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Steven Smith

Alive Again for 20 Seconds: Jack the Bellboy

Ed McKenzie, the Detroit disc jockey known as Jack the Bellboy, was the topic of a recent blog post (click…

7 years ago

Oh, That Voice: Solving a KJR Radio Mystery

When you write blog posts about media, some people think you know everything....or others may think you know nothing. Over…

7 years ago

The DJ, the Rock Stars & Sullivan

Recently I revisited an interesting story about a radio deejay, a Pacific Northwest band, and that band's appearance on the…

7 years ago

KJR Golden Years Followup

For a few days now, the  recent KJR Golden Years blog post has been shared on facebook by readers of…

7 years ago

KJR Radio: Those Golden Years (Mid-’60s)

Back in the sixties, kids and young at heart adults loved KJR radio.  Only a few aspiring teens of the…

7 years ago

Trips Festival ’67: Dick Curtis at KJR

Here is a Seattle radio oldie but a goodie. I have been working with former KJR jock, Gary Shannon, on…

7 years ago

Lan Roberts and The Unusuals — Nov. 1965

Just the other day I was listening to an old aircheck from the Pacific Northwest. This was in conjunction with…

7 years ago

Ed McKenzie: Detroit’s Jack the Bellboy

In a previous article about disc jockey Terry Knight, I referenced his job as Jack the Bellboy at radio station…

7 years ago

Terry Knight: Detroit’s Singing Deejay

Everybody can name a singing cowboy, but how about a singing deejay? Willie Nelson is among the most successful of…

7 years ago

Mother Nature Pulled Our Plugs!

In my corner of the Pacific Northwest we had a horrible windstorm on Thursday. My home power was out from…

7 years ago

CKLW 20/20 News: News Like You Never Heard it Before

Canadian radio stations with powerful signals that reach into the United States can be highly competitive with American radio. Over…

7 years ago

Searching for Chuck McKay and Finding Greg Aust (The Final Chapter)

For the past 20 years, Hot Ticket Chuck McKay’s February 1975 so-called meltdown aircheck (click here to listen) at CKLW-AM…

7 years ago

It’s All Red Up North Canada Way

North of the border, up Canada way, there is a disc jockey who was a pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll…

7 years ago

KIXI Radio: Familiar Sounds of the 1970s

In the early '70s, I worked in the KIXI, Seattle newsroom. Back then, the AM and FM stations simulcast all…

7 years ago

A KISN Good Guy: Tom Michaels

KISN was a legendary West Coast radio station -- one of the Star Broadcasting Stations -- owned and operated by…

7 years ago

Shakin’ All Over in 1965

I am writing about a popular radio hit song that I always liked. As a middle school student in Bellingham,…

7 years ago

Follow-up: Jim Harriott at Channel 13

There was a lot of interest in the rather lengthy recent story on longtime Seattle-Tacoma area TV news anchor Jim…

7 years ago

Jim Harriott: Life Before and After Seattle

Jim Harriott (real name William James Harriott) is best known for his time as a TV news anchor, with the…

7 years ago

Chicago Jingles & Jocks: Legendary WLS-A.M.

Featured today are early '70s jock shout-out jingles from Chicago's legendary WLS-AM.  I found the files stored on my computer,…

7 years ago

Searching for Murrow’s Boys: Eric Sevareid

In the 1990s, I began collecting rare World War II radio news broadcasts. My expectation was that many such recordings…

7 years ago
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