Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.
A new "Seattle Speaks" show begins tonight, broadcast live from Town Hall. But budget trouble could mean the elimination of at least two positions next year.
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Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.
It's been 71 years since the famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast ... and the panic that overtook a little Skagit County town.
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Posted Wed, Oct 21, 6 a.m.
On the air for almost 50 years, KING-FM's live broadcast of the Sunday religious service remains both a beautiful program and a throwback to a classic era of radio.
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Posted Thu, Oct 15, 1:39 p.m.
The Showbox dresses up for the city's inaugural music awards program, honoring KEXP, Quincy Jones, Fleet Foxes, and others. Even the restrooms smelled nice.
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Posted Sat, Oct 10, 6 a.m.
After 50 years of reporting for KOMO radio and TV, it seems the Seattle broadcast veteran has covered every story at least once ... and faked his way through "Album of Classics" too.
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Posted Thu, Oct 1, 6 a.m.
Welcome to Seattle's next media melodrama, this time concerning an icon in Seattle's cultural history. Much more than a single radio station is at stake.
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Posted Sun, Sep 27, 11:04 a.m.
Glenn Beck, barnstorming Seattle and Mount Vernon this weekend, is more the norm than an aberration in modern media, eagerly exploiting a niche appeal that broadcasters covet.
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Posted Wed, Sep 23, 5:25 p.m.
It's been exactly 21 years since the grunge-anticipating, AM rock station KJET signed off the air, leaving a flood of great memories for our writer, including his favorite place to listen: a radio-challenged Ford Pinto.
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Posted Fri, Sep 11, 6 a.m.
A radio buff recalls the day when Bob Edwards and his not-really-live broadcast had to react to an incredible breaking news story.
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Posted Sun, Jul 19, 5:20 p.m.
Even as an anchor and a celebrity, he always retained the core qualities of a reporter, notes a fellow television newsman. Cronkite was the last who knew how to set a national agenda by telling viewers what to think about, not what to think.
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Posted Tue, Jun 9, 6 a.m.
Why I'm not converting to digital TV. So long, Jean Enersen!
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Posted Fri, May 1, 6 a.m.
An editorial colleague recalls the joyous days of working for the Good Cause, when Bullitt, who died last week, was running the station in the 1960s.
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Posted Mon, Apr 20, 4:24 p.m.
Stimson Bullitt, broadcast executive, enlightened developer, and 'man of parts,' dies at 89, leaving a remarkable family legacy. His watchwords: Be stubborn in the big things. Never boast.
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Posted Thu, Nov 6, midnight
A recovering campaign reporter witnesses the demise of journalistic objectivity, and wonders what will replace it.
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Posted Sat, Nov 1, 6:55 p.m.
A prominent Seattle attorney's absence is felt not just by his family, friends, and colleagues but by his yoga community, as well.
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Posted Thu, Oct 16, 12:59 p.m.
Maurice Bresnahan gets the hot seat, arriving next month from South Carolina. Seattle's public-TV station is finally out of debt, but it still seems more about survival than revival.
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Posted Tue, Nov 17, 6 a.m.
No official word on the back-story. With Wilbur's contract up, a national show will pick up the slack.
MOREPosted Sat, Nov 7, 10:42 a.m.
It was a rare event for local media, providing hours of commercial-free coverage of the full ritual. Here's how the stations performed.
MOREPosted Wed, Nov 4, 2 p.m.
Former TV host John Curley looks like the winner in his first run for office. He's got experience "regurgitating" information, he says.
MOREPosted Fri, Oct 30, 12:50 p.m.
Watch Marketplace Morning Report host Bill Radke cram all the week's business news into a 60-second poem. This week: GDP, oil profits, MJ's movie, public health option, and the New York Yankees.
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 29, 11:02 a.m.
As yesterday's big Boeing news was breaking, KING TV and KIRO-FM were all over the story.
MOREPosted Sat, Oct 24, 7:20 p.m.
Bill Radke's Marketplace Minute finds an audience as a weekly radio feature.
MOREPosted Tue, Oct 6, 4:27 p.m.
Worried about radio's future? Just tune in Bellevue High School's KASB, 89.9 FM.
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 25, 11:06 a.m.
The venerable station is hit by a downturn in advertising and a new method of measuring audiences. The fine music will continue, with more of the hosts pre-recording their patter.
MOREPosted Mon, Sep 21, 3 p.m.
With no political agenda, Po Bronson co-authored a new bestseller about how children learn. But NurtureShock quickly became caught up in a Rush Limbaugh screed about race and popular culture.
MOREPosted Wed, Sep 2, 6 a.m.
Narrow street. Let the oncoming car pass. Wave. Nod. All very simple and friendly. But, Things Have Changed.
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