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March 31, 2009

Historic seattle radio day THURSDAY at KIRO

 Dave Ross will pull the plug, throw the switch, slay a small four-legged animal and fo, rmally say goodbye to 710KIRO as we know it at 11:55a THURSDAY April 2. The 710 KHz location has been news gab for over 80 years.NEW_KIROlogo_regCOLOR

(The ceremony was delayed one day in order to April Fool BlatherWatch:
 were told it was to happen yesterday).

Sports talk 710AM ESPN will be launched in the hallowed location Monday, April 6. 

In the interim, the station will play a mash-up of Mariners' spring training games, and ads wrapped with what's called "stunting," looped announcements telling listeners of the format change and directing them to the old news and talk format with Greggg & Jane, Dave & Dori and Flotsam & Jetsam at KIROFM over at 97.3. This according to GM/PD Rod Arquette.

The games are Thursday through Saturday: if there's no baseball, (like on Sunday) it'll be solid stunting.  710_ESPN_KIRO

News talk has been simulcast over there since August 12.

On Monday, (April 6) on baseball's opening day 710AM ESPN officially launches on the 710AM dial at 3a with Mike and Mike in the Morning; then The Herd with Colin Cowherd at 7a.

Posted by on March 31, 2009 at 03:34 PM in Dave Ross, Dori Monson, KIRO ESPN 710, KIRO FM, Media, radio biz, Sports radio |

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RobP

I assume it's Wednesday, April 1, not Tuesday - correct?

Posted by: RobP | March 31, 2009 at 03:47 PM

AprilMayJune

Poisson d'avril?

Posted by: AprilMayJune | March 31, 2009 at 08:05 PM

woody held

This truly an historic moment. Not since the demise of the Buzz FM 100.7 have we had this kind of momentus occasion.

Posted by: woody held | March 31, 2009 at 08:29 PM

woody held

Oh yeah, what was the station that had the robotic voice count down for a couple days? that was right up there too.

Posted by: woody held | March 31, 2009 at 08:33 PM

KS

Won't all you Dori haters be happy - (BFD)

April 1st is indeed on Wednesday - no kiddin' sherlock...

Posted by: KS | March 31, 2009 at 09:33 PM

Chuck Taylor

So are they officially changing the call letters to something else, or staying with KIRO-AM at the top of the hour?

Posted by: Chuck Taylor | March 31, 2009 at 10:29 PM

blathering michael

It will be called, 710 ESPN. All these truly auspicious events will indeed come down Wednesday.

Posted by: blathering michael | March 31, 2009 at 11:10 PM

Dave

Officially the station must retain legal call letters. They may call it "710 ESPN" or whatever they wish, but will have to identify once per hour with the official call letters and city of license. Unless a change is applied for with the FCC, this will continue to be "KIRO Seattle". The "AM" designation is not a federal requirement.

Posted by: Dave | April 01, 2009 at 03:09 PM

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      Multi-format: news and nearly all local talk. This is where classic KIRO AM news talk radio went... hopefully, not to die. The home of Dave Ross & Luke Burbank, Dori Monson, Ron & Don, Frank Shiers, Bill Radke, Linda Thomas, Tony Miner and George Noory.
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      Seattle's foremost public radio news and talk.
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      Visit the burnt-out husk of one of the seminal right-wing talkers in all the land. Here's where once trilled the reactionary tones of Rush Limbaugh, John Carlson, Kirby Wilbur, Mike Siegel, Peter Weissbach, Floyd Brown, Dinky Donkey, and Bryan Suits. Now it's Top 40 hits from the '60's & '70's aimed at that diminishing crowd who still remembers them and can still hear.
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      Right wing home of local, and a whole bunch of syndicated righties such as Glennn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larsony, and for an hour a day: live & local David Boze.
    • KPTK am 1090 KHz
      Syndicated liberal talk. Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, Norman Goldman fill in the large hole to the left on Northwest radio dial.
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      Syndicated right-wing 2nd stringers like Mark Levin, Bill Bennett, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Dennis Miller and Hugh Hewitt inhabit this timid-voiced neighbor honker for your radio enjoyment (unless you're behind something large like Costco).
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