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   August 2, 2025


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  1. Carey Edwards, KRWM Production Director

    Jason Remington • September 5, 2025

    06/07/13 – (All Access) Seattle market Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 has announced the appointment of Carey Edwards as production director effective Monday, June 10. He recently arrived from on-air positions in Portland and Phoenix.

    06/02/13 – (Seattle P-I) A section of North 34th Street between Fremont Avenue and Troll Avenue North in Seattle has been named J.P. Patches Place, in honor of Chris Wedes, who played the lovable clown on KIRO-TV from 1958 to 1981. Wedes died on July 22, 2012 after a long battle with cancer.

  2. Gannett purchases Belo

    Jason Remington • September 5, 2025

    June 13, 2013 – McLean VA-based Gannett Co., Inc. has reached a deal to buy TV station owner Belo Corp. for about $1.5 billion in cash. Belo operates KING-TV, KONG-TV and NWCN in the Puget Sound market. Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher by circulation, owns USA Today and other newspapers as well as television stations. The deal nearly doubles Gannett’s portfolio from 23 to 43 stations and has to be approved by the FCC and at least two-thirds of Belo shareholders. Seattle Times, Belo, Gannett.

  4. Tony Minor parts company with KIRO radio.

    Jason Remington • September 5, 2025

    May 2011 – Newsman Tony Miner leaves KIRO radio. Minor becomes the Director of Programming & News at KGMI in Bellingham. His last day at KIRO was May 6. Previous to KIRO, Minor had worked at KING, KVI, KOMO, and KZOK.

  5. Gifford succeeds Hatch

    Jason Remington • September 4, 2025

    April 2011 – Larry Gifford was named to succeed Ryan Hatch as Program Director of KIRO FM and KTTH.
    Most recently PD at ESPN Radio’s west coast flagship KSPN in Los Angeles, and previous to that a two-year stint as PD of the ESPN Radio Network in Bristol, CT.

  6. Elliot Ness is a great DJ name

    Jason Remington • September 4, 2025

    The KAYO Untouchables, were personalities such as Pat O’Day, Bob Fredericks, Herb Hall, Claude Brimm, Norm Apple, Tad Jones, Russ Norman, Lee Lucas, Jack Hemmingway (1958 & 1959). Top 40 before KJR adopted the format.

  7. From Talk to Oldies

    Jason Remington • September 4, 2025

    November 8, 2010–After 15 years as a Conservative talk leader, 570 KVI flipped to “Greatest Hits of the ’60s and ’70s”.

  8. Rivers out

    Jason Remington • September 4, 2025

    September 30, 2010, Bob Rivers announces at the end of his show that he and KZOK/CBS Radio could not come to terms on a contract renewal and he would be leaving KZOK.
    Gary Crow was moved to morning drive for two weeks while auditions for the new, music intensive program took place.

    1. Phone lines light up

      Jason Remington • September 4, 2025

      “‘You don’t have a chance to explain anything to anybody,'” Maynard told the PI’s Bill Virgin, “‘I stayed for an hour after they pulled the plug, just answering one call after another, seven lines ringing non-stop as fast as I could answer them.’ from listeners asking what was going on.”

  10. Feeling kind of verklempt

    Jason Remington • September 4, 2025

    I don’t know why, something about the onset of autumn, makes me wish we had a KTVW channel 13 to kick around again. 1965, and Channel 13 buys syndicated 1950s detective shows for the “new season” of programming.
    Ahhh, the good ol’ days.

    1. Lucky Lager

      Jason Remington • September 5, 2025

      Warren Saunders hosted Lucky Lager Dance Time on KING 1090 (1956)

    2. Dance Dance Dance

      Jason Remington • September 5, 2025

      Lucky Lager Dance Time was on KJR prior to moving to KING in February 1956.

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