Talker's Magazine The quirky talk radio trade mag. Check the Talk Radio Research Project- it's not very scientific, but places on the top 15 talkers list (scroll down to Talk Radio Audiences By Size)) are as hotly contested as Emmys (and mean just about as much).
The Advocate No, not THAT Advocate... it's the Northwest Progressive Institute's Official Blog.
Media Matters Documentation of right-wing media in video, audio and text.
Orcinus home of David Neiwert, freelance investigative journalist and author who writes extensively about far-right hate groups
Hominid Views "People, politics, science, and whatnot"
Darryl is a statistician who fights imperialism with empiricism, gives good links and wry commentary.
Jesus' General An 11 on the Manly Scale of Absolute Gender, a 12 on the Heavenly Scale of the 10 Commandments and a 6 on the earthly scale of the Immaculately Groomed.
Howie in Seattle Howie Martin is the Abe Linkin' of progressive Seattle.
Streaming Radio Guide Hellishly long (5795!) list of radio streaming, steaming on the Internets.
The Naked Loon News satire -- The Onion in the Seattle petunia patch.
Irrational Public Radio "informs, challenges, soothes and/or berates, and does so with a pleasing vocal cadence and unmatched enunciation. When you listen to IPR, integrity washes over you like lava, with the pleasing familiarity of a medium-roast coffee and a sensible muffin."
The Maddow Blog Here's the hyper-interactive La Raych of MSNBC. daily show-vids, freakishly geeky research, and classy graphics.
Northwest Broadcasters The AM, FM, TV and digital broadcasters of Northwest Washington, USA and Southwest British Columbia, Canada. From Kelso, WA to the northern tip of Vancouver Island, BC - call letters, formats, slogans, networks, technical data, and transmitter maps.
Plus "recent" news.
News Corpse The Internet's chronicle of media decay.
The Moderate Voice The voice of reason in the age of Obama, and the politics of the far-middle.
News Hounds Dogged dogging of Fox News by a team who seems to watch every minute of the cable channel so you don't have to.
HistoryLink Fun to read and free encyclopedia of Washington State history. Founded by the late Walt Crowley, it's an indispensable tool and entertainment source for history wonks and surfers alike.
right-wing blogs we like
The Reagan Wing Hearin lies the real heart of Washington State Republicans. Doug Parris runs this red-meat social conservative group site which bars no holds when it comes to saying who they are and who they're not; what they believe and what they don't; who their friends are and where the rest of the Republicans can go. Well-written, and flaming.
Orbusmax inexhaustible Drudgery of NW conservative news
The Radio Equalizer prolific former Seattle KVI, KIRO talk host speaks authoritatively about radio.
Old Seattle Radio Saturday: "the legend," jerry kay's wake
(Thanks, Mike Barer)
Comments
That was a good one. It was fun to hear their terrific voices again. Brought back a lot of memories. It was a different and better time and I miss it. (Well, not everything!)
One of the funniest and,I think, underated jocks at KJR. He started at KOL when he first came to Seattle radio in the early 60's.For a couple of weeks prior to his arrival,I remember "JFK is coming soon to KOL". When he finally took to the airwaves one Mon. eve. at 9, he immediately explained that HE was indeed JFK...Jerald Farley Kay!
Wow.....I knew lots of you guys that spoke. Lan even came to my wedding to Jerry in Hawaii. Ron Saul introduced us. I was Jerry's 3rd wife and while he was a difficult person to actually be married to, he was easy to love. He made me laugh so hard. RIP
KIROFM 97.3 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.
KUOW FM 94.9 Seattle's foremost public radio news and talk.
KVI am 570 KHz 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.
KTTH am 770 KHz 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.
KLFE AM 1590 kHz 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).
KOMOAM News, traffic, Ken Schram and John Carlson.
That was a good one. It was fun to hear their terrific voices again. Brought back a lot of memories. It was a different and better time and I miss it. (Well, not everything!)
How long did Jerry stay married to that corvette?
Posted by: joanie | January 22, 2011 at 08:18 AM
One of the funniest and,I think, underated jocks at KJR. He started at KOL when he first came to Seattle radio in the early 60's.For a couple of weeks prior to his arrival,I remember "JFK is coming soon to KOL". When he finally took to the airwaves one Mon. eve. at 9, he immediately explained that HE was indeed JFK...Jerald Farley Kay!
Posted by: dale from albuquerque | January 22, 2011 at 12:27 PM
I wish we still had radio like this.
Posted by: Ed Bennett | January 23, 2011 at 12:24 AM
I found the video on "you tube" by accident. Leave it too old time radio jocks to have a little fun in a sad situation.
Posted by: Mike Barer | January 23, 2011 at 09:15 PM
The vintage was fall of 2005. Lan Roberts, who was second to speak in the video would die a couple months later.
Posted by: Mike Barer | January 23, 2011 at 09:23 PM
I remember when they didn't use filthy language! They sound illiterate and senile.
Posted by: Gwendolyn | February 01, 2011 at 06:17 PM
Wow.....I knew lots of you guys that spoke. Lan even came to my wedding to Jerry in Hawaii. Ron Saul introduced us. I was Jerry's 3rd wife and while he was a difficult person to actually be married to, he was easy to love. He made me laugh so hard. RIP
Posted by: Gayle Hughes | March 16, 2011 at 02:34 PM