Were KHIT's studios located in Bremerton? Also, I thought Gannett owned 106.9 at one point?
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Were KHIT's studios located in Bremerton? Also, I thought Gannett owned 106.9 at one point?
Watermark tower in downtown Seattle ... above where McCormick's used to be.
Back in the late '80s, KHIT was still related to KBRO, but worked hard to appear "Seattle-esque", with Seattle-based studios and talent. Up until late '87 however, the FCC still had a content origination rule, which required that greater than 50% of a station's weekly programming be originated from a station's city of license. That resulted in a very nice main studio, a decent production room and a new (or updated) automation system at KBRO's Sheridan Ave. location in East Bremerton.
KHIT's jocks did a very good job of keeping their location understated. If you didn't know that they had to spend time in Bremerton by rule, you'd probably have no reason to assume they weren't always in Seattle. All that stopped when the stations were split and separately sold. KHIT, and it's successive calls, rode off into the sunset, becoming indistinguishable from any other Seattle FM, except for it's TOH ID, which remains to this day.
Without the FM to carry it along, KBRO suffered the fate of many small, local stations, becoming more difficult to support in the shadow of the higher-powered signals and larger budgets of its big-city neighbors. Over a few years, it suffered a series of bankruptcies, studio moves and format experiments. It was once the Seattle-area outlet of a fledgling gay/lesbian network out of California, and more recently, was affiliated with the ESPN Deportes network. KBRO currently carries programming from a White Center church.
I think you're right about Gannett owning 106.9 for a time... though I'd have to look up the records to recall when that was. In any case, it was not while the stations were co-owned.
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Gannett bought it from Bingham ... made it KNUA (New Age). So KIIS/LA and Seattle's 106.9 were sister stations at one point.
Somewhere in there was "Brown Broadcasting" ... may have been before Gannett -- or just after. In any case Sandusky got into the act and then that rolled over to Hubbard.
Somewhere in there was "Brown Broadcasting" ... may have been before Gannett -- or just after. In any case Sandusky got into the act and then that rolled over to Hubbard.
It went Bignham>Gannet>Brown>Sandusky
Tons of fun keeping that studio STL link going. Bingham/KHIT processing they thought was unique but was was under powered. The name excapes me but I think is was UK based company.
Gold mountain was a fun drive although it sucked when you had to run to the radio shack in Bremerton for a 5 amp fuse. Cliff Foote was interesting to work with (no never partied with him).
Gannet still did top40 after it bought the station from Bignham. They brought some people from their Detroit top40 station they owned. But what worked in Detroit did not work in Seattle. Maurren Mathews was PD. They also brought Marc Kay in from Florida. Eventually Gannet flipped the station to KNUA and eventually sold to Brown. Gannet built really nice studios and engineering. Oh the memories.
Nick Francis was PD there during Brown Broadcasting. Nick is now at KNKX.
Tons of fun keeping that studio STL link going. Bingham/KHIT processing they thought was unique but was was under powered. The name excapes me but I think is was UK based company.
Gold mountain was a fun drive although it sucked when you had to run to the radio shack in Bremerton for a 5 amp fuse. Cliff Foote was interesting to work with (no never partied with him).
Gannet still did top40 after it bought the station from Bignham. They brought some people from their Detroit top40 station they owned. But what worked in Detroit did not work in Seattle. Maurren Mathews was PD. They also brought Marc Kay in from Florida. Eventually Gannet flipped the station to KNUA and eventually sold to Brown. Gannet built really nice studios and engineering. Oh the memories.
Nick Francis was PD there during Brown Broadcasting. Nick is now at KNKX.
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How about Kelly Broadcasting the former owners of KCPQ-TV. This group was more notable for owning KCRA -TV Sacramento until two decades ago when Tribune got KCPQ and KCRA-TV went to Hearst.
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