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Al Cummings

Negro station gets respectable ratings; Channel 13 starts talent show

January 1962 – [C. J. Skreen - Seattle Times] Reports persist that Al Cummings, last seen driving a taxi cab,…

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Naccarato, Zarelli, Piatt, Cummings, Barr, Saint, Burns, Brink, Read; 1971 Radio Notes

VICTOR STREDICKE | MAY 1971 – ALL THINGS CONSIDERED debuted on National Public Radio…Stan Naccarato, owner of Stanley’s Shoes, in…

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Bullitt appointed, Cummings sues

November 2, 1961—Stimson Bullitt, Seattle lawyer, yesterday was named the president and chief executive officer of the KING Broadcasting Company,…

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Disc Jockey jamboree for PTA

November 20, 1953--A disc jockey jamboree will be held in the auditorium of Jane Adams junior high school, E. 110th…

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The KING – KIRO radio news tussle

January 26, 1986 – Up against KIRO, KING-AM looks like a midget. The two stations with more or less competitive…

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1965 – KING Husky Mush Mobile & a glimpse at some radio news

1965 - (pic courtesy of Bill Taylor)

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Don Duncan/Seattle Times: PIONEERS IN BROADCASTING

August 22, 1990 Back in the early 1950s, when the hydroplane Quicksilver flipped over and sank in Lake Washington during…

6 months ago

A couple changes at KING 1090 (1958)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sun., Mar. 2, 1958 PAT LEWIS New KING Night Owl —(Post-Intelligencer Photo) Changes At Radio King Pat Lewis,…

7 months ago

Closer Look: KING Radio booth on Aurora

Dubbed the "Ape Cage" by Al Cummings, the KING radio booth is in the lower right corner of the photo. Al…

8 months ago

Al Cummings @ KXA

May 1976 - The quintessential morning man of the late 1950s and early 1960s is a morning man once again.…

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November 1965 radio features

November 7, 1965

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Robert O. Smith’s vacation fill-in once fired Robert O. Smith

Victor Stredicke (Seattle Times) September 1976- The last person to fire Robert O. Smith was Derek Shannon, then Program Director…

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