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Dick Ellingson

A man and his dogs in a little country town. Parcel post crusher; blood'n'guts laundry serf; parking lot fender bender/bumper jumper; Lazy B flunkie with 7-word job title; P-I down crew; bobtail trucker; Sunbeam breader; retail store mangler; bothersome boiler roomie; fake real estate agent; d.j./copywriter/p.d./ripper/reader - 600 KGEZ Good Advertising, Kalispell; Community Radio 1510 KURB, Mountlake Terrace; 1540 News/MOR/92.5 Solid Gold Rock & Roll KFKF, Bellevue; 1150 Kountry KAYO America's Own Music, Seattle; 1300 KoMPaSs Radio 13 Modern Country, Seattle; 1360 KLFF Good Music & Great Memories, Glendale/Phoenix; 106.3 Koncert 106 KONC, Sun City/Phoenix; 1580 KCWW Real Country Network, Tempe/Phoenix. Four-year Volunteer P-I/Times/TNT news reader for Evergreen Radio Reading Service broadcasting from the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, Seattle; dotcomboom day trader who came out alive; King County Metro Bus Driver; Seattle Streetcar Operator. I threw it in at 78 and frequently have bizarre dreams about radio and bus driving, my two preschool dream jobs. More articles by Dick

This Is Your Life (and Mine) in Six Minutes and Eight Seconds

Originaly posted June 8, 2019-- (WKRP intro) Almost every episode of WKRP in Cincinnati I ever watched had something that…

6 months ago

Four dead as helicopter hits radio tower

10/20/24--(RadioInk) A helicopter crash near downtown Houston has led to the deaths of four people, including a child, and the…

1 year ago

The perfect news story

It tells, in order, the Who, the What, the Where, the When, and the Why. Dick

2 years ago

“Hey, nobody asked me!!”

That's always been my gut response to the latest ratings, political polls, lists of dreamiest things about Taylor S. etc.…

2 years ago

Recalling 1510 KURB Mountlake Terrace

Member Dick Ellingson sent this fascinating message about his tenure at suburban 1510 KURB Mountlake Terrace which we thought deserved…

3 years ago

KAYO Jingle Packages

KAYO Singalong jingles from 1963, Kountry KAYO's first package of custom jingles. Other jingles came and went, but these always…

4 years ago

Working The Gnat Shift At Kountry KAYO

On October 4, 1971, I was filling in on KAYO for Don Lane, from 8:00 P.M. until midnight. Our control…

5 years ago

Drop Dead!

Halloween's coming and it's time to curl up with your favorite ghoul friends and Drop Dead! Arch Oboler wrote and…

5 years ago

NIXON MAKES HISTORY AS ONLY U. S. PRESIDENT TO RESIGN

ABC "News Around the World", American Information Radio Network, Saturday, August 10, 1974, 6:00 A.M. EDT (14:18) Richard Milhaus Nixon's…

5 years ago

Dude Martin’s Radio Rancho

It's 3:30 Sunday afternoon, January 5, 1947. From the studios of KGO San Francisco, The American Broadcasting Company presents Dude…

6 years ago

Bill Small, former CBS Washington Bureau Chief Dies

Bill Small, who made CBS news a powerhouse in the 1960s and the 1970s, has died. Small served as the…

6 years ago

Play Ball, You Pilots!

SICK'S STADIUM Doris Doubleday & His Command Pilots - Go, Go, You Pilots It's May 13, 1969, a balmy Monday…

6 years ago

Extry! Extry! Read all about it!

Save the newspaper biz with this miracle time-tested proven circulation booster! Seattle Star, March 10, 1922

6 years ago

Ingenious and Revolutionary Multi-Pole AM Aerial

The hoop skirt aerial worked precisely as envisioned, yet was never offered for sale to the public! It likely would…

6 years ago

Who woulda guessed? Canucks love records charts too!

And they even collect them. Wild eh? https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/vintage-music-charts-provide-a-blast-from-the-past

6 years ago
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