Ron DeHart: KAYO: C&W Pioneer In Seattle
KAYO Jingles
Here are 8:20 worth of KAYO jingles from 1958 to 1963. These are not in any chronological order. At 5:27 is an intro for the Pat O’Day show. It’s a shop worn acetate. The other jingles are from cart tape and acetates. I copied these in the KAYO production room in 1963 not long before KAYO went Kountry. (Duane Smart)
KAYO Singalong jingles from 1963, Kountry KAYO’s first package of custom jingles. (2:24) Other jingles came and went, but these always stayed in the mix.
KAYO-COUNTRYWIDE-JINGLES (6:25) Mostly Countrywide package plus a few strays. These never fell out of favor. – Dick Ellingson
For your listening pleasure, a 15 minute mix of The Color Radio KAYO & Kountry KAYO jingles collection
Mystery Announcer
Okay, here’s one… who’s the announcer on this spot for Fleet Tire Center (1:13). As a double bonus, what is the probable station and when did the spot probably air ? — Ron DeHart: That was waaaay too easy. Yes, Ted Bell, on KAYO from ’60 or ’61. Ted was a radio pioneer in Seattle in the ’40s with old KRSC and others before helping KAYO become a big player in its rock and roll days in late ’50s early ’60s.
Sounds of Christmas on KAYO
KAYO Sounds of Christmas 1959 (1:06)
from the Northwest Hall of Radio History, a KAYO promo for their Christmas Day music programming, 1959.
Mike Phillips – KAYO 1962 (8:00)
Buck Ritchey – KAYO (11:19)
Buck Ritchey – The Slave (2:26) -anti-drug use record.
Jason Remington • April 21, 2023
Just found these early 1970s KOUNTRY KAYO jingles. Where’s the KOUNTRY?
(see above)
Early 1970s jingles, missing that Kountry sound – KAYO 1150 (00:34)
Jason Remington • March 11, 2023
KAYO Jingles 1958-1963 “KAYO 1150 in Seattle town…” Town? Why add that?