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KISW
KISW (99.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format in Seattle, Washington. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and has studios in Downtown Seattle and a transmitter on Tiger Mountain in Issaquah. In addition to a standard analog transmission, KISW broadcasts using HD Radio technology and is available online via Audacy. On the air since 1950, KISW was originally a fine music station before Kaye-Smith shifted it to a rock format in 1971. It has continued in the rock format since under various owners; live shows include ''The Mens Room'' afternoon show, which for a time was nationally syndicated. History Classical (1950–1971) KISW began broadcasting on January 16 or 18, 1950. The station's founder and first owner was Ellwood W. Lippincott, a resident of Centralia and engineer for the Weyerhauser Timber Company. The station programmed a classical music format. At first, the station was powered at slightly over 2,000 watts, a fraction of its current output, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mens Room (radio Show)
is an afternoon drive-time show airing on KISW (99.9 FM Seattle). The comedy and hot talk program first aired in 2005, and was nationally syndicated from 2017 to 2020. The show's hosts are Miles Montgomery, Steve "The Thrill" Hill, and "Thee" Ted Smith, and is produced by Mike Hawk. History ''The Mens Room'' radio show began in Baltimore when program director Bill Pasha assembled current hosts Miles Montgomery and Steve Hill for a talk-based radio program called ''Out To Lunch'', which ran from 2003 to 2005 on WXYV-FM with those hosts after Miles replaced Bill Rohland in October 2003. The show moved to Seattle in the spring of 2005, and first aired on 100.7 The Buzz. The show then moved to 99.9 KISW, and eventually grew into the highest-rated afternoon show in all of Seattle. The show was a nationally syndicated radio program produced by Westwood One from 2017 into June 2020, before being dropped from Westwood One. ''The Mens Room ''radio show is also distributed as four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSWD (FM)
KSWD (94.1 FM, "Emma 94.1") is an radio station in Seattle, Washington. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format. KSWD's studios are located on Fifth Avenue in Downtown Seattle; the station broadcasts from two transmitters located near Issaquah on Tiger Mountain, with its main transmitter operating at 73 kW effective radiated power (ERP) and its auxiliary transmitter operating at an ERP of 53 kW. KSWD broadcasts in HD Radio, formerly carrying a blues format on its HD2 subchannel branded as ''The Delta''. History Top 40/MOR (1961–1968) The station's legacy on FM radio dates back to July 8, 1961, when it signed on as KOL-FM, a simulcast of its AM sister station KOL (1300 AM). From 1962 to 1967, KOL-FM was owned by television producers and game show moguls Mark Goodson and Bill Todman; during this period, KOL-AM-FM aired top 40 and middle of the road formats. The pair of stations was sold to Buckley Broadcasting in 1967. Progressive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKWF
KKWF (100.7 FM "100.7 The Wolf") is a commercial radio station in Seattle, Washington. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. and it airs a country music radio format. The studios and offices are on Fifth Avenue in Downtown Seattle. KKWF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 68,000 watts, using beam tilt. The transmitter is located in Issaquah on Tiger Mountain. History KIRO (AM) simulcast (1948–1967) The station first signed on in 1948 as KIRO-FM (not to be confused with the current KIRO-FM, which has broadcast on 97.3 FM since 2008). It was owned by the Queen City Broadcasting Company and it simulcasted co-owned AM 710 KIRO. The two stations were CBS Radio Network affiliates, airing its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio." In 1958, KIRO-TV signed on the air as Seattle's CBS Television affiliate, which it still is today (with exception of a hiatus from 1995 to 1997, when it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A gateway for trade with East Asia, the Port of Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area has been inhabited by Native Americans (such as the Duwamish, who had at least 17 villages a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KHTP
KHTP (103.7 FM, "Hot 103-7"), is a commercial radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, and serving the Seattle metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc., and it airs a classic hip-hop radio format. The studios and offices are on Fifth Avenue in Downtown Seattle. KHTP's transmitting antenna is on Tiger Mountain in Issaquah. It broadcasts in the HD Radio format, formerly carrying an adult album alternative (AAA) format on its HD2 subchannel. KHTP's signal also heard on FM translator K281AD 104.1 MHz in Olympia. History KTWR (1958–1964) On , the station first signed on. The original call sign was KTWR, and it broadcast on 103.9 MHz. It was owned by Thomas Wilmot Read (hence the call sign). Its effective radiated power was 830 watts, a fraction of its current output. The signal was limited to the area in and around Tacoma, not the larger Seattle radio market. KTAC (1964–1977) In 1964, the station was acquired by Tacoma Broadcaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Manning
Harvey Manning (July 16, 1925 in Ballard, Seattle, Washington - November 12, 2006 in Bellevue, Washington) was a noted author of hiking guides and climbing textbooks, and a tireless hiking advocate. Manning lived on Cougar Mountain, within the city limits of Bellevue, Washington, calling his home the "200-meter hut". His book ''Walking the Beach to Bellingham'' is an autobiography and manifesto fleshing out his journal of a hike along the shore of Puget Sound over a two-year span. From 1954 to 1956, Harvey Manning managed Seattle radio station KISW. Harvey Manning died November 12, 2006, in Bellevue. Books Manning is most famous for being the editorial committee chair for the first edition of '' Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills'', a textbook for climbing and scrambling. The first edition was so successful that it created Mountaineers Books, the publishing outlet of The Mountaineers. Manning is also noted for writing the "100 Hikes" series of hiking guidebooks, alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KNDD
KNDD (107.7 FM broadcasting, FM, "107.7 The End") is a commercial broadcasting, commercial radio station in Seattle, Seattle, Washington. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs an alternative rock radio format. Its studios are located on Fifth Avenue in Downtown Seattle. The station broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 68,000 watts. It transmits from a tower in height above average terrain (HAAT) near Issaquah, Washington, on Tiger Mountain (Washington), Tiger Mountain. KNDD broadcasts in HD Radio, HD. Its HD2 subchannel airs an LGBTQ talk radio, Talk/Electronic dance music, EDM format known as Channel Q, which also feeds a 250-watt FM translator in Seattle, 103.3 K277AE. History Non-Commercial KRAB The station first sign-on, signed on the air on September 15, 1962, as non-commercial KRAB. It was founded by Lorenzo Milam and eventually owned by the Jack Straw Memorial Foundation. The station’s effective radiated power was 20,000 watts. KRAB broadcast an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Mountain (Washington)
Tiger Mountain is a mountain in the U.S. state of Washington. It is at the center of the Issaquah Alps, a small range in the Eastside region of King County, Washington southeast of Seattle. The mountain is part of a designated protected area, the Tiger Mountain State Forest, and has several recreational areas used for hiking, mountain biking, and paragliding. Characteristics The mountain has six peaks in the center of the Issaquah Alps, forming a triangle between Interstate 90 (I-90) on the north, Issaquah-Hobart Road on the southwest, and State Route 18 (SR 18) on the southeast. Immediately to the west is Squak Mountain followed by Cougar Mountain, while to the southeast are McDonald and Taylor Mountains, and Rattlesnake Ridge. Tiger Mountain State Forest Tiger Mountain State Forest was established in 1981. In 1989, the entire Issaquah Plateau in the northwest corner was designated as a conservation area, the West Tiger Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Hit Radio
Contemporary hit radio (CHR, also known as contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 Record chart, music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock music, rock, pop music, pop, or Urban contemporary, urban music. Used alone, ''CHR'' most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term ''contemporary hit radio'' was coined in the early 1980s by ''Radio & Records'' magazine to designate Top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into Adult contemporary music, adult contemporary, Urban contemporary music, urban contemporary, Contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian and other formats. The term "top 40" is also used to refer to the actual list of hit songs, and, by extension, to refer to pop music in general. The term has also been modifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; ; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 23 films, notably ''Wonder Man'' (1945), '' The Kid from Brooklyn'' (1946), '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' (1947), '' The Inspector General'' (1949), ''Hans Christian Andersen'' (1952), '' White Christmas'' (1954), and '' The Court Jester'' (1955). His films were popular, especially for his performances of patter songs and favorites such as " Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling". He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honour in 1986 for his years of work with the organization. Early life and education David Daniel Kaminsky was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 18, 1911 (though he would later say 1913), to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants Jacob and Clara (''née'' Nemerovsky) Kamins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
