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Author: Peter Paltridge

2000-2010 KATU KGW Weirdities 

That’s Not A Hair Question — January 2007

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Peter Paltridge

This week marks the anniversary of that time Adult Swim promoted their series Aqua Teen Hunger Force by installing neon

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1980-1989 KATU KGW 

Bud Clark Inaugural Interviews — 1985

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Peter Paltridge

Yes, we lost former Mayor Bud Clark on the day I posted this one. Maybe if I was better at

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2000-2010 KRCW Weirdities 

Local Commercial Break From Rapsittie Street Kids — 2002

November 27, 2021November 26, 2021 Peter Paltridge

First off, if you don’t know what Rapsittie Street Kids is, it’s the worst Christmas special ever made and a

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1990-1999 Advertising Fred Meyer 

Fred Meyer After-Thanksgiving Sale — 1990

November 26, 2021November 25, 2021 Peter Paltridge

Though it existed within the retail industry before then, the term “Black Friday” was not used openly until sometime in

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1990-1999 KRCW 

Crew 32 And Stephen — Submarine (1998)

November 25, 2021November 23, 2021 Peter Paltridge

I honestly don’t know if OMSI still has that real submarine you can climb inside. If it doesn’t, here’s how

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1990-1999 KRCW 

KEBN Test Programming — Summer 1994

November 24, 2021November 23, 2021 Peter Paltridge

More from the beginning of KRCW (then KEBN). Like I said in the previous post, they began by running six-hour

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1990-1999 KRCW Sign-Off Sequences 

KEBN Sign-On Sequence — 1994

November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 Peter Paltridge

You’re looking at the VERY beginning: the start of KRCW, a station that’s gone through three call letters in its

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2000-2010 Advertising KRCW Radio 

Lisa Hughes And Little Stink — May 2001

November 22, 2021December 28, 2023 Peter Paltridge

It amuses me to no end there was once a respected band that called itself “Little Stink.” Local ads from

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1990-1999 KRCW 

Crew 32 — KWBP November 1997

November 21, 2021November 20, 2021 Peter Paltridge

This is a dead art, but once upon a time when kids’ TV shows appeared on network TV, it was

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1990-1999 Advertising Radio 

Magic FM Make Your Own Ad Contest — 1990

October 18, 2021October 16, 2021 Peter Paltridge

You might think “they expected you to make your own ad? How lazy, no wonder they didn’t last very long.”

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