We missed this moment in January. Bill Swartz retired January 15, 2026 as Sports anchor KNWN am 1000/fm 97.7 Seattle. Thanks to a friend of QZVX for the heads up!
Bill Swartz is a longtime Seattle-area broadcaster known for his work in sports radio, particularly in news and sports anchoring roles.
He graduated from Washington State University (class of ’78) and built a career spanning several decades in the Pacific Northwest media market.
His early career included part-time news work at KOMO AM 1000 (now part of Northwest Newsradio), which led to a full-time shift to sports. By 1984–1985, he became the nighttime news anchor before transitioning fully to sports anchoring at KOMO.
Over the years, he held sports director or anchoring positions at stations including KIRO radio (where he spent 10 years, covering events like Seahawks Super Bowls, Sounders games, and more), 710 ESPN, and KFNQ. Since the KFNQ flip to sports, the station aired a local afternoon show hosted by Steve Sandmeyer and Bill Swartz (later replaced by Jason Churchill). He returned to KOMO multiple times, including roles as pre-game co-host and University of Washington Huskies sports insider, as well as hosting shows like “The Thursday Night Dawg House” on KOMO Newsradio.
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