Growing up in Seattle, my first listening was to KAYO, an AM country station. My parents liked country music and it's what I first started listening to.
Then I discovered pop and rock and KJR AM, and then KISW for "heavier" rock and KZOK for "album oriented rock" (as well as crazy stuff like Dr. Demento). Later, many of the KISW DJs left and went to KXRX, which was a great station while it lasted.
In the 90s (not exactly my youth anymore), there was KNDD and all the "alternative" bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Janes Addiction, and so much more. When alternative started to transition away from the "grunge" sound, I lost interest and "mellowed out" to KMTT (The Mountain) which played " Adult Album Alternative".
I grew tired of that and for many years stopped listening to radio for the most part when most radio stations were taken over by "personalities" that were all talk and no music.
These days I listen to KNKX while working. NPR news in the morning and afternoon and great jazz and blues the rest of the time and a good signal.
Then I discovered pop and rock and KJR AM, and then KISW for "heavier" rock and KZOK for "album oriented rock" (as well as crazy stuff like Dr. Demento). Later, many of the KISW DJs left and went to KXRX, which was a great station while it lasted.
In the 90s (not exactly my youth anymore), there was KNDD and all the "alternative" bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Janes Addiction, and so much more. When alternative started to transition away from the "grunge" sound, I lost interest and "mellowed out" to KMTT (The Mountain) which played " Adult Album Alternative".
I grew tired of that and for many years stopped listening to radio for the most part when most radio stations were taken over by "personalities" that were all talk and no music.
These days I listen to KNKX while working. NPR news in the morning and afternoon and great jazz and blues the rest of the time and a good signal.