I have been listening to Seattle radio since about 1980 when I was ten years old. My friend Paul said there's these guys on KISW that do a Leave to Beaver show on the radio. My dad was older and wasn't into most popular music, so I was a little late being exposed to rock radio. Immediately I was hooked. I gravitated toward the heavier stuff that was on KISW and it has been the number one on my presets in all my vehicles since my first digital tuner in about 1986.
With the exit of Scott Vanderpool at KZOK, that's the last of the DJs I have actively followed. I know that it doesn't seem to matter anymore. Ask my wife to name and DJs and she'd be hard pressed to. She had no idea was voice tracking was or that Deliah was not actually broadcasting from KAFE in Bellingham.
Anyway, the first DJ that spoke to me was Steve Slaton. He was on in the evenings when I started listening and was my teacher of all things rock. I learned a lot from him. I remember when he was let go by KISW and couldn't believe it. I was listening when he made a guest appearance on The X.
Of course, my friend and I wanted to Crow & West later on in the mid '80s. I still listen to airchecks from them, along with Robin & Maynard and held out hope for the longest time that they would have a place in Seattle radio.
For a while, if it wasn't on KISW, KXRX or KZOK, I didn't hear it on the radio. A little later on there was Cathy Faulkner, Scott Vanderpool, Norman B, Marco Collins, Bob Rivers and Nate Connors. The End was exciting when it first came on.
The long slide has come to an end for me. I will still listen to KISW and KZOK, but I find myself listening to less.
Who are your favorite Seattle DJs?
I wish there was a way to say hi to them. Does anyone have any contact information for them?
With the exit of Scott Vanderpool at KZOK, that's the last of the DJs I have actively followed. I know that it doesn't seem to matter anymore. Ask my wife to name and DJs and she'd be hard pressed to. She had no idea was voice tracking was or that Deliah was not actually broadcasting from KAFE in Bellingham.
Anyway, the first DJ that spoke to me was Steve Slaton. He was on in the evenings when I started listening and was my teacher of all things rock. I learned a lot from him. I remember when he was let go by KISW and couldn't believe it. I was listening when he made a guest appearance on The X.
Of course, my friend and I wanted to Crow & West later on in the mid '80s. I still listen to airchecks from them, along with Robin & Maynard and held out hope for the longest time that they would have a place in Seattle radio.
For a while, if it wasn't on KISW, KXRX or KZOK, I didn't hear it on the radio. A little later on there was Cathy Faulkner, Scott Vanderpool, Norman B, Marco Collins, Bob Rivers and Nate Connors. The End was exciting when it first came on.
The long slide has come to an end for me. I will still listen to KISW and KZOK, but I find myself listening to less.
Who are your favorite Seattle DJs?
I wish there was a way to say hi to them. Does anyone have any contact information for them?
