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Chris Wedes

KIRO 7: An eyewitness to broadcasting changes in the PNW

KIRO-TV, the CBS affiliate serving Seattle and Tacoma, has been a fixture in Pacific Northwest broadcasting since its launch as…

1 month ago

2011–KVI format switch; KVOS sale; Auburn AM flips to Spanish; Shellie Hart out at KUBE; Bonaduce to KZOK

From the pages of Gord Lansdell's NWBroadcasters December--29, 2011 - KVI AM 570 Seattle wil continue with Christmas music until 5 a.m.…

2 months ago

JP Patches alternate theme music

I remember this being used for a short period to intro the J.P. Patches show… [Parade of Clowns – David…

7 months ago

Channel 7 sets new daytime lineup [1959]

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Jason Remington - Phil Roger scanned this from TV Guide. JP Patches twice each…

7 months ago

David Richardson – How The Brakeman Bill Show Started

Scroll controls are at the bottom of the PDF file--takes time to load at first. It's a large file...

8 months ago

The clown that “made” KIRO 7

1978-1980, KIRO 7 fiddles with the scheduling of the JP Patches show. The morning/afternoon/weekend kid's show was possibly the #1…

10 months ago

Al Cummings Does The Hustle, KJR Fires Norm Gregory, SRO Picks Up Another Station

Victor Stredicke - August 11, 1974 - In a sense, Al Cummings is earning a week’s salary in one day.…

1 year ago

That villainous character, Chris Wedes

Minneapolis Star-Tribune - November 11, 1950

1 year ago

How Chris Wedes became J.P. Patches

Minneapolis Star Tribune - February 1956

1 year ago

2012: Chris Wedes Obit

July 23, 2012 (Seattle Times)

3 years ago

JP PATCHES, Patches Pals Will Never Forget

Audio and text of Feliks Banel's story of what JP Patches has meant to the Patches Pals over the years.…

4 years ago

Newspaper Article Traumatizes Patches Pals

This was downright cruel! What person at the newspaper thought this was the right thing to do?

6 years ago

Frosty Fowler Interview with Chris Wedes (J.P. Patches)

Jerry Berg sent in more pictures and a link to an interview with Chris Wedes. Thanks, Jerry. Great memories of…

7 years ago
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