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Ronald DeHart

Danny Holiday – Rock ‘n’ Roll Time Machine

Of the hundreds of radio personalities who ever pulled a gig in the Puget Sound area, only a few left…

7 years ago

Don Courtnay – Big Voice at KJR

You didn’t know his name, but, oh, that voice will certainly stay with you: the golden-throated announcer. One of the…

7 years ago

KAYO: C&W Pioneer In Seattle

Country-western was the music of our grandparents. For some of us, our parents, too. It was well before fancy radio…

7 years ago

Radio Realities: Ever Been There? (KOL’s Last Day – Part 2)

On-air programming changes—the bosses' call for something new—really makes people unhappy.  And not just the listeners.  How about the affected…

7 years ago

Epitaph to a Lost Americana: ‘Day the Music Died’

If you thought the Buddy Holly saga ended with his tragic death way back in the late 1950s (read that…

7 years ago

Plane Crash Rocked Music World: ‘Day the Music Died’

February 3, 1959 is the 60th anniversary of the plane crash deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. …

7 years ago

Recalling KYYX-FM

Perhaps what's most memorable about KYYX-FM was the difference between how the station started and how it finished its 7-year…

7 years ago

Bill Ballance — KFWB Los Angeles

Here's a classic slice of broadcasting history a long  way from Puget Sound. But maybe not so far as you…

7 years ago

C-FUN 141: Springboard for Robinson & McCormick

Among the many early rock radio winners was Vancouver’s C-FUN, the little 1 KW station which also propelled two of…

7 years ago

It All Started in Yakima for Jerry Kay

I'd prefer not to admit when I first heard Jerry King (Kay) on the air at Yakima's KLOQ. So I…

7 years ago

1975 Flashback — KJR Rock n Roll Christmas

If you can remember this, you were paying attention to Channel 95 more than 40 years ago. It's Ric Hansen…

7 years ago

Who Was J. Farley Knight?

It was 1963. Longtime Spokane pop music leader KNEW was fending off the competition with the brash Larry Lujack and…

7 years ago

Spokane – Two Superjocks at Same Time

Yes, it's true.  Rock radio icons Larry Lujack and Don Steele cut some of their early chops in the same…

7 years ago

Les Parsons – Trailblazing from KISN to KJR

During KJR's glory years, Les Parsons outlasted just about everybody. Although a news and production guy, his unmistakable style and…

7 years ago

Will the Real KVI, Please Stand Up?

Seattle's KVI is like many long-lived 3-letter call AMs. A rich history in which its lows heavily detracted from its…

7 years ago
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