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Ronald DeHart

Ron DeHart is a former newspaper and broadcast journalist and a retired Public Affairs Officer from both the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Navy/Naval Reserve. His historical accounts of Pacific Northwest broadcasting are published by Puget Sound Media. View more articles by Ron DeHart

Recalling The Original Northwest Sound

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11 months ago

Tom Murphy & Bob Dearborn at WCFL

Tom Murphy After KOL, Bob Dearborn Before KIXI On Chicago's Super WCFL Together - 1973 If you ever wondered what…

12 months ago

Seattle Radio News Sweep ’70 – ’79

Here’s another cavalcade of newscast airchecks, this time from 1970 through 1979. Your contributing editor took a little license by…

12 months ago

Seattle Radio News Sweep ’59-’69

The news segments were a compelling part of what once made radio exciting. Whether it was "Banner Line," "Total Information,"…

12 months ago

Bobby Simon Showcase

Originally posted November 28, 2018 -- What do Robert Theodore Simon and country music legend Buck Owens have in common?…

2 years ago

KISN’s Long-Forgotten Jock

From my long-ago DXing days, I found this rare photo in a copy of TV & Radio Mirror Magazine. Who’s…

2 years ago

Green Chri$tma$…and Stan Freberg

While much of the radio broadcasting world — and radio listeners — have been more than comfortable with conventional Christmas music…

3 years ago

Holiday Greetings from Elvis 1959

While on duty with the Army in Germany, Elvis Presley wanted to reach out to his fans.  So his manager…

3 years ago

Forgotten Holiday Songs

You could call this a Memory Lane test. Who remembers these songs?  Well actually, You don't have to be an…

3 years ago

Silver Bells: Embracing the Myth

The origin of things — especially things about Christmas – is always intriguing.  Here's one:  that the song that eventually…

3 years ago

Gene Autry, Radio and Christmas

The holiday season has become a time when a lot of local radio –- if anyone is listening -– is…

3 years ago

J. Michael Kenyon – Outrageous & More

He was a flamboyant but sometimes haphazard man of multiple careers. Those who knew J. Michael Kenyon in his writing…

3 years ago

Flashback – Bill Munson – BR Bradbury Showcase

Originally posted November 2018---William R. Bradbury's radio news career was a great example of a small-town guy making it big.…

4 years ago

Big 11 KING – Rise and Shortfall of a Great Sound

The storied success of KING Broadcasting through the 1950s and '60s led to new challenges in the '70s. The company's…

4 years ago
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