many parents are unemployed or refuse to work, or work from home.
      Remember the days when guys like Eddie Haskell were the biggest pain in the ass at school?

  5. January 15, 2023 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    NEW FEATURE: Time Tunnel page at QZVX will highlight various radio-tv industry news items from the way-way back days of old. https://qzvx.com/time-tunnel/

  6. January 13, 2023 at QZVX

    john fortmeyer says:

    Hello… I have a question related to the early days of KVOS-TV 12 in Bellingham.
    I was just reading online David Richardson’s excellent 1981 book on the radio-TV history of Western Washington, “Puget Sounds” It can be found at:
    https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/STATION%20BOOKS/Puget-Sounds-Richardson-1984-.pdf

    In it, he goes into detail regarding the struggle Rogan Jones had getting Channel 12 on a firm footing financially. One step that was eventually deemed necessary was moving the station’s transmitter to Mount Constitution on Orcas Island, so as to reach the Greater Vancouver and Victoria markets rather than just Bellingham.

    I had always thought that the station’s signal was based at Mount Constitution from the start in 1953. Apparently I was mistaken. But that then makes me wonder, where was the Channel 12 transmitter located originally? Anyone know?

    I also found it fascinating to read that Jones didn’t have the $$$ needed to buy that initial transmitter, so he had his engineers put their own together — the visual portion manufactured in one location and the audio portion in another. Pretty creative! I admire Jones for what he was able to accomplish on a shoestring budget.

    I also have one more question relating to the Channel 12 signal. In 2008, then-owner Newport Television filed an application to the FCC to build a digital transmission facility for KVOS in Granite Falls in Snohomish County. The proposed location would have provided city-grade coverage of most of the Seattle area while remaining within 15 miles (24 km) of Bellingham, as required by FCC rules. It would effectively have made KVOS a Seattle station. However, it would have significantly diminished its reach into Canada. But this application was dismissed by the FCC on July 16, 2009.

    I know virtually nothing about the technical aspects of television, but I am pretty sure that in the old analog days, a strong Seattle-area signal for Channel 12 would have caused some problems for the signals of both Channels 11 and 13, correct? But in the digital era, would that no longer have been a concern?

      • January 13, 2023 at QZVX

        Jason Remington says:

        Thanks, John, for the link to the book. I will add that to our links page.

        • Untitled Comment by John Fortmeyer

          Thanks, Jason. The history cards you show here are for KPUG, though, and not KVOS/KGMI. I also didn’t know whether AM radio and TV are technically compatible off the same transmission site.

          • Untitled Comment by Jason Remington

            That’s what happens when I try to multitask. I don’t think the answer to your question would come up in the old Broadcasting Yearbooks either. Perhaps someone reading these pages will be able to answer the question.

          • Untitled Comment by T.K.

            I found an article in the Herald from shortly before the move to Orcas that mentions the existing transmitter on Yew Street. So yes, it broadcast off the same tower as KVOS radio.

            Most AM sites aren’t at a high enough elevation to be ideal for TV, but as a technical matter a TV transmitting antenna can be mounted on an AM tower. In Cleveland, Channel 3 and 1100 AM shared a tower during the period they were co-owned by NBC.

  7. January 5, 2023 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    A snippet from Ron Upshaw’s remembrance of Dori Monson…
    We were each well informed, and tried our best to communicate what we genuinely believed. We just happen to see things differently most of the time. I never took it personally when he enthusiastically disagreed with me, and I think he never took it personal when I thought he was out of his mind. Both of us respected the fact that at least we were willing to get in the arena and mix it up. Let the chips fall where they may, and be willing to change our minds when presented with compelling arguments that shed new light on our thinking. That is a rare thing indeed, and it made me respect Dori deeply.

    ** So true. People these days cannot have an honest difference of opinion without canceling/unfriending the other person. Friendship is fleeting, as is life. So few recognize this. Too bad, so sad. No big deal. You can probably count your TRUE friends on one hand. The ones you lunch with, visit when they are hospitalized, celebrate the birth of their grandchild, attend their spouse’s funeral.
    It’s nice when you have a Dori in your life.

    • January 5, 2023 at QZVX

      Louis says:

      I respect and admire Ron and Dori’s perspective on their differences.

      Sadly the best man at my wedding who was one of my longest friends dating back to the 60’s has in effect cancelled that friendship because of different belief systems. I have no issues that we have different perspectives and have tried to reach out but to no avail. Truly sad.

      BTW I believe social media plays a large part (if not the dominating part) in the conflicts that divide us today.

      • January 5, 2023 at QZVX

        Jason Remington says:

        No doubt. Social media is a dumping ground for the anger and conspiracies brewing in some very sick minds.

  8. January 2, 2023 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    To: mailbox@qzvx.com
    Subject: ABC Superadio 1982

    Dear Jason,

    Happy 2023 to you!!.

    I write you because I be looking for the Demo that ABC DJ Rick Sklar have made fo the project that never is aired in 1982 and I hope that you can help me on this demo an maybe you have the jingle form that time that JAM Creative have made.
    https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/Networks/ABC-Superradio.pdf

    I been an Fam fam for more that 30 years ask if you self looking for something please feel free to ask ,

    Albert From Holland

  9. December 29, 2022 at QZVX

    Dick Ellingson says:

    I just tuned in to KLYC.
    song
    2-4 seconds of dead air
    song
    2-4 seconds of dead air
    SRN news
    1 commercial for a local client
    3 recorded PSAs
    2-4 seconds of dead air
    recorded voice “It’s 20 after 8”
    song
    song
    SRN sports

    No announcers, just dead air and segues
    Credit for interesting eclectic variety of oldies, mor, country, easy listening 60s and 70s.
    recorded weather and time “It’s 28 to 9”
    Call letters mentioned twice in 45 minutes

    Didn’t we all start out in small town live radio? Too bad it’s all gone. I remember picking up KMCM from north Seattle in the 50s and 60s.

    • December 29, 2022 at QZVX

      Jason Remington says:

      I listened recently and heard much the same other than the dead air.

    • August 10, 2024 at QZVX

      Jason Remington says:

      The LISTEN link at the KLYC website is not working 8/10/2024.

  10. December 21, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    FOX 13 KCPQ’s meteorologist (ain’t ya glad I didn’t say “weather girl”?) Abby Acone, says “our high temp today will only reach 30 degrees. LET THAT SINK IN.”
    Ugh. I thought about it in the split second it took you to say it. It took so little time to process. I don’t need time to let it filter through the maze of my brain in order to understand that it is going to be very cold today.
    LET IT SINK IN is the new, hot catch phrase. It is over-used and abused on the tv news.

  11. December 6, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    I’m hearing this too often. People are finding an excuse to use it in conversation. Please, make it stop!!! Now, to describe something that a person really likes, they refer to it as, the chef’s kiss.
    Let me tell you what you can kiss…

  12. November 29, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    In the UK, curse words much worse are allowed on broadcast tv. Words that would shock and repulse many.

  13. November 29, 2022 at QZVX

    Dick Ellingson says:

    Opening sentence of an actual cable tv spot tonight: “Nicorette knows that quitting smoking is friggin’ hard.”

  14. November 29, 2022 at QZVX

    Dick Ellingson says:

    “It’s every parent’s/mother’s/job applicant’s/bungee jumper’s/_________’s worst nightmare . . .”

  15. November 27, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    NEWS phrases we despise:
    “all eyes are on”
    “we are proud to tell your story”
    “this is what you need to know” Can you tell us the whole story and let us take what we want from the story?

    • January 7, 2023 at QZVX

      Jason Remington says:

      C-Suite

  16. November 22, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    Tough times in the streaming video world – Hulu gives a Black Friday deal to new subscribers, dropping the monthly price of the basic, ad-supported service to $2 per month. What is it really worth? Are subscribers still being over-charged?

  17. November 22, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    I see this from news anchors and reporters posting on social media. To me, these are glaring errors. It would be nice if they would build in a grammar checker in social media apps. That would slow down quite a few posters.
    Thanks, Dick!

  18. November 22, 2022 at QZVX

    Dick Ellingson says:

    From apnews.com/:
    “An Argentina soccer fan watches the team loose to Saudi Arabia at a World Cup Group C soccer match, played on a large screen in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos, Aires, Argentina, early Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.”

    Loose or lose? Even the once venerable Associated Press has given up the struggle.

  19. November 16, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    What’s with the incomplete sentences? Lens Crafters. Because SIGHT. Let’s just have a rapper do their commercials from now on. Stay classy, Lens Crafters.

  20. November 16, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    WARM 106.9 switched to Christmas music yesterday – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree/Brenda Lee just played. Previous to that, I don’t recall because there was about 10 minutes of commercials. At least, it seemed like 10 minutes.

  21. November 16, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    Staples commercial on the radio today…”Staples, for all your printing needs.” SOLID!

  22. November 7, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    Phone view looks fine. Click BLOG to view Recent Posts. Click Load More to see more Posts.

  23. October 28, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    Jerry Lee Lewis, one of the first rock ‘n’ roll stars, died on Friday at 87, according to his publicist.

  24. October 16, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    Nobody asked me, but— I think FOX 13 does a much better job of Seahawks coverage, pre-game/post-game and interviews than the “official” Seahawks station. KING 5.

  25. October 9, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    People need to stop doing business with tech companies that want to dictate, police and prosecute speech.

    Sat, October 8, 2022 at 3:00 PM

    PayPal has backtracked on a published policy that would have fined users $2,500 for spreading “misinformation,” claiming the update had gone out “in error.”

    “An AUP notice recently went out in error that included incorrect information. PayPal is not fining people for misinformation and this language was never intended to be inserted in our policy. Our teams are working to correct our policy pages. We’re sorry for the confusion this has caused,” a spokesperson told National Review in a written statement.

    The course reversal comes after the policy changes had started to attract media scrutiny as well as criticism on Twitter. Former PayPal president David Marcus even blasted the company over the implication that it could seize customers’ money for finding their views objectionable.

    “It’s hard for me to openly criticize a company I used to love and gave so much to. But @PayPal’s new AUP goes against everything I believe in,” the cryptocurrency entrepreneur said Saturday. “A private company now gets to decide to take your money if you say something they disagree with. Insanity.”

    Tech titan Elon Musk replied, “Agreed,” in a comment that got thousands of likes.

    The policy update had appeared to authorize the company to pull a significant sum of money from the accounts of users who spread “misinformation,” among other newly listed offenses.

    The new conditions were scheduled to be added to the restricted activity section of the PayPal User agreement effective November 3, the Daily Wire first reported. Changes included prohibitions on “the sending, posting, or publication of any messages, content, or materials” that “promote misinformation.” While the prior policy already forbade “hate,” “intolerance,” and discrimination, the new one would have explicitly applied to specific “protected groups” and “individuals or groups based on protected characteristics.” Identities under this umbrella included race, religion, gender or gender identity, and sexual orientation.

    The firm’s current rulebook doesn’t list these terms. It’s unclear whether PayPal will also pull back these specific prohibitions on “discriminatory” language, or if it is only scrubbing the “misinformation” clause.

    Breaking the rule against misinformation and hate speech “may subject you to damages, including liquidated damages of $2,500.00 U.S. dollars per violation, which may be debited directly from your PayPal account,” the company had originally warned. In a user agreement, account holders accept and attest that the penalty is “presently a reasonable minimum estimate of PayPal’s actual damages” due to the expense the firm incurs by accounting for the violations as well as damage to its reputation.

    PayPal was founded by Peter Thiel, who has invested in a number of GOP rising stars and “conservative” business ventures. Ebay acquired the company in 2002 and has managed it since. In recent years, PayPal has been known to censor or deplatform organizations or individuals for certain political commentary, particularly that which is considered right-wing.

    It recently banned Gays Against Groomers, a group composed of LGBT-identifying people that claims to call attention to the sexualization and medicalization of children via gender ideology and the transgender movement. Minutes later, PayPal’s subsidiary Venmo reportedly barred the organization from access. Evolutionary biologist Colin Wright and journalist Ian Miles Cheong, who regularly expose the dangers of transgenderism for minors, have also been removed.

  27. October 6, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    KTLA/Los Angeles and others, same. Sad.

  28. October 6, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    WGN Tv News- ((((Breaking)))) McDonald’s Brings Back Halloween Happy Meals Pails — WGN CALL TO ACTION: “Here’s how you get one.”
    To me, this is an advertisement, fluff, filler.

  29. October 1, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    Tv/radio people need to come up with something better than, “It’s been a wild ride.” to describe their time at a station or their career. That phrase is as worn out as “I want to spend more time with family” and other famous last words.

  31. September 28, 2022 at QZVX

    Glen Harris says:

    A primer for winter in the PNW: TV broadcasts – either network or local – tend to exaggerate their storm reports. It’s a formula: send a reporter “on location”; do a location shot, emphasizing how bad conditions are (although conditions reported are far less severe than is reported), then; cut back to the studio for a weather report.

    In Seattle TV, this usually applies to snow in the forecast. Every station with a newscast will do the same thing. Junior-most reporter (usually, a new hire) gets sent up to the top of Snoqualmie Pass (or an unusually icy street in a King County suburb), and does the “poke and scoop” – a “poke” at the snow on the ground, followed by a “scoop” to show a palm-full of snow. All while there is little to no snow on the ground, or – actually – coming down. Then, a cut back to the studio, where the anchors tell you to stay tuned to their station for “continuing coverage” of the storm.

    If you want to know how bad a winter storm will hit your community, stick to weather updates from your local radio station, NOT Seattle-area TV. They paint with broad brushes, lead with the worst-case scenario, and do not – repeat, do not – give weather forecasts that are applicable to you.

    • September 28, 2022 at QZVX

      Jason Remington says:

      A weather report to remember on a Phoenix tv station: a young female reporter was sent out to the sidewalk without an umbrella to report that the rain had started. Camera shot of her feet. “As you can see, the tops of my shoes are getting wet.” Seriously. Water droplets. No visible storm of any kind. A big deal was made of it.

      • September 28, 2022 at QZVX

        Glen Harris says:

        I wish everyone affected by Hurricane Ian a safe time. But, to stay on-point, the MSM has done the same thing with the Hurricane that local TV does whenever Winter comes around. Right now, it’s Hurricane Season. Wind and rain. How many times do we see a report on a hurricane, where the reporter is by a sea-wall, swathed in rain-gear, clutching their hat like it’s going to fly away, telling us that the world is ending… While someone in an aloha shirt casually walks by in the back of the shot, like they are on their way to a Hurricane Party.

        Yes, severe weather happens. But the MSM tends to promote severe weather events to keep viewers in their seats, as opposed to giving accurate information, with precautions for local communities.

        • Untitled Comment by Jason Remington

          By the looks on the faces of the reporters, the Queen, JFK and Michael Jackson have all died AGAIN and they will do their best to get this emotion across to you, the numb-brained viewer.

  32. September 27, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    Geez! And lots of local advertisers. I guess radio isn’t dead and businesses will advertise, if the price is right.
    Great find, Mr. Ellingson.

  33. September 27, 2022 at QZVX

    Dick Ellingson says:

    So you’d like a little variety in your playlist?

    Try WTZQ FM95.3 & AM1600, Flat Rock/Hendersonville NC. https://www.wtzq.com/

    I listened to a complete high school football game last Friday night called by the school’s former head coach, with color by a team member from ten years ago.

    I punched the Request-A-Song Button on the home page, asked for Changing Partners by Kay Starr, and complimented them on their assortment of tunes. Less than fifteen minutes later, they played my request and sent me a personal email thanking me and saying they were proud of their eclectic playlist.

    Willie and the Hand Jive Johnny Otis
    Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares
    Too Young Nat “King” Cole
    Walk Through This World with Me Nancy Sinatra
    It’s the Talk of the Town Perry Como
    Let’s Live for Today The Grass Roots
    Words of Love Buddy Holly
    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) ABBA
    It Only Hurts for a Little While Ames Brothers
    Dedicated To the One I Love The Mamas & The Papas
    Feelin’ Alright Joe Cocker
    Un-Answered Prayers Garth Brooks
    I Went to Your Wedding Patti Page
    Devil Woman Cliff Richard
    A Headache Tomorrow Mickey Gilley
    Roses Are Red (My Love) Bobby Vinton
    Doncha’ Think It’s Time Elvis Presley
    Tears In the Morning The Beach Boys
    Dim All the Lights Donna Summer
    Swing You Can 1932 Louis Armstrong
    Alley Oop The Hollywood Argyles
    Lady (You Bring Me Up) Commodores
    Steppin’ Out With My Baby Tony Bennett
    Sunny Afternoon The Kinks
    I’ll Be There (feat. Trey Lorenz) Mariah Carey
    Reelin’ In the Years Steely Dan
    Words of Love The Beatles
    If I Could Turn Back Time Cher
    Don’t Mess With Bill The Marvelettes
    Wonderful Time Up There Pat Boone
    Red River Rock Johnny & The Hurricanes
    He’ll Have to Go Jim Reeves
    Mister Sandman The Chordettes
    Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Elton John
    Yesterday The Beatles
    Hard To Get Gisele MacKenzie
    Tumbling Tumbleweeds The Sons of the Pioneers
    Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight James Taylor
    There Goes My Everything
    Mountain of Love Johnny Rivers
    Calendar Girl Neil Sekaka
    She’s Not There The Zombies
    Believe What You Say Ricky Nelson

  34. September 27, 2022 at QZVX

    Dick Ellingson says:

    Quesadillas and tater tots are part of today’s school lunch menu in Malta, Montana. Thanks, KMMR! Birthdays, anniversaries, obituaries, ABC News on the hour, oldies and country.

    https://streamdb8web.securenetsystems.net/v5/KMMR

  35. September 26, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    What’s with calling local tv stations networks? I heard this on an E! TV report about KTLA/Los Angeles firing one of their anchors. “No comment from the network” — It’s ONE tv station. Not a network. I hope this doesn’t become a trend.

    • September 27, 2022 at QZVX

      Dick Ellingson says:

      Old anchors never die, they just get the deep six.

  36. September 16, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    My mother had one of his records, Talk Back Trembling Lips. My parents were country music fans. They loved the country music lineup on Channel 11 on Saturdays, one country music show after another from afternoon to late evening.

  38. August 25, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    August 25th 2022 marks the 100th Anniversary of 1380 KRKO/Everett

      • August 25, 2022 at QZVX

        Jason Remington says:

        I wish them luck at KRKO/KKXA. Hopefully things improve for advertising income. Radio, with great content, can compete on the Internet. Its a level playing field. The station has the ability of maintaining a local presence and can also be heard practically world-wide. Alongside podcasts and Internet radio, it all depends on the content being offered. Nice article. KRKO. like KGY/Olympia, is a great Oldies choice.

        • Untitled Comment by Dick Ellingson

          “it all depends on the content”

          That sure says it all.

  39. August 24, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    In the corporate world, FUN is a race to the finish. Productivity. It’s like playing “The Quiet Game” with children. It’s not fun.
    When I was working at AT&T, we had incentives, like higher wages and bonuses, differential pay for special projects. There was always a free turkey to take home at Thanksgiving, a ham for Christmas. Employees with outstanding achievement were well-paid and would receive a plaque or award. I have one in a box in my garage.
    And then, sometime in the late 1980s, things started getting weird. Incentives became a bag of Skittles candy or a Snickers bar. Games, like children would play, were incorporated into the incentive scheme.
    Being the cynical pain in the ass I was, I refused to play their games. I opted for incentives having to do with money. They refused. I held my ground and did the bare minimum. The union got involved. I won.
    After retiring from AT&T with a nice pension and excellent benefits for life, I found that other corporate jobs were the same. Employees were expected to do more for less.
    I refused to play for Skittles. You can put balloons all over the office, it is still a dismal place to be. The only sales incentive I played for was a new Apple Mac, which I won. The rest of the time, I sat out the games.
    There is NO FUN at a corporate job, and I don’t hear good things about any other employer out there.
    RADIO was fun. And, yes, I also showed up on my day off. And stayed late. That was early in my radio career. As I entered corporate radio, I found that we were micro-managed, as at AT&T. No fun there.
    You can’t fake fun. It’s either a real part of the job or you end up treating the employee like a child.

  40. August 24, 2022 at QZVX

    Dick Ellingson says:

    When I got into radio in 1966, there was only one reason. Fun. Not the big paycheck. I traded a Teamster trucking job paying $156 a week (back then, two bits got you a gallon of gas or a schooner of beer) for $92.31 a week to be on the radio in Kalispell, Montana.

    I couldn’t wait to go to work, it was so much fun. I even hung out at the station on my day off.

    Now, all these years later, Inc. This Morning newsletter reports that “people who have fun on the job are more creative and productive, make better decisions, and get along better with colleagues. They also are much less likely to call in sick or show up late to work than people who aren’t having fun.” No kidding.

    Fun breaks up boredom and fatigue.
    Fun fulfills human social needs.
    Fun increases creativity and willingness to help.
    Fun improves communication.
    Fun breaks up conflict and tension.

    I wonder if today’s corporate radio execs ever think about anything this basic.

    • August 24, 2022 at QZVX

      Bill Wolfenbarger says:

      I think we made slightly more than that at KALE. When our checks didn’t bounce.

      • August 24, 2022 at QZVX

        Jason Remington says:

        Checks that bounced. Happened to us at KDFL Sumner. Quite unsettling. I don’t recall that being an issue at the other stations I worked for.

        • Untitled Comment by Dick Ellingson

          I was doing middays at KLFF and went to cash my check after my shift, only to find the pay account empty. I went back into the station waving my check and loudly proclaiming its rubberness to all as I went to the GM’s office to ask what was up. He promised the check would be good the next morning. I hit the bank on the way to work and got my money. That was the first time our checks bounced. Two weeks later I showed up early to get my check and cash it before my shift. It bounced again, so I pinned it to the wall in the control room and put a sign next to it with big red letters “Another KLFF Rubber Paycheck” and left it hanging there when I went home for the day. Next morning it was in my mailbox. No comment from management. But it was cashable that day.

  41. August 18, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    NFL+ an app or something being touted during the ESPN Seahawks pre-game. NFL+ ‘this is how we football.’ They are screwing with the language again.
    Tell me again how we pizza? Now, again, how do we football?
    It’s nonsense.
    This is how we boycott your product.

  42. August 3, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    After years of consideration, avoidance and procrastination, PSM will be testing advertising on-site for the next few weeks. After some initial bugs were worked out, it seems possible this could be a long-term effort. Of course, all funds go toward the continued maintenance and improvements to PSM, hosting, apps, and subscriptions. Thank you for your support of PSM and your patience while we craft a workable ad solution for the blog.

    • April 11, 2023 at QZVX

      Jason Remington says:

      April 11, 2023 — Google ad campaigns have been dropped by QZVX.COM. Funds earned will cover site costs for a good period of time into the future. No more annoying pop-up ads. Woot Woot!

  43. July 29, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    Jason:

    Just wanted to let you know – announced on air today on the Gee & Ursula show, with Spike O’Neill in for Gee Scott – Seattle radio veteran Spike O’Neill (formerly with the Bob Rivers Show) will be the new, full time host of KIRO Nights from 7 to 10 PM replacing the outgoing Jack Stine (background: Jack chose to leave, he wasn’t cancelled.)

    Spike’s first show is Monday, August 1st.

  44. July 22, 2022 at QZVX

    Jason Remington says:

    This allegedly occurred…

    Reported by the Miami Herald July 22, 2022:
    Two men were sucked into a sinkhole that appeared during a company pool party, Israel authorities said. Rescue crews feared the sinkhole would collapse further as they aided the injured man and searched for the body of the other. The missing man’s body was eventually recovered, authorities said, and his cause of death has not been
    Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article263731153.html#storylink=cpy

    Let’s see, I am no Detective Columbo, but I am guessing the cause of death was related to being drowned when a sink hole opened up under the swimming pool.

  45. July 5, 2022 at QZVX

    Claude Rorabaugh says:

    The reports of my death are greatly over rated!

    There may be some that wish this son of a bitch stays dead, but I did not die. I am not married to a Gracie. I am married to Deborah.
    Gracie was my dog who passed away in November.

    What is true is that I have finally retired and as well from broadcasting. Since the summer of 2011 I have been the voice of Tom Read’s ACN and LBS networks. I informed Tom just before the July 4th weekend that I am hanging up the microphones.

    I am 69 and it is time to grow up and get out of radio. 🙂

    I made a few enemies over the years for being a perfectionsist. There is just too much mediocracy. Just because you are on the air, talking and playing records, does not mean you are talented or a star. You are just a disk jockey. Very few rise to excellence as an entertainer.

    ‘Nuff said.

    • July 6, 2022 at QZVX

      Jason Remington says:

      For being a hater, Gracie had written a very complimentary obituary (removed). If there is any further controversy concerning the existence of Claude Rorabaugh, we will bring in a medium and conduct a seance.

      • July 6, 2022 at QZVX

        lonergan says:

        So actually, Claude should have written an obituary for Gracie, rather than the other way around. I seem to remember Claude being operations manager at KGDN-KBIQ a long time ago, while I was GM of tiny KURB down the road from them. If so, and with Claude being 69 now, he must have started in radio even younger than I did–and he certainly stayed with it longer!

  46. July 1, 2022 at QZVX

    JRemington says:

    I used 2400 baud modem with a Tandy 1000 computer. Purchased in about 1992. With a dot matrix printer the whole thing cost me about $1500 at Radio Shack.

  49. June 11, 2022 at QZVX

    Steven Smith says:

    I am not familiar with either of those names. I was fairly familiar with KPUG jocks till about 1975. If he was there, probably a short term employee.

    • June 11, 2022 at QZVX

      Jason Remington says:

      The only Haugen I am aware of is Dick Haugen. I remember Dick Haugen from KTAC.

  50. June 10, 2022 at QZVX

    alanw says:

    [I don’t see a “new topic” button, only “Leave a Reply”–but this isn’t a reply to above posts]

    Question:
    Did this person–Bob Haugen–work at KPUG in early/mid 1970s, using the name “Bob Walker”?

    Steven Smith: did you know, or know of, Bob Walker [Haugen]?

    https://cascadememorial.com/obituary/590718/Robert-Haugen/

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