KBRO – (downloaded from OTR Annex – notations are from OTR Annex post.
Both sides of the reel contain an aircheck from KBRO Bremerton, WA. June 24, 1974. Dated by reference in news broadcast regarding Tito’s visit to West Germany and the Supreme Court Jenkins v Georgia decision. There are a few edits but it sounds like mostly a continuous recording. The recording is in stereo and was recorded at 3-3/4 ips. Steve Schilling is the host. Scoped files have only the music removed.
Easy listening music. News at 9am -President Nixon’s Watergate issues; Tito visits West Germany; Puget Sound grocery clerks strike ends; commercial for Montgomery Ward.
Easy listening music. Traffic reports. Buy Swap and Sell Show. Announcer reads ads sent in by listeners.
News at 10am – Trident submarine; Grocery strike; Alaska ferry; weather
Easy listening music. Job availabilities in the area.
KBRO Easy Listening
Easy listening music continues. News at 11:29am. Earl Nightengale and Our Changing World – about 15 minutes of commentary. 12 noon – Station ID and news; Mike Bentley reads; Nixon Watergate; Trident submarine and environmental impacts; grocery clerk strike; electrical workers labor issues; US Supreme Court issues decency decision in the case of the film – Carnal Knowledge; – other local and area news; comment by listeners;
The Quarterdeck Show- Hosted by Steve Schilling interviews beauty pageant contestants. About 15 minutes of the broadcast.
KBRO Easy Listening
Thanks to T.K. for the heads up on this audio!
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March 6, 2022 at QZVX
Steven Smith says:
I knew of KBRO. But I did not know it sounded so much like KIXI.
August 23, 2023 at QZVX
Lee Schilling says:
It did in our house, Steven Smith! That’s my Papa.
August 27, 2023 at QZVX
Steven Smith says:
Cool…he has a great voice. I remember him from KIXI about 1972. He was, between announcements, reading the Godfather. And the movie was in town. Your dad is one of my Facebook friends, but neither of us is very active on the site.