Puget Sound Radio

Movin 92.5 may look good 6+, but KISW cleaned up in all the important demo categories. And KJR The Jet made great strides.

IT WAS AUG. 9th … when radio brought word of a 2nd atomic bomb explosion that would lead to Japan’s surrender & the end of World War II… When the TV program “Ready Steady Go!” premiered on ITV in the UK. The show gave early exposure to such music luminaries as Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones… When two popular Toronto deejays John Spragge and Bob MacAdorey were fired from radio station CHUM… ..and when, following the enormous success of the “Motown 25” TV special two years earlier, NBC debuted the ill-fated “Motown Revue” variety series hosted by Smokey Robinson, which lasted only five weeks. ALL the milestones for Aug. 9th INSIDE.

"We are investing in our local content and programming teams to continue to earn the trust of our loyal audience."

Jonny Staub got his big break when James Stewart offered him a job at Calgary top rated Power 107 shortly after we all calmed down from the Y2K problem. Jonny had some an incredible start to his career with big ratings at an early age at big radio stations in big markets

IT WAS AUG. 8th … when the one-week-old US cable channel MTV aired its first concert in stereo, starring REO Speedwagon in a performance at Denver… When two jurors from the Michael Jackson molestation trial were interviewed on NBC’s ‘Today’ show. They admitted to the national audience they now wished they’d returned a guilty verdict… When Lamont Tilden (pictured), one of the best known CBC announcers and news readers in the Golden Age of Canadian radio, and the early years of television, died at age 98… ..and when 16-year old Brian Hyland went to No.1 on the Billboard pop singles chart with ‘Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.’ ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE

KJR-FM The Jet has a great 6+ book in second place, while KISW and KUOW continue to be tied for third.

The report from law firm Proskauer Rose had been expected to be released in August.