From a QZVX reader: An impressive array of dignitaries on the dais. I’d forgotten that Tom McCall, a former KGW news anchor and future governor, was secretary of state at the time. And back in ’65, the featured guest with a cigarette would not have seemed unusual or out of place. Stimson Bullitt’s introductory remarks were …let’s call it for what it is…nonsensical, painful to watch. (He was never regarded as the sharpest knife in the drawer.) I remembered that Huntley graduated from the UW, worked at KIRO, and in Spokane, but didn’t know about his time with KGW. Marvelous speech, and a classic piece of archival television.
Another KGW alumnus was Mel Blanc.
June 5, 2025 at QZVX
T.K. says:
Here’s the televised grand opening tour: https://youtu.be/gCm3s234koQ
and the dedication speech by Chet Huntley (shortly after Stimson Bullitt falls off the dais): https://youtu.be/3zKL_-uUQa0
If you notice some similarities with KIRO’s Broadcast House, that’s because they were both designed by Seattle architect Fred Bassetti.
Great find!
June 5, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
Nice to see Chet Huntley. These videos are well-preserved. Thanks, for sharing, T.K.!
What's up, Doc?
June 6, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
From a QZVX reader: An impressive array of dignitaries on the dais. I’d forgotten that Tom McCall, a former KGW news anchor and future governor, was secretary of state at the time. And back in ’65, the featured guest with a cigarette would not have seemed unusual or out of place. Stimson Bullitt’s introductory remarks were …let’s call it for what it is…nonsensical, painful to watch. (He was never regarded as the sharpest knife in the drawer.) I remembered that Huntley graduated from the UW, worked at KIRO, and in Spokane, but didn’t know about his time with KGW. Marvelous speech, and a classic piece of archival television.
Another KGW alumnus was Mel Blanc.
KGW, Sound 62, Portland
June 6, 2025 at QZVX
Dick Ellingson says:
That’s what they called it at one time.
The Sound 62 KGW
June 6, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
I don’t have that jingle. But here is one… https://www.qzvx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/3stooges-KGW62.mp3
After all these years
June 6, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
KGW tv still broadcasts from this building, 60 years later.