KVI (radio station)

KVI
Radio station
Program type	Conservative talk radio
reception	analog , digital terrestrial & web radio
Reception area	Seattle , Washington United States
Start of transmission	1926
Broadcaster	Sinclair Broadcast Group
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KVI is a commercial radio station based in Seattle , Washington . KVI broadcasts a conservative talk radio format for the greater Seattle area on medium wave 570 kHz .

Before 1949 the station broadcast from Tacoma , Washington and changed the frequency several times. The transmitters are located in Vashon Island while the studios with KOMO-TV are located in KOMO Plaza (formerly Fisher Plaza) in Seattle.

history

KVI's history dates back to November 24, 1926, when the station in Tacoma, Washington was licensed. After several frequency changes, it has been transmitting MW on today's frequency of 570 kHz since 1932. In 1949 the studios and licensed location moved to downtown Seattle. KVI broadcasts from a broadcast tower in Vashon Island.

In 1959, Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters bought the station. Five years later there was a change to a “personality adult contemporary” format and in 1973 finally to a middle-of-the-road (MOR) format. KVI was the home station of the Seattle Sounders (NASL) soccer team from 1974 to 1976 and the "westside flagship station" of Washington State University Cougars from 1972 to 1979 and 1983 to 1987.

In 1994 KVI was sold together with KPLZ-FM to the media company Fisher Communications . KVI has been broadcasting in Conservative Talk format since 2012 .

The US presenter Mike Siegel hosted a show at KVI Seattle. In 1996 he was fired after reporting negatively about the private life of Mayor Norman Blann Rice ( Democratic Party ) on his program.

Web links

• Website of CVI (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mark Matassa: Local News | Kvi Radio Fires Talk host Mike Siegel | Seattle Times Newspaper. community.seattletimes.nwsource.com, May 30, 1996; accessed January 11, 2017 .