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Request: Seattle/Tacoma Radio Dials

Hopefully, some one can help me out with this but can someone post some retro Seattle/Tacoma radio dials? Preferrably from the late 60's through 1984 and possibly 1987. If some one could do this I would be greatly appreciative
 
> Hopefully, some one can help me out with this but can
> someone post some retro Seattle/Tacoma radio dials?
> Preferrably from the late 60's through 1984 and possibly
> 1987. If some one could do this I would be greatly
> appreciative
>
I can try and help you out. This is all from memory.
starting in the LATE 70's...

570 KVI (MOR/AC)Mutual news > 79or80 (Talk) > 81'? (oldies) > 90 or 91? (Talk)
630 KGDN (Religious) > KCIS (religious)
710 KIRO (news/talk) CBS
770 KXA 70's(classical) > early 80's (oldies)
820 ??
850 KTAC (top40) Tacoma
910 KIXI (MOR) moved to 880
950 KJR (top 40) > late 80's (classic hits) morphed to sports early 90's
1000 KOMO (MOR/AC) ABC morphed to talk in 96'
1050 KBLE (religious)
1090 KING (top40)NBC > 80's (AC) > late 80's early 90'(talk)
1150 KAYO (country) KEZX in the 80's???
1210 KACY (AC) Auburn
1250 KKFX ?? (R&B)
1300 KOL (top40) > KMPS (country)
1360 KMO (country) Tacoma > KAMT (AC-top40 lite)
1540 ??
1590 KZOK (rock) > KJET (modern rock)> KZOK (rock)> KQUL/KZOK (oldies)

This is just an attempt of the FM's, and some highlights that I do remember...again starting in the LATE 70's...

92.5 KZAM (Freeform) > became KLSY (AC)
94.1 was (easy listening) > became the new KMPS FM (country)
95.7 KIXI (??lite AC)
96.5 KYYX (top40) Automated
97.3 KNBQ (top40) Tacoma
98.1 KING (classical)
98.9 KEZX (B/EZ)
99.9 KISW (AOR)
100.7 KSEA (B/EZ)
101.5 KVI (top40) > Became KPLZ (top40) as K-plus FM
102.5 KZOK (AOR)
103.7 KBRD (B/EZ) Tacoma (seems like the original freq was 103.9 or 104.1??)
105.3 KBIQ (religious)
106.1 KRPM (country) Tacoma
107.7 ??
 
> 570 KVI (MOR/AC)Mutual news > 79or80 (Talk) > 81'? (oldies)

Went Oldies in '84

> > 90 or 91? (Talk)
> 630 KGDN (Religious) > KCIS (religious)
> 710 KIRO (news/talk) CBS
> 770 KXA 70's(classical) > early 80's (oldies)
> 820 ??
> 850 KTAC (top40) Tacoma

AC by '82, maybe earlier

> 910 KIXI (MOR) moved to 880
> 950 KJR (top 40) > late 80's (classic hits) morphed to
> sports early 90's
> 1000 KOMO (MOR/AC) ABC morphed to talk in 96'
> 1050 KBLE (religious)
> 1090 KING (top40)NBC > 80's (AC) > late 80's early 90'(talk)
>
> 1150 KAYO (country) KEZX in the 80's???
> 1210 KACY (AC) Auburn
> 1250 KKFX ?? (R&B)
> 1300 KOL (top40) > KMPS (country)
> 1360 KMO (country) Tacoma > KAMT (AC-top40 lite)

1984

> 1540 ??
> 1590 KZOK (rock) > KJET (modern rock)> KZOK (rock)>
> KQUL/KZOK (oldies)
>
> This is just an attempt of the FM's, and some highlights
> that I do remember...again starting in the LATE 70's...
>
> 92.5 KZAM (Freeform) > became KLSY (AC)
> 94.1 was (easy listening) > became the new KMPS FM (country)

KOL-FM before KMPS

>
> 95.7 KIXI (??lite AC)

And was KLTX, et al

> 96.5 KYYX (top40) Automated

Alternative until early '84

> 97.3 KNBQ (top40) Tacoma
> 98.1 KING (classical)
> 98.9 KEZX (B/EZ)
> 99.9 KISW (AOR)
> 100.7 KSEA (B/EZ)
> 101.5 KVI (top40) > Became KPLZ (top40) as K-plus FM
> 102.5 KZOK (AOR)
> 103.7 KBRD (B/EZ) Tacoma (seems like the original freq was
> 103.9 or 104.1??)

103.9

> 105.3 KBIQ (religious)
> 106.1 KRPM (country) Tacoma
> 107.7 ??

KRAB, then KMGI (late '84)
 
>
> > 96.5 KYYX (top40) Automated
>
> Alternative until early '84
>

Don't think they went alternative until the early 80s. Definitely recall them being automated Top 40 around '77/'78. All or mostly voicetracked by legendary Seattle jocks who'd moved on. Lan Roberts was one of them. I think they'd gone live by '79.
 
From 1997
AM:
570 KVI Talk
630 KCIS Christian Music/talk
660 KAPS Country
710 KIRO News Talk
770 KNWX All news (the KOMO of the 90s)
790 KGMI News Talk
820 KGNW Christian Talk
880 KIXI Nostalgia
930 KBFW Country (the prior KBAI)
950 KJR Sports
1000 KOMO News Talk
1050 KBLE Religious
1090 KRPM Country
1150 KEZX Business News
1170 KPUG News, sports
1210 KBSG simulcast of KBSG 97.3
1250 KKDZ News, features and music for ages 6-11
1300 KMPS AC? did 1300 really have AC, or country? I Can't tell.
1340 KLKI Talk
1360 KKMO Multi-ethnic Jazz, new age
1380 KRKO Snohomish County news, talk
1430 KBRC AC, news
1540 KXPA Motivational talk
1590 KLFE Christian
 
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