3 thoughts on “KVI vs KXA, the battle at the FCC; Prime frequency goes to the winner

  1. I'm lovin' it

    Jason Remington • August 7, 2025

    Ahhh, those three-letter calls.
    KVI, KXA, KJR, KGY, KTW, KOL, KMO
    KUJ, KGA, KIT, KHQ

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    1. T.K. • August 7, 2025

      Don’t forget KPQ. And KVL, the predecessor to KING. Going back to the earliest days, you had the short-lived KGB in Tacoma and KFC in Seattle. (Oh, if only a young Colonel Sanders had been around town to hear it.)

      I wonder where that old KVI transmitter site, described in the FCC history cards only as “near Des Moines,” was actually located.

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      1. Ain't what it used to be

        JASON REMINGTON • August 7, 2025

        Things change so much over the years. I don’t know the location of the Des Moines site for KVI, but I know exactly where the KTBI studios and tower were, at Center & Pine in Tacoma. I have seen the pictures. Now, you wouldn’t know that a building or a tower had ever been there. Overgrown bushes and little else.

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