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Wally Nelskog

Radio Notes – March 2016

03/28/2016 Jason Remington Anne Nelskog, wife of radio pioneer Wally Nelskog, passed away earlier this month. She was 91…Alan Smith,…

6 months ago

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…

6 months ago

KIXI plays to it’s strength–music

October 12, 1980 - Victor Stredicke

11 months ago

KIRO 710 and CBS make nice, KIXI miffed

July 4, 1976 - Victor Stredicke

11 months ago

The birth of KIXI

Monday, February 16, 1959 - Portland Hoffa, widow of radio icon Fred Allen, remarries. This time to a New York…

11 months ago

Ratings Book Identifies Listener Favorites

August 10, 1975 / The Arbitron ratings, as mentioned a few weeks back, reported KOMO as the most popular radio…

1 year ago

Warren Saunders & Bruce Vanderhoof move to KOMO-AM; KOL leads in poll

June 5, 1959 (W.F. Jahn-Seattle P-I tv & radio editor) John Jarstad of KTVW 13 has his office in a…

1 year ago

Wally Nelskog brings his own style and personality to KRSC, KJR & KTVW 13

July 20, 1952 September 1953 Nelskog moves to KJR July 1955--Nelskog rejoins KJR after a year in Yakima November 1955…

1 year ago

THE END: After 25 years, he’s dialing “S” for sign-off

QZVX.COM is based on the Seattle Times radio column written by VICTOR STREDICKE. The RADIO DIAL ran from the mid-1960s,…

2 years ago

Wally Nelskog kicks his rock ‘n roll habit

October 15, 1961 - C. J. Skreen (Seattle Times) If Perry Mason will move over, the court will come to…

2 years ago

KQDE ad 1959; Before Wally Nelskog chose the KIXI call letters

Thanks to Dick Ellingson for sending this, from Broadcasting Magazine, September 21, 1959.

2 years ago

8/9/87-KJR picks up KLTX; MAGIC adds KIXI

VICTOR STREDICKE - August 9, 1987 Once again KJR will have an FM sister station. And KMGI will have an…

3 years ago

What Goes Up Sometimes Comes Down

May 31, 1985 Even as broadcast towers scramble to go up in the suburbs, a tower in Seattle's South End…

3 years ago

Old Everett Station Gets A New name

February 3, 1985 There's a new name for KRKO, 1380 kHz., Everett, one of the oldest broadcast facilities in the…

3 years ago
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