Keep in mind initially TACOMA was considered a separate market from Seattle.
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Once upon a time, Bellingham was it's own market -- but that's a long time ago, back in the seventies. For example, Bellingham was ranked as the 197th largest market in the US in the 1979 edition of Broadcasting Yearbook. Sometime in the eighties, it was folded into the Seattle/Tacoma market.
It seems to me like the BC radio market would be a lot more attractive to people who live in Bellingham (where you can pick up static free reception from just about every FM).
Transition back to the 1970's where many Seattle FM's were not fixed on Tiger/Cougar Mountain, you were probably stuck with the Bellingham or Vancouver radio dial (FM radio wise, at least). I'm not sure how Seattle AM's used to perform.
Transition back to the 1970's where many Seattle FM's were not fixed on Tiger/Cougar Mountain, you were probably stuck with the Bellingham or Vancouver radio dial (FM radio wise, at least). I'm not sure how Seattle AM's used to perform.
I remember being able to pick up KING 1090 (then Elevennn KING!) in the 70's with no problems down in SW Washington.
This is a major drift off topic, but back in the 70's FM transmission facilities were all over the map: Cougar Mt., Roosevelt Hill (N. Seattle) Indian Hill (Tacoma), Three Sisters Mt. (near Enumclaw), Queen Anne Hill, Capitol Hill, Pigeon Point (West Seattle), just to name a few..
"I remember being able to pick up KING 1090 (then Elevennn KING!) in the 70's with no problems down in SW Washington."
You probably did. I remember doing field strength measurements on 1090 back in the day. You could literally stand up at one of the monitor points in Des Moines looking out to Vashon over the water, see the tower lights for the site, but not be able to hear the station on an average car radio. Most of the power went to the southwest and north at night.
"I remember being able to pick up KING 1090 (then Elevennn KING!) in the 70's with no problems down in SW Washington."
You probably did. I remember doing field strength measurements on 1090 back in the day. You could literally stand up at one of the monitor points in Des Moines looking out to Vashon over the water, see the tower lights for the site, but not be able to hear the station on an average car radio. Most of the power went to the southwest and north at night.
Lemme see what I can remember (this is from faded 40 year memory and third hand info, so I could be grossly wrong.....)
Roosevelt Hill: 89.5, 99.9, 107.7
Indian Hill: 91.7, 97.3, 106.1
Three Sisters: 92.5, 103.7
Queen Anne: 98.1, 100.7
Capitol Hill: 94.9
Pigeon Point: 93.3, 94.1, 102.5
Forest Park (Bremerton) 106.9
Fremont Hill/Aurora Village: 105.3
I'm at a loss for who was on Cougar exactly back then. Or who was first. I think nearly everyone went to Cougar in the '80s and Tiger in 1988 - 1990s.
I drove by the Roosevelt hill site about two months ago and couldn't even recognize where the old KISW studios were. Like many other neighborhoods, anything with history has been obliterated and replaced with "tendy" condos....same story for that intersection at 98th (99th?) and Roosevelt.
Can someone enlighten me as to where some of these old transmission locations are? I'd like to have a look (but as you can expect they are difficult to find on a map).
You are pretty close! Corrections here:
Roosevelt Hill: 99.9 The original KNHC 89.5 transmitter site (now backup site), was on Wedgwood Hill atop Wedgwood Elementary School. KISW originated next door on Roosevelt Hill. KRAB 107.7 was one of the original stations from Cougar Mt.
Indian Hill: 91.7, 97.3, 106.1 Correct!
Three Sisters: 92.5, 103.7 I believe 92.5 has always been from Cougar Mt.
Queen Anne: 98.1, 100.7 Correct!
Capitol Hill: 94.9 Correct! Prior to moving to Capitol Hill, 94.9 was KOMO-FM via a tower next door to the old Fisher Broadcasting Building. That very 150' tower was moved to Queen Anne Hill and still to this day, makes up the top half of the current KOMO TV tower.
Pigeon Point: 93.3, 94.1, 102.5 Correct!
Forest Park (Bremerton) 106.9 Correct!
Fremont Hill/Aurora Village: 105.3 Correct!
Wow. I wasn't expecting to be right at all. I was really winging it by memory....
But wasn't 94.9 the original KING-FM (with Dorothy Bullitt donating it to KUOW, then on 90.5 when she acquired KRSC-FM 98.1 and moved KING-FM there?) I also thought the original KOMO-FM was on 98.9....
??? Why is this 4 year old post showing up as new?
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