On January 3, 2012, oldies KVI 570 AM will once again become a talk radio station under its new ‘smart talk’ format. The station’s new tag line will be Smart Talk for a Sound Life, featuring lifestyle, health, local and entertainment news. At the start of 2011, station management flipped the station from a conservative [...]
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KVI 570 AM Seattle to Flip to Talk Radio as Smart Talk 570 KVI
Posted: December 1, 2011 in RadioTags: Elisa Jaffe, fisher, Fisher Communications, KOMO 4, komo tv, KVI 570 AM, KVI becomes Smart Talk, Mark Christopher, Radio station changes formats, seattle, Smart Talk, Sunrise Seattle
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Mary White Leaves ‘Fitz in the Morning’, Ellen Tailor to Replace Her
Posted: November 26, 2011 in RadioTags: country, ellen tailor, fitz, fitz in the morning, kkwf, mary white, p1, radio, seattle radio changes, seattle wolf
News to me but not so recent to most everyone else. Looks like Mary White has left ‘Fitz in the Morning’ on KKWF 100.7 FM. Taking her place is Ellen Tailor, the co-host of ‘Gravy in the Morning’ in Lansing, Michigan. You can follow her journey to Seattle on her Facebook page. She starts in [...]
Seattle’s classical radio station KING-FM is now “listener supported”
Posted: May 3, 2011 in RadioTags: crosscut, Feliks Banel, King radio, KING-FM, more music on king-fm, national public radio seattle, NPR, public radio, radio in seattle, radio info, seattle radio changes
Crosscut writer Feliks Banel reports today that KING-FM has made the switch (as of today) and is now “listener supported.” After 63 years of commercial broadcasting, KING-FM no longer has 60-second commercial spots. Instead it will have the more NPR-like “underwriting announcements.” The biggest change that KING-FM listeners will notice is more music.
Seattle Radio News Veteran Heather Bosch to CBS New York
Posted: April 29, 2011 in RadioTags: seattle, Seattle News, KIRO radio, KIRO, News in seattle, CBS, New York, heather bosch, radio, heather bosch to cbs new york, radio changes in seattle, media landscape, journalim, heather, bosch, alex silverman
10+ year Seattle radio news reporter and anchor Heather Bosch has left Seattle for New York. She begins working at CBS radio as a NY-based correspondent starting on May 2. Bosch just won three RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards for overall excellence, audio news series, and audio newscast while working at KIRO radio news (97.3 [...]
KEXP Radio Gets Seattle City Council Approval to Move to Seattle Center Campus
Posted: April 27, 2011 in RadioTags: future of KEXP radio, kexp, kexp radio, Kexp Seattle Center, KEXP to move to Seattle center, kexp will move to Seattle Center, northwest rooms, radio in seattle, radio station deal with seattle, seattle, Seattle council approves Chihuly, Seattle council gives KEXP approval to move, where is KEXP radio
Seattle’s alternative radio station KEXP will move to the Seattle Center campus, according to the SeattlePI. Yesterday, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a lease for a planned Dale Chihuly glass art museum and garden at the former Fun Forest amusement center at Seattle Center. As part of the approval, they gave the nod to [...]
Seattle Radio Welcomes Back Bob Rivers
Posted: April 12, 2011 in RadioTags: April 1, Bob Rivers, Bob Rivers is back on the air, Bob Rivers seattle radio, changes in seattle media, Joe Bryant, KZOK, Oldies, Oldies 95.7, on-air personality, radio dj, Seattle media, Seattle News, Seattle radio, Seattle radio welcomes back Bob Rivers, Spike O'Neill, veteran
Bob Rivers, a Seattle radio veteran who was with KZOK FM for years, has a new gig on KJR FM (aka Oldies 95.7 FM). He started working there on April 1. His new show airs weekdays from 5 am to 10 am. He is joined by his former KZOK FM morning show partners Spike O’Neill [...]
Larry Gifford named Program Director for Seattle’s KIRO 97.3 FM and KTTH 770 AM
Posted: April 8, 2011 in RadioTags: 97.3, Bonneville, Gardner, KIRO, KIRO-FM, Larry Gifford, Ryan Hatch, seattle, The Truth, TheNewsChick
According to radio-info.com, starting May 2, Larry Gifford will take over as the new PD for Bonneville’s two news talk stations in Seattle – KIRO News Talk 97.3 FM and “Truth” KTTH 770 AM. Gifford succeeds Ryan Hatch. Bonneville’s Seattle market manager Carl Gardner said, “We are breaking new ground in Seattle, redefining news and [...]
ESPN Radio (Seattle) Holds Its Own on NFL Draft Day
Posted: April 28, 2009 in RadioTags: 710, 950, Aaron Curry, ESPN, Jim Grobe, KIRO radio, KJR, Seahawks, Seattle Seahawks, Seattle sports
ESPN radio and KJR battle it out.
