As the former Morning Mouth of KRKO radio in Everett, Washington, and during his 35-year radio career, Tim had a chance to chat with a lot of fun folks. And while he retired from mornings back in 2023, he continues to find fascinating folks he just has to get a few words in with.
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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!
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OK, one more round of radio stories from the storied career of my buddy, Scott Paine. Fun stuff!
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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
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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 Brenn…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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'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 howdothereindeer…
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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 …
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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!
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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!
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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 Bo…
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KRKO's Tim Hunter Talks With....local musician Lyle Ronglien about his adventures at the Eagles Concert(s)
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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?
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There's a new voice in town for the Everett Silvertips hockey team. KRKO's Morning Mouth yaks with Casey Bryant, plus enjoy an episode of "Breaking News" with Casey.
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KRKO's Morning Mouth Tim Hunter chats with Sharon Burlison from the Snohomish Senior Center about this coming weekend's Brewfest at Thomas Family Farms, from noon-6pm. It's a huge fundraiser for the Center and a lot of fun!
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As usual around Halloween, our KRKO Morning Mouth is on the lookout for your ghost stories. Karin Bagnall Poage heard the request and called Tim to tell him this "gripping" tale. If you've got a story you'd be willing to share, email Tim at tim.hunter@krko.com and connect!
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KRKO's Morning Mouth chats again with AAA.com writer, Douglas Scott. This time, about scary movie locations in Washington State
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KRKO's Tim Hunter Talks With.......AAA.com's Douglas Scott and Washington's Top 10 Haunted Places
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'Tis the season to talk about scary places. Thanks for the tips, Douglas!
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Our Morning Mouth chats with the new kid in town, Brian MacMillan, joining the morning crew at FOX 13. Welcome, B-Mac!
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There's so much we don't know about M.J., who is getting ready to ride out into the sunset after a diverse career. We were lucky to have her in the market for the past couple of decades. Class.
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Did you know there was pro wrestling in Everett? Find out about the events coming up and how you could become a pro wrestler, as our Morning Mouth talks with Max Zeleski from WacPro Wrestling. www.wacprowrestling.com
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Some home movies from my whirlwind trip back to Michigan for the ill-fated Husky game. Yeah, the game itself sucked, but met some great folks along the way, including some Husky fans from Everett! Enjoy! #godawgs
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KRKO's Tim Hunter Talks With.....KRKO's Tom Lafferty, Welcoming the USS John Paul Jones to Town
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Our Morning Mouth chats with our resident "Mr. Know It All", Tom Lafferty, about our newest Everett residents.
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Our resident Morning Mouth chats with Everett's Kristin Christensen, who was just named a fellow for the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Nice article on the foundation and the "Hidden Heroes" program at EverettPost.com
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Our resident Entertainment expert recently shared a really rough day he was having, so we turned it into a soap opera. Sheesh!
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She worked at KRKO, was the host of "Kayla's Beer Corner", then hopped over to Angel of the Winds Arena as Director of Sales and now she's off to Iowa! Tim chats with Kayla Scofield about her days at KRKO and what's ahead!
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OK, it's my long-time radio brother Fred Bugg, putting on his Rodney Dangerfield impression to help tell some "It's so hot...." jokes. Find him at www.fredbugg.com
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Thanks to Merrill Law, Diedrich Espresso's in Snohomish Country served up free iced drinks on Sunday to help cool down our listeners. So cool. Literally.
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KRKO's Morning Mouth chats with an old buddy who's now a weather guy down in Portland, who just had to be a little bit warmer than Seattle. The rivalry never stops.
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KRKO's Tim Hunter Talks With.....Melanie Ryan of the Monroe Equity Council About Monroe Pride 2021
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Our Morning Mouth chats with Melanie about the first-ever Pride celebration coming up this Sunday in Monroe!
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Here's both the interview Tim did with Ciscoe, as well as an episode of "Breaking News" with the gardening guru.
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KRKO's Tim Hunter Talks With.....the Winner of the Everett Post $10,000 Backyard Makeover, Mark Simonson
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So happy for Mark and his wife. They are going to have the ultimate backyard by the time this summer is over.
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The Lake Stevens native is back home and entertaining the world with his comedy and positive outlook. Over 5-million followers on TikTok and we've got him for you on KRKO!
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Our Morning Mouth chats with Jen about the two anniversaries being celebrated this weekend--Cairn Brewing's 5th and Kenmore Air's 75th!
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KRKO'S Tim Hunter Talks With......Aaron Swaney from Snohomish PUD about the new Flexenergy Program
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Oh, if you're a Snohomish County P.U.D. and you'd like to save some money on your electric bill, you're going to want to hear about this!
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Good information in here! Baseball is back and the Sox have one of the stronger teams in the minor leagues. See 'em before they call them all up!
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Did you know you could get fined $99 if you're out on the waters and don't have a WA State Boater's Card? Rob Sendak of State Parks explains.
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His dad started the Shawn O'Donnell chain, with four Irish-American Pubs in the Seattle area, including the original in Everett!
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KRKO's Wake Up Wacko Tim Hunter chats with Aimee, the owner of Aimee's Farm Animal Sanctuary in Arizona, where you can cuddle with a cow for $75 an hour. They're booked out four months from now.
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