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Jerry Geehan

The voices of Tacoma baseball

Originally posted– 2011/04/12 Jerry Geehan [photo from https://www.oldtimerbaseball.com/] began his broadcasting career at KVI Radio in 1932. In 1937, he…

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Art Gilmore – KOL to Hollywood

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6 months ago

Dick Weeks speaks on early years of Tacoma radio

QZVX continues to delve into the stories shared by the Northwest Pioneer Broadcasters. These are the final notes from the…

7 months ago

The KTBI story, and the beautiful Center Street facility

QZVX continues to delve into the stories shared by the Northwest Pioneer Broadcasters. This information comes from the 1987 banquet.…

7 months ago

1930s Radio News Cavalcade

APRIL 1932 -KMO Gets Full Time: REVERSING Examiner Ralph L. Walker, the Radio Commission. Mar, 25 granted KMO, Tacoma, Wash.,…

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KTAC Hi-Lites from the 1950s

Source: Broadcasting Magazine [AmericanRadioHistory.com]

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2001: Jerry Geehan Obit

(TNT-Sep_30__2001)

3 years ago

Talk of the Town – 1930s (Part 3)

June 1938- Jerry Geehan, sportscaster of KVI, Tacoma has become engaged to Miss Dolores Gipple of Tacoma. May 1933- Wallace…

5 years ago

October 1968 Radio Highlights

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5 years ago

Talk of the town: 1950

JANUARY JOHN RHYS EVANS JR., formerly northwest representative for Frederic W. Ziv Co., joins KOMO/Seattle as account executive. FEBRUARY SEVEN…

8 years ago

Talk of the Town – 1930s [Part 1]

April 1939---Disaster Coverage - When the huge Boeing Stratoliner crashed some twenty miles south of Tacoma in March, killing its…

8 years ago
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