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Dick Foley & The Brothers Four

I would like to add another Northwest group to Kirk Wilde’s list. Dick Foley and I were childhood friends and…

5 years ago

A Clever Contemporary Christmas Carol. 1949 Radio Style.

"Marley was dead: to begin with. There was no doubt whatever about that." So begins the familiar 1843 novelette which…

5 years ago

Radio Told The Story: Dec. 7, 1941

The United States became an active combatant in WW II when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor 79 years ago today. It…

5 years ago

Introduction to the Northwest Sound – The Early Years

After Kirk Wilde left radio (1975), he continued to stay up on music and wrote extensively about everything--including this history.…

5 years ago

Retweet This Conspiracy Theory!

Here we are already marking the 54th Anniversary of the death of Beatle Paul McCartney on November 9th, 1966. Wait…

5 years ago

Found Performance: Old Blue Eyes

This is a historical artifact I ran across when researching another article. It goes back 55 years. In 1965, Frank…

5 years ago

KIRO Presents: A Walk In The Dark

For Halloween this year, KIRO Radio put on a special play. Using virtual media, many of the KIRO Radio’s show…

5 years ago

Found Performance: “Barefootin'” by Robert Parker

One of my favorite tunes from back in the mid-sixties, when I listened to Kirk Wilde, Gary Shannon and Harvey…

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

He Up And Died: Jerry Jeff Walker

He Up And Died The lyric "He Up And Died" is from Jerry Jeff Walker's masterful song "Mr. Bojangles." In…

5 years ago
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