Basketball on KXA

May 7, 1976 – Paul Harvey, 25-year veteran of the ABC Radio Network, adds a new program next week. Titled “The Rest of the Story,” the feature will be heard daily at 3:50 p.m. on KOMO. The station also carries Harvey’s familiar newscast-commentaries at 8 a.m. weekdays and noon weekdays plus Saturday. For the first 3 1/2-minute program, Harvey will tell the story of a child born with the name Leslie Lynch Link Jr. who grew up to become a United States congressman and then President.
First broadcast in KQIN’s series of 24 Longacres races will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday. Mark Kaufman calls the races. Most races will be delayed a bit, to the 7 o’clock hour, but four feature races will be broadcast live from the track this year.
May 8, 1976 – Another National Basketball Association playoff game, Golden State vs. Phoenix, will be heard on KXA at 4:05 tomorrow afternoon. KXA also plans to carry Boston-Cleveland playoff games 4:50 p.m. Tuesday and 5:50 p.m. Friday.

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Victor Stredicke is a longtime figure in Seattle-area media, best known as the former radio-TV editor for The Seattle Times. He wrote a dedicated column covering local and regional radio broadcasting, including station changes, programming, personalities, controversies, and industry news. This legacy is the driving force behind QZVX (qzvx.com). In 2023, Victor Stredicke was honored at the Radio Conference Call meet-up for his longtime contributions as a newspaper radio-TV columnist, with appreciation from readers and people he had covered.

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