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Derek Shannon

PICTURES: Radio Conference Call 3.0

The event took place Saturday, September 20, 2025. There was a lot of great talent in the room. Hours of…

4 months ago

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…

10 months ago

Dameron; KTAC sold; Hardwick joins KAYO

October 1972 - KVI, which has been programming syndicated oldtime radio programs, now is presenting on weekly basis original half-hour…

12 months ago

KTAC-Tacoma’s Big 85

Through much of the 1970s KTAC-AM gave Tacoma something it probably never had before: a station that strongly competed with…

7 years ago

70s Usher In FM Popularity; Top 40 AM Fades Out

Locally, at the time FM radio began to blossom in the 1970s, KTAC Tacoma was in a heated ratings war…

9 years ago
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