Don’t forget KPQ. And KVL, the predecessor to KING. Going back to the earliest days, you had the short-lived KGB in Tacoma and KFC in Seattle. (Oh, if only a young Colonel Sanders had been around town to hear it.)
I wonder where that old KVI transmitter site, described in the FCC history cards only as “near Des Moines,” was actually located.
Things change so much over the years. I don’t know the location of the Des Moines site for KVI, but I know exactly where the KTBI studios and tower were, at Center & Pine in Tacoma. I have seen the pictures. Now, you wouldn’t know that a building or a tower had ever been there. Overgrown bushes and little else.
I'm lovin' it
August 7, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
Ahhh, those three-letter calls.
KVI, KXA, KJR, KGY, KTW, KOL, KMO
KUJ, KGA, KIT, KHQ
August 7, 2025 at QZVX
T.K. says:
Don’t forget KPQ. And KVL, the predecessor to KING. Going back to the earliest days, you had the short-lived KGB in Tacoma and KFC in Seattle. (Oh, if only a young Colonel Sanders had been around town to hear it.)
I wonder where that old KVI transmitter site, described in the FCC history cards only as “near Des Moines,” was actually located.
Ain't what it used to be
August 7, 2025 at QZVX
JASON REMINGTON says:
Things change so much over the years. I don’t know the location of the Des Moines site for KVI, but I know exactly where the KTBI studios and tower were, at Center & Pine in Tacoma. I have seen the pictures. Now, you wouldn’t know that a building or a tower had ever been there. Overgrown bushes and little else.