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After 23 years, KIRO-TV cancelled the show because of declining ratings, and the final episode was broadcast on September 25, 1981. After the show ended, Wedes continued to portray J.P. at many public and private charity events for another thirty years [13] despite suffering in later years from incurable (but in remission) blood cancer.
KIRO-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with CBS and Telemundo.Owned by Cox Media Group, the station maintains studios on Third Avenue in the Belltown section of Downtown Seattle, and its transmitter is located in the city's Queen Anne neighborhood, adjacent to the station's original studios.
KIRO-TV and The Count found themselves facing competition from KTVW-TV and horror host Robert O. Smith aka Dr. ZinGRR, during 1972–74.. Broadcast on Channel 13, the station had less of a reach than Channel 7, but Smith's cadre of characters—The Dream Maker, Peter Gorre, the Masked Doily, Count Lickula, et al.--proved popular among horror ...
The current Evening that airs in the Seattle area is still produced to this day by Tegna-owned NBC affiliate KING-TV. It launched on that station on August 25, 1986, with original hosts Brian Tracey and Penny LeGate. [2] The show currently airs at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The show focuses on local people, events, places, and human-interest stories.
On September 23, 1991, KTZZ began airing a 10 p.m. local newscast produced by KIRO-TV. The program was originally hosted by KIRO's evening news team of Aaron Brown, Harry Wappler, and Wayne Cody and provided competition for KSTW's 10 p.m. news. [23] [24] Later, KIRO anchors Gary Justice and Susan Hutchison became anchors at 10 on top of their ...
In Seattle, KIRO-TV (CBS) and KSTW (UPN) reverse their 1995 swap. July 8 KONG-TV, Seattle's independent station goes on the air. Fox broadcasts the Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Cleveland, marking the first time that the network would broadcast the midsummer classic. July 14-16
During that time, KIRO staff grew increased from 45 to 100, and KIRO-TV was at or near the top of the ratings in the Seattle market for most of the decade. [2] He sparked controversy in 1986 for refusing to air safer sex advertisements, with Bea Kelleigh from the NW AIDS Foundation dubbing the rejections as due to "homophobia". [ 13 ]
Past and present news presenters who have worked in the Seattle-Tacoma DMA. Pages in category "Television anchors from Seattle" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.