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.
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.
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
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.
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.