November 1974 – KING 1090 ran the first Northwest Donut Eating Contest recently. The “eat-off” drew a crowd of 4000. Winner downed 31 donuts in 15 minutes.
June 1975 – Gary Shannon, newsman at KJR, switches to Mid-day jocking at KISW.
July 1982 – Jay Johnson named as program director at KVI, succeeding Mark Savin who retains his 9 AM to 1 PM talk shift.
August 1982 – Bob Hardwick leaves KTAC for the morning slot at KVI following KVI’s recent pickup of Drake-Chenault’s “HIT PARADE” format.
KVI welcomes Jack Spencer as morning news anchor…
September 1982 – KING 1090 changes to all-news from adult contemporary using CNN and NBC.
November 1982 – KIRO midday host Jim French celebrates 30 broadcasting years.
Low-budget KTVW 13 had several "dj" music programs in the 1960s. This is from 1962.
KTVW 13/Tacoma aired this movie Monday through Friday (December 22-26, 1958). December 15-19 Kitty Foyle.…
KIRO NewsRadio 97.3 gave Heather Bosch the boot. Her contract is not being renewed. They…
Drew Carney left KGW-tv/Portland in December. This week he started working the morning news show…
September 1971 Excerpts from a Georg Meyers/Seattle Times column- Marty Wyatt was added this season…