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RADIO CIRCA 1990 - EXACTLY 20 YEARS AGO

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David1960

For a brief time, there was a local publication called The Greater Seattle Radio Guide. It was available at Peaches and many other fine outlets. I still have a few copies and thought some here might be interested in the station lineups of exactly 20 years ago and where some of those folks reside today...

KXRX (96.5)
6am-10am GARY CROW & MIKE WEST (individually both now heard on KZOK)
10am-2pm DR. ROCK
2pm-6pm ROBIN & MAYNARD (John Maynard is a regular now on KPLU)
6pm-10pm BEAU ROBERTS (now the voice of KZOK)
10pm-2am DEAN CARLSON
2am-6am SCOTT VANDERPOOL (now evenings on KZOK)

KISW (99.9)
6am-10am BOB RIVERS (now mornings on KZOK)
10am-2pm DAN WILKE (weekends at KZOK)
2pm-6pm STEVE SLATON
6pm-10pm MIKE JONES
10pm-2am CATHY FAULKNER
2am-6am JON BALLARD

KUBE (93.3 -- CHR)
6am-10am CHARLIE BROWN & TY FLINT
10am-2pm TOM HUYTLER (sports on KOMO)
2pm-6pm BARRY BECK & KELLY BRIDGES
6pm-11pm JERRY HART
11pm-6am JEFF WEST

KMGI (107.7 -- Hot AC)
6am-10am THE I-GUYS
10am-2pm RANDY LUNDQUIST (now on KJR-FM)
2pm-6pm JEFF KING
6pm-8pm RON HARRIS
8pm-12am ANGIE GOOD
12am-6am RICH ELLIS

KVI (570 AM -- OLDIES)
6am-10am DICK CURTIS
10am-3pm BRIAN GREGORY (now on KOMO)
3pm-7pm PAUL THOMPSON
7pm-12am HEIDI MAY (now on KJR-FM)
12am-6am JIM MARTIN

KBSG (97.3 -- OLDIES)
6am-10am VIC ORLANDO & CHET ROGERS
10am-2pm MARK CHRISTOPHER (most recently on 104.5)
2pm-6pm JOE MICHAELS
6pm-10pm KIM WILSON
12am-6am JESS RANDALL

KEZX (98.9 -- "PROGRESSIVE ALBUM ROCK"/pre-AAA)
6am-10am TAMI BENNETT & JILL KENLY
10am-3pm CAROL HANDLEY
3pm-7pm PEYTON MAYS & ABBI KAPLAN
7pm-12pm JAY PHILLIPS
12am-6am JOHN NELSON (now traffic on nearly every Seattle station)

KSEA (100.7 -- SOFT AC)
6am-10am FRANK SHIERS (now on KIRO-FM)
10am-2pm DAVE YOUNG
2pm-8pm DAN MURPHEY
8pm-6am "NIGHT SONGS"

Holy cow -- so many others that deserve mentioning like Tony Miner on KING 1090, Rush Limbaugh was running on 1480 KLAY, KLSY had Delilah Rene, KIXI had Mike Webb, etc...

For all I know I may be the only interested in this stuff but I'd be happy to post more if there's any station line-up you're interested in.
 
Ballard is on Big FM, Washington D.C.
Beck is doing mornings at The Buzz in Rochester, N.Y.
Kelly Bridges is doing production and voiceover work in Santa Barbara
Jeff West is in Eugene programming Bob FM
I-Guys are on the beach, formerly of WSB-FM in Atlanta
Jeff King is doing weather for Maui TV News
Ron Harris is programming a station in the Tri-Cities
Carol is doing mornings on KWJZ
 
searadiofreak said:
Do you have KOMO, KING, and KPLZ-FM?
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no problem.

KOMO (1000AM, Full Service)
5am-10am LARRY NELSON
10am-12pm KEITH JONASSON
12pm-1pm Noon Report with PAUL HARVEY
1pm-3pm KEITH JONASSON
3pm-7pm NORM GREGORY
7pm-12am JOE COBURN
12am-5am JAYNIE DILLON
2am-6am JON BALLARD

KING (1090AM, News/Talk)
5am-9am ROBERT HARDWICK, DEB HENRY & TONY MINER (Tony's of course on KIRO-FM)
9am-12pm JIM ALTHOFF
12pm-3pm CHRIS BRECHER
3pm-7pm MIKE SIEGEL
7pm-9pm SALLY JESSE RAPHAEL
9pm-12am LARRY KING
12am-3am TOM SNYDER

KPLZ (101.5fm, CHR)
6am-10am KENT & ALAN (still there!)
10am-2pm RICK HANSEN
2pm-6pm ERIC FUNK
6pm-10pm MARK ALLEN
10pm-2am B.J. DONOVAN

KIRO (710am, News/Talk)
4:30am-9:30am BILL YEEND & DAVE STONE (Bill Yeend now on KOMO morning drive)
9:30am-12pm JIM FRENCH
12pm-3pm (listed simply as MARINER BASEBALL)
3pm-7pm DAVE DOLACKY & GREGG HERSHOLT
7pm-10pm WAYNE CODY
10pm-12am TALKNET w/BRUCE WILLIAMS
12am-4:30am TALKNET w/NEIL MYERS
 
I had a copy & paste error in the KOMO listing. The last line should have been deleted -- Jon Ballard was at KISW, not KOMO.

Scoobyfan1 said:
Do you have KLAY 1480, 90.9, 95.7, 1150, KIXI, KLSY, KJR and whatever call letters 850 in Tacoma had back then?
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KLAY 1480
6am-9am AMERICAN SUNRISE NEWS
9am-11am RUSH LIMBAUGH
11am-1pm GORDON ELLIOT
1pm-2pm DR. DEAN EDELL
2pm-3pm CHUCK HARDER
3pm-5pm SONNY BLOCK
5pm -- (it says SIGNOFF. hmmm...)

90.9 --- NO LISTING

KLTX (95.7 -- AC)
6am-10am CHAD DOUGLAS
10am-2pm GLEN MARTIN
2pm-6pm JIM DAI
6pm-6am just music

More later!
 
Cool. Post KZOK when you can.

It's hard to believe 1990 was 20 years ago. I only had 3 presets that I used back then: KISW, KXRX and KZOK.
 
Mark Allen-Pitch man where the Honda are Bellvue?, International Jewelry, others
Rick Hansen-Radio Parties, Hansen Entertainment
Tom Hutler-Komo, Part time 101.5, Mariners staduim voice, pitchman
Paul Thompson-Weekends 101.5
Joe Micheals-voice of King 5

Might be more, all I could find to add
 
ummm....lets speculate what seattle Mcradio will bring us 20 years from now: 1) to save money, more homogenization of national talents, and less local voices, within the corporate mass of seattle music/talk outlets? 2) perfect sexy, and loveable computer voices, that voice track for free? 3) a government bailout, cause they took on too much expansion debt, lost too much ad revenue, and got too big to fail? 4) lack of interest, and antiquated view of radio, by a new, and soon to be born generation? 5) an aged group of 60 to 70 year old hippies,and radio veterans, will purchase seattle radio ownerships by short sales, and play 50+ year old music from the 60's, 70's and 80's, the old fashioned way, by vinyl, CD, and cart.
 
Some of the part timer and full time around that time:

Glen Beck?
Paul Walker
Wendy Christopher
Eric Dawes
Danny Holiday
David Yates
Kevin Calabro
Joe Cooper
Some of you must remember more!
 
Oh yea,

Vic Orlando voice guy now at KJR
Ron Erak now a Voice guy
Bob Case was floating around then
Gary Bryan close by?
Paul Carlson?
 
Former I-guy Bobby Rich has been the morning man at KMXZ Tucson, AZ for quite a few years.
 
dunno said:
Oh yea,

Vic Orlando voice guy now at KJR
Ron Erak now a Voice guy
Bob Case was floating around then
Gary Bryan close by?
Paul Carlson?
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Bob Case I believe is a muckety-muck for Clear Channel and Gary Bryan is kicking ass in AM Drive at K-EARTH in L.A.
 
dunno said:
Paul Walker
Wendy Christopher
Eric Dawes
Danny Holiday
Joe Cooper
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Paul W in Idaho
Wendy working tech sector -- I think still contracting @ MSFT
Dawes is responding to this post
Danny's health has stabilized and he's spending time at his place near Stanwood
Cooper in Redmond -- had spent many years building new homes
 
lbb

If you are E.D..I remember hearing you on Kvi, 101.5 and KJR-fm.
Where in Idaho is Paul Walker? Do you remember Ken Carson? where is he?
How about Bruce Cannon?, Captain Kirk, at Ktac in Tacoma and KVI,
Tim Edwards, at Ktac, Kvi, Kmps, and Kjr am, ? Green at Kvi, Bob Cochran, Jeff Randall, Morton of KVI, Chet Rodgers? How good was he with Lock Jock? I would bet money, the best talent ever in Seattle: Gary Lockwood, then Charlie Brown!!!
After that Scott Savlidori or whaterver his name is.
 
dunno said:
lbb: If you are E.D..I remember hearing you on Kvi, 101.5 and KJR-fm.
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Then I owe you at least three apologies.

dunno said:
... Ken Carson?
... Bruce Cannon
... Captain Kirk
... Morton of KVI
... Chet Rodgers
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Carson does Sounders & Seahawks crowd ramp-up events and many corporate events -- does the apperances for his full time business. Sugar/Bruce was main presence on KOZI/Chelan and then I heard he is no longer doing that. Kirk Russell I lost track of even while @ KVI ... Morton still in Seattle (he attends the senior get-togethers on regulr basis) .. Chet has an agency that has been operating for years. So does Steve West.
 
savlidori or whaterver? perhaps someone got into the liquor cabinet last night, i dunno? mr. salvatori, has run some street stock race cars in the 80's, 90's, and 00's, and done some college FM bluegrass/country programming, and mom and pop commercial AM country in the 90's, but in no way does he measure up, or come close to the legends of richard petty and dale earnhardt or gary lockwood, and charlie brown. but, mr salvatori got a good chuckle, and looks forward to the day when he finally gives up his life behind the wheel and cashes in his hand$, and buys a mom and pop AM/FM outlet somewhere deep in the heart of the USA, where he can program "gut bucket"country, and/or right wing wacko extremest radio to the rural masses. meanwhile back at the radio circa 1990 ranch...................KIRO 710, was still in its good ol' days. less contrived entertainewsment back then. no annoying fast moving news clock yet. jim french was still there on KIRO midday, and the late great wayne cody held the nightly spot on KIRO sportsline, which i spent many of night tuned into. what do you all think of KIRO radio circa......these days? check out the ron and don thread. mr. salvatori doesnt like to degrade local radio personalities. at least not for the official record here.............
 
David1960 said:
For a brief time, there was a local publication called The Greater Seattle Radio Guide. It was available at Peaches and many other fine outlets.
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The part of your post that caught my attention was Peaches. Remember record stores? Remember when people went to record stores? Full line record stores, where you could find everything that was in print, not just the Top 20? You can't disrupt that without having repercussions in other areas. And one of those other areas is radio.
 
I have always wondered what happened to those concrete hand/footprints (like Grauman's Chinese theatre) that were outside Peaches whenever a big-time recording artist showed up in town they'd do that little ceremony.
 
Paul Walker makes comments on the Portland Radio Guide quite a bit.
 
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