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This is a specially produced mini-podcast with Scott. We had just met to chat, get caught up and remember old times, when he started down the road of a story he wanted to share, that went along with a yellowed newspaper clipping he had from 1959 of his dad, his future mom and Esther Williams.

Years ago, we roamed the halls of KLSY radio together. In this episode, I get caught up with the former radio personality turned murder-mystery author Kelly Marshall!

OK, one more round of radio stories from the storied career of my buddy, Scott Paine. Fun stuff!

Tim and his radio buddy pick up where they left off with celebrity stories about the famous folks Scott had a chance to meet. Great stuff

In the last episode, we talked about the passing of Classic Country DJ Charlye Parker, who capped off a 60-year (not a typo) radio career with one final broadcast a couple of Fridays ago. Among the people who joined her that final morning--just two days before she passed--was Radio Consultant and a bit of a NW Radio Trailblazer herself, Becky Brenner. We talk about that final broadcast and, as wha...

From now on, Charlye will always be the one that got away and a reminder that tomorrow is not guaranteed. We had planned to do this podcast together after her "Farewell to Radio" show last Friday morning on Classic Country, KXA. It took everything she had to make it through that show and over the weekend, her illness took her away. But she went out the way she wanted and with the most am...

Paine...Paine...where have I heard that name before? Well, I've known Scott for many years but I thought it was way overdue for us to get together and round up some of those brushes with the famous he's enjoyed over the years. This is our first visit on that topic.

Tim chats with Frank the Hot Dog, who you may have seen out at the Everett AquaSox games. If he's sitting in front of you, he'd be hard to miss.

KRKO's Morning Mouth Tim Hunter Chats with Joel Tallman. Really interesting story and background on the new Muv Fitness in the Silver Lake Center, just one of many in their Muv Fitness empire, with more on the way!

Everett-based funny guy Adam Tiller and KRKO's Morning Mouth Tim Hunter do a deep dive into Adam's career and comedy in general in this episode taped December 15th, 2022.

'Tis the season to talk about things like sleighs and reindeer. I met Libby at a Bothell Kenmore Chamber breakfast a couple of months ago and she had a great story of how she went from being Mrs. Claus to answering one of the most-asked question kids have for Santa and Mrs. Claus.  If you're interested in her book, you'll find it at howdothereindeerfly.com 

For Pete's sake, I've been interviewing people from KRKO's past as part of our 100th birthday celebration, and we've got a guy still with us that has been with KRKO for over a third of it's existence, Tom Lafferty

KRKO's 100th birthday celebration continues as our resident Morning Mouth chats with someone who was with the radio station 10% of its 100 years and can still be heard on the station today, Moose "Moose on the Loose" Moran!

Yes, another long-time voice in Puget Sound Broadcasting spent some times in the halls and behind the microphone at KRKO before going out and making it big. Enjoy our chat with our buddy, Mark Christopher.

As you can imagine, a lot of people have come and gone over KRKO's 100 years, including popular Seattle talk show host Dori Monson. KRKO's resident Morning Mouth Tim Hunter chats with Dori.

Yes, our resident Morning Mouth goes to the top, and gets a great bunch of history about KRKO, both in recent years and when it began serving the North Sound 100 years ago. Hang on!

KRKO's Morning Mouth chats with a guy who along with his family was involved with the radio station over a third of its 100 years, Sparky Taft!

KRKO's Morning Mouth tracks down another alum who roamed the halls of our radio station, Ric Hansen, as we continue celebrating 100 years of serving the North Sound.

KRKO's Morning Mouth tracks down Jeff Conwell, aka "Jeff Chase", who has some KRKO stories to share. Lots of names dropped in this one. Enjoy!

Talk about a home-grown radio talent! Chet Buchanan was about as local as you can get when he started cutting his radio teeth on KRKO. Since those days, he's done so many things!

We've been in the same radio market for over 40 years, but it wasn't until we both ended up at an ad agency called Destination Marketing that Scott Burns and I finally got to work together. We've collaborated on some pretty silly stuff over the years, but more on that later. For now, here's Scott and I meeting for one last cheap Chinese food lunch before he heads off on his big Las Vegas adventure...

The governor came to the KRKO studios to proclaim 2022 "KRKO Centennial Year" as the state's oldest radio station celebrates it's 100th birthday!

Singer, songwriter, music innovator Howard Jones is launching his U.S. tour in the Northwest on June 17th at the Tulalip Resort Casino and KRKO's Morning Mouth Tim Hunter got a chance to talk with him about his decades of great music, plus a new album on the way!

How do you get a nickname like "Dirt"? It was playfully attached to Susan Fuelling at the Thirsty Fish Bar & Grill in Seattle because she was "older than.....everybody else at the bar!" Susan still tells her story of that night in Iowa, many, many years ago, when she heard the last concert ever performed by Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. 

KRKO's Morning Mouth chats with his buddy, Lyle Ronglien, after Lyle was given Eagles tickets from one of our KRKO listeners who couldn't make the concert. Hilarity ensued. What would YOU have done?