Lee Perkins was a radio personality at stations such as KJR and KOL/Seattle, KISN/Portland, and WIFE/Indianapolis. Lee also taught broadcasting at Bates Vocational-Technical Institute in Tacoma. The on-air radio station at Bates was KTOY-FM. Lee and his wife later owned the radio stations in Enterprise, Oregon. Lee Perkins was 91.
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In memory of Lee Perkins: March 6, 1932 – March 6, 2024
May 25, 2024 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
My instructors at LH Bates Voc-Tech/KTOY-FM were Chuck Ellsworth, Lee Perkins and Allen MacMillan. The station engineer was Bill Luckhurst.
May 26, 2024 at QZVX
Neal Darrow says:
In 1965 I was at what was named Tacoma Technical Vocational Institute….where Chuck Ellsworth was instrumental in placing me on KTOY fm and on camera doing news etc.
Great memories.
May 26, 2024 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
KTPS channel 62 tv, just down the hall from KTOY FM. I remember it well.
May 27, 2024 at QZVX
Neal Darrow says:
Live news sent to schools, rip and read with 2 cameras.
May 27, 2024 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
I had the honor and enjoyment of being Lee’s newsman at KOL in 1967, and we remained in contact with each other in all the intervening years. A terrific broadcaster, his buoyant energy, sense of humor, and engaging personality never waned.
RIP old friend….
Bill Taylor
May 27, 2024 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
KOL probably got make-good ads due to the screw-up in the ad that says “doal 1300” instead of “dial 1300” – errors in newspaper ads were a pet peeve of mine. WTH! Do I have OCD or something?
May 29, 2024 at QZVX
Mike Barer says:
I didn’t hear him on the air, however, heard of him in posts on Seattle radio history. Rest in peace.