Cascade of History

Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include roving correspondent Ken Zick LIVE from the XXX in Issaquah where Burgermaster is now operating a food truck; John Mackie of The Vancouver Sun on the Skytrain cars from the original "Expo Line" of 1986 which will be taken out of service in the near future; Michael Sullivan on his discovery of vintage photos that show a 1920...

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Dylan High from the Washington State Historical Society on his work on a statewide project to inventory monuments and facilitate public discussion around the state; Mary Schaff, Northwest Librarian at the Washington State Library on the new online collection of Guy Reed Ramsey's history of post offices in the Evergreen State; a...

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are a panel of expert local historians, researchers and authors who have been collaborating on a search for evidence of Peter Kirk's long-ago steel mill on Rose Hill, east of downtown Kirkland near the Costco. Matt McCauley, Kent Sullivan, Saundra Middleton (who is a descendant of Peter Kirk) and Michael Donnelly have been studying...

Feliks Banel’s guest on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Bob Blackburn, Jr., son of legendary "Voice of the Sonics" Bob Blackburn. The elder Blackburn was born on October 14, 1924, and this special program was presented in honor of the centenary of one of the most beloved broadcasters in Pacific Northwest history. Bob, Jr. shared memories of his father, and played highlights from a tre...

On this special LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel is joined by co-host Lee Corbin to mark the centennial of the around-the-world flight which concluded at what's now Sand Point/Magnuson Park in Seattle, just a short distance from the SPACE 101.1 FM studios. Corbin and Banel interview historians and aviation experts - including Knute Berger, historian Mike Lombardi of Boeing...

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are roving correspondent Ken Zick with a live report from China Harbor, the restaurant on Lake Union which is closing later this month; Ben Lukoff on the origins of his “Writes of Way” Seattle street-name blog; excerpts from the 1968 speech given by Governor Daniel J. Evans (who passed away Sept. 20, 2024 at age 98); and the third...

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Kent Sullivan of the Northern Pacific Historical Association on the convention which just concluded in Everett, WA (and the Great Northern convention which continues for a few more days in the same location); Elisa Law of Friends of Magnuson Park on the upcoming world flight centennial event at Sand Point/NOAA on Sept. 28, 2024...

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Jake Rehm and Bill Youngs of Eastern Washington University on this past May's Mullan Road Conference and Mullan Road history; and Richard Blumenthal, author of the new book "Maritime Names of Washington"; plus, a live bootleg from Saturday's performance by The Sonics at MoPoP; and the first installment in our listen back to Sta...

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from "Evergreen Radio: LIVE," a special event focused on the past, present and especially the future of radio in the Pacific Northwest. In this archival panel discussion, a group of radio professionals from around Washington weigh in on where the medium had been and where it was headed in 2015. Panelists include Ricardo Garcia of R...

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a 60th anniversary commemoration of VE Day, the end of World War II in Europe. Panelists include Tuskegee Airman William Booker, US Army veteran John S. "Jack" Carver and US Army veteran and former POW Dr. James Warren (who was also the former MOHAI director). The panel was part of a series produced and moderated by CASCADE OF...

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a 25th anniversary commemoration of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Panelists include former public radio reporter Austin Jenkins, who (as a child) was rescued from an overnight camp near the mountain after the eruption; the late Grant Haller, photojournalist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who captured award...

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a panel discussion from November 2001 with all living current and former mayors of Seattle. With the recent passing of Charley Royer, it’s a good time to share this vintage recording - which also includes Norm Rice, Wes Uhlman and the late Paul Schell and late Gordon Clinton. The moderator is Dave Ross of KIRO Newsradio for this event ma...

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a panel discussion marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II - VJ Day, August 14, 1945 - on the actual 60th anniversary in 2005. Participants included several local residents who were in the military, working in defense plants or otherwise supporting the Allied war effort as young adults in 1945. The panel was part of a ser...

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a 2003 panel discussion with a quartet of Pacific Northwest sports broadcasters who have all since passed away: Rod Belcher, Bob Blackburn, Lee Desilet and Ron Forsell. The panel was part of a series called "Talk of the Town" curated and moderated by Cascade of History producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's M...

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents a audio documentary from the archives called "When The Lights Go On Again," as originally broadcast on KBCS 91.3 FM on June 5, 2005. The 2005 program marked the 60th anniversary of VE Day - the end of WWII in Europe - and looked at music, news and other homefront pop culture of the UK and United States. This episode of CASCADE...

Feliks Banel's guest on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is historian and author David Nicandri, whose latest book is called "Discovering Nothing: In Pursuit of an Elusive Northwest Passage" (UBC Press). Nicandri served as executive director of the Washington State History Museum, but since retiring several years ago, he's been producing epic books about Northwest history - Corps of Discovery, L...

Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY an archival recording of a 60th anniversary special commemorating D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on June 6, 1944, and about the role of radio and pop culture in World War II. The 60th anniversary special originally aired on June 6, 2004 on KBCS 91.3 FM from Bellevue College. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HIS...

Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY highlights from "BLAZERMANIA," an LP produced in 1977 to celebrate the Portland Trailblazers' NBA World Championship and narrated by legendary broadcaster Bill Schonely. Also, we speak by phone with Wally Walker, whose rookie season was with the Trailblazers in that championship season, and who joined the Seattle Supersonics in aut...

Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY a live recording of the Young Fresh Fellows from August 5, 1985 at the Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center, a concert originally presented by late, great AM alternative commercial radio station KJET. Also, roving correspondent Ken Zick checks in with an anecdote about the time he booked YFF to play the 1985 Homecoming dance during...

As of Friday, May 10, 2024, the people of the Parkland Community Association in Parkland, Washington have successfully saved Parkland School and are turning it into a community center in the center of the community. To celebrate, Feliks Banel's guests on this encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – originally broadcast LIVE across the street from Parkland School - include Wendy Freeman and Phil Edl...

Feliks Banel's guest on this encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is author, historian and playwright Frank Abe, who’s devoted much of the past four decades to studying, writing about, and creating public programs about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II - and who hosted a series of programs in 2023 at the Seattle Public Library marking the centennial of the birth of autho...

Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY a tribute to the late Virginia Beavert, Yakama linguist and scholar who passed away in February 2024 at age 102. This episode features an interview with Ms. Beavert and her co-editors Michelle Jacob and Joana Jansen from January 2022; the three collaborated on the second edition of Ms. Beavert's landmark collection of legends and s...

Feliks Banel’s guest on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Andrea Tucker, president of the non-profit Historic Everett on the group's effort to reach a common-sense compromise with the City of Everett to preserve the Clark Park Gazebo. Also featured on this episode is a tribute to the late Louis Larsen, the final surviving member of the executive leadership team of the 1962 Seattle World...

Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY a tribute to the late “Brakeman Bill” McLain, longtime local kids’ TV show host who passed away on April 9, 2024 at age 96. Brakeman Bill was a fixture on Channel 11 KTNT/KSTW Tacoma-Seattle from 1955 to 1975. This episode features highlights from a long phone interview with Bill McLain and his wife Jean recorded July 6, 2021. This...

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – broadcast LIVE from the First World Flight Centennial Celebration at Magnuson Park - include guest co-host and aviation historian Lee Corbin; Elisa Law of Friends of Magnuson Park; General Frank Goodell of the Centennial Committee; and longtime Lake Washington underwater explorer and aviation historian Matt McCauley. This program also i...