Retro Dial: Seattle, August 1976

[Bluenoser]

from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The P-I didn't list formats

AM Dial
570 KVI
630 KGDN
710 KIRO
770 KXA
800 KQIN
850 KTAC
910 KIXI
950 KJR
1000 KOMO
1050 KBLE
1090 KING
1150 KAYO
1220 KASY
1230 KWYZ
1250 KYAC
1300 KMPS
1360 KMO
1380 KRKO
1400 KTNT
1450 KUPY
1460 KILO
1490 KBRO
1510 KAAR
1540 KZAM
1560 KDFL
1590 KUUU

FM Dial
89.3 KASB
89.5 KNHC
90.1 KMIH
90.5 KCMU
91.3 KBCS
92.5 KZAM
92.9 KISM
93.3 KBLE
94.1 KEUT
94.9 KUOW
95.7 KIXI
96.5 KYAC
97.3 KNBQ
98.1 KING
98.9 KEZX
99.9 KISW
100.7 KSEA
101.5 KETO
102.5 KZOK
103.9 KBRD
104.3 KERI
105.3 KBIQ
106.1 KLAY
106.9 KBRO
107.7 KRAB

 

[Bongwater]

AM Dial
570 KVI Full Service/MOR
630 KGDN (Edmonds) Religious
710 KIRO News/Talk
770 KXA Classical
800 KQIN (Burien) B/EZ?
850 KTAC (Tacoma) Top 40
910 KIXI B/EZ
950 KJR Top 40
1000 KOMO Full Service AC
1050 KBLE Religious
1090 KING Top 40
1150 KAYO Country
1220 KASY (Auburn) Soft AC?
1230 KWYZ (Everett) Country
1250 KYAC R&B
1300 KMPS Country
1360 KMO (Tacoma) Country
1380 KRKO (Everett) Top 40
1400 KTNT (Tacoma) Full Service MOR
1450 KUPY (Puyallup) Talk?
1460 KILO (Kirkland) AOR
1490 KBRO (Bremerton) Adult Contemporary
1510 KAAR (Mountlake Terrace) Talk/AC?
1540 KZAM (Bellevue) AOR
1560 KDFL (Sumner) Religious?
1590 KUUU Oldies

FM Dial
89.3 KASB (Bellevue) AOR?
89.5 KNHC AOR?
90.1 KMIH (Mercer Island) Progressive Rock
90.5 KCMU AOR?
91.3 KBCS (Bellevue) Public
92.5 KZAM (Bellevue) Progressive Rock
92.9 KISM (Bellingham) AOR
93.3 KBLE Country/Religious
94.1 KEUT B/EZ
94.9 KUOW Public/Classical
95.7 KIXI B/EZ
96.5 KYAC R&B
97.3 KNBQ (Tacoma) AOR?
98.1 KING Classical
98.9 KEZX B/EZ
99.9 KISW AOR
100.7 KSEA B/EZ
101.5 KETO Country?
102.5 KZOK AOR
103.9 KBRD (Tacoma) B/EZ
104.3 KERI (Bellingham) Country?
105.3 KBIQ (Edmonds) Religious B/EZ
106.1 KLAY (Tacoma) AOR
106.9 KBRO (Bremerton) Country?
107.7 KRAB Public

 

[Bluenoser]

Thanks for the assist on formats, Bongwater...where did you get your info from?

 

[Bongwater]

Thanks for the assist on formats, Bongwater...where did you get your info from?

Living in the Seattle area and owning a radio......

 

[wildthangjim]

I count possibly up to 12 AOR or progressive rock stations (10 on FM), 8 of them commercial stations. Amazing...I wonder if that's the record. Places I lived in the 70's (Tulsa, OKC, Dallas, Houston) had a maximum 4 at a time.

 

[Bongwater]

I count possibly up to 12 AOR or progressive rock stations (10 on FM), 8 of them commercial stations. Amazing...I wonder if that's the record. Places I lived in the 70's (Tulsa, OKC, Dallas, Houston) had a maximum 4 at a time.

The Puget Sound was a very rock oriented area (and still is.)

 

[unitron]

Thanks for the assist on formats, Bongwater...where did you get your info from?

Living in the Seattle area and owning a radio......

So you got your knowledge the old-fashioned way.


You earned it.