Victor Stredicke
Victor Stredicke is a longtime figure in Seattle-area media, best known as the former radio-TV editor for The Seattle Times. He wrote a dedicated column covering local and regional radio broadcasting, including station changes, programming, personalities, controversies, and industry news. This legacy is the driving force behind QZVX (qzvx.com). In 2023, Victor Stredicke was honored at the Radio Conference Call meet-up for his longtime contributions as a newspaper radio-TV columnist, with appreciation from readers and people he had covered.
After all these years
Jason Remington • June 6, 2025
KGW tv still broadcasts from this building, 60 years later.
KGW, Sound 62, Portland
Dick Ellingson • June 6, 2025
That’s what they called it at one time.
The Sound 62 KGW
Jason Remington • June 6, 2025
I don’t have that jingle. But here is one… https://www.qzvx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/3stooges-KGW62.mp3
What's up, Doc?
Jason Remington • June 6, 2025
From a QZVX reader: An impressive array of dignitaries on the dais. I’d forgotten that Tom McCall, a former KGW news anchor and future governor, was secretary of state at the time. And back in ’65, the featured guest with a cigarette would not have seemed unusual or out of place. Stimson Bullitt’s introductory remarks were …let’s call it for what it is…nonsensical, painful to watch. (He was never regarded as the sharpest knife in the drawer.) I remembered that Huntley graduated from the UW, worked at KIRO, and in Spokane, but didn’t know about his time with KGW. Marvelous speech, and a classic piece of archival television.
Another KGW alumnus was Mel Blanc.
T.K. • June 5, 2025
Here’s the televised grand opening tour: https://youtu.be/gCm3s234koQ
and the dedication speech by Chet Huntley (shortly after Stimson Bullitt falls off the dais): https://youtu.be/3zKL_-uUQa0
If you notice some similarities with KIRO’s Broadcast House, that’s because they were both designed by Seattle architect Fred Bassetti.
Great find!
Jason Remington • June 5, 2025
Nice to see Chet Huntley. These videos are well-preserved. Thanks, for sharing, T.K.!