AIRCHECKS (page 2)

[sent to us from friend of QZVX, T.K.] You’re in luck. The Tacoma Public Library has digitized some of the audio tape in the Murray Morgan Papers. Some of them have airchecks of newscasts on them. He taped them with a microphone up to the radio, so in some cases, you can hear him banging on a typewriter in the background.

KMO newscast 12/1965 Begins 8:03 Ends 15:10, turns dial to KTNT, ends 20:50 after TOH ID and start of Mutual newscast. KMO newscast until 26:39, dial turns to music on KTAC (“Sunny Side Up” per the published schedule). At 31:02 KTAC announcer intros Murray Morgan newscast, you can hear Morgan clear his throat and quickly turn down his radio, then he delivers the newscast from his home studio:

William B. Tanner jingle demo reel:

October 1968 news and commentary from Tacoma radio:

Roall Erickson KVI 4/20/1966 newscast until 5:44, then KTAC news with Bruce McMichael and sports with Johnny Welsh until 17:14, then KTNT news with Bob Cleland until 32:06. Recording resumes with music from KTNT (Hal Hills Show) and Bob Cleland news from 4/19/1966:

KMO Newscope with Clay Johnson, 4/20/1965. At 10:30, there is a Titus Ford spot with the same guy who did the Bill Pierre ads in Seattle:

Recorded with an RCA Opal Mp3 player, which receives FM radio and records up to 8 hours of audio.

Here are 2 hours and 18 minutes of the KPLU-KNKX switch. This starts during the final 30 minutes of 88.5 as KPLU… 08/31/2016

Early Ichabod Caine Audio (2:15)
This is Randy Evans at KPUG in 1972. The quality is not great, but it does have historical significance. Randy Evans was Randy Hansen in real life. He went over to KJRB after KPUG, then on to Spokane and he ended up as Ichabod Caine in Seattle. So he is one of the Seattle legends and this may be his earliest gig. It is scoped a bit….cut out some music, an ad and news. About 2.5 minutes. I had no clue I had it, just stumbled on it. –Steven Smith

(Newspaper ad circa 1985)

KRKO‘s format at the time (1993) was classic oldies. Originally posted by Bill Harms to Tophour website.

106 KRPM Jingles co-owned, by Ray & Cheri Courtmanche, with 1450 Puyallup.(00:24)

KRWM Warm 106.9 Mike Purdy 1996 (14:45)

KUJ Walla Walla Sign-Off late 60s/early 70s (4:58)

Oldies 1590 KUUU jingle (:02)

A rarity- KXA 770 November 22, 1963 (42:47) — News bulletins and a subtle music change.

Do The Puyallup!

From the mid 70’s here is “Do The Puyallup”. I can’t recall my source, but it ends a bit abruptly. Just a fun jingle and the videos were fun, too. Mr. Music Man, Duane Smart

Do The Puyallup (1:42)

Out of the archives here are five Bill Pierre Commercials, with his toe-tapping jingle. I believe they ran in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I don’t know where they were produced, I am assuming in Seattle. I don’t know who the announcer is, either. They were transferred from acetates by a broadcast friend and shared with me. – Duane Smart

September 11 1997 – “He could sell ice to an Eskimo. He was just a natural salesman,” said his son Bill Pierre Jr. “But he was also known for his fair deals.” Mr. Pierre, founder of Bill Pierre Ford in 1947, died Tuesday. He had been ill in recent weeks, suffering heart-related problems and pneumonia. He was 85. Seattle Times

Dr. Demento with Duane Smart

I made it through the Doctor Demento request line 30 years ago. I received a letter and a T-Shirt saying my request was going to be used. The show ran on 1590 KJET then. The show was furninshed on 2 vinyl LP’s and the chief engineer, who’s name I cannot recall gave me the two discs, along with the cue sheets. Here is what it sounded like.

Mr. Music Man – Duane Smart … Dr. Demento (4:44)

Harrison Woods. August 21, 1950. Mutual network (Sustaining) Harrison Woods, Mutual Broadcasting System newscaster (possibly drunk at the time) with news and commentary.

Ray Littrell talks about Dick Stokke’s mail & Jerry Holzinger

Wolfman Jack -Today’s radio has got no soul. A discussion of how corporate radio is killing the terrestrial broadcast model we have been used to.

God Made A DJ- Novelty record

Stan Freberg – ‘Who Listens To Radio?’ the original six 1965 radio spots Vocals by Sarah Vaughan, arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones, featuring Byron Kane, Naomi Lewis, Peter Leeds, Paul Frees, and Jesse White. Produced by Freberg for the Station Representatives Association, Inc. (SRA) rather than for the sometimes-credited Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) or National Association Of Broadcasters (NAB).

Dick Ellingson filling in for Don Lane/KAYO; Van Johnson/KYYX; Magic Matt Alan/KRKO; Gary Lockwood/KJR; Pat Garrett/KMPS (5:40)

Tacoma FM remote live from Tacoma’s Antique Sandwich Shop (1:27)

Summer of 2014 — We visited Bill Wolfenbarger, owner and chief engineer at the Jodesha Broadcasting complex in Aberdeen. Bill has been a part of the Pacific Northwest broadcast scene for decades. His experience ranges from time in small markets like KMCM McMinnville and big time radio such as KOL Seattle. At the time of this interview, Wolfenbarger operated a chain of stations in Southwest Washington.

Several radio station commercials running on TV in the 1980s KVI – KXA – KJET & KZOK