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New KING home smaller but better
Thursday, April 27, 2000
By BILL VIRGIN
If in the next few weeks announcers on classical station KING-FM (98.1) talk about going into the vault for a recording, they might just mean that literally.
The station is moving this week from the KING Broadcasting building on Dexter Avenue, home of the TV station that at one time was a sister operation, to new digs in a former bank branch on Lower Queen Anne.
New studios have been all the rage recently in the local radio business. The Infinity/CBS stations moved into a new complex on Dexter, while the Sandusky stations have a new facility in Bellevue. KUOW-FM also inaugurated new studios.
KING's new space at Harrison Street and Queen Anne Avenue (also the home to one of its owners, Corporate Council for the Arts) is actually smaller than its former quarters, but station general manager Jennifer Ridewood says it's better configured.
For example, KING-FM will have a live-performance area for programs like "Live By George" and "Classic Kid FM" that will allow studio audiences a better view of what's happening.
The new facility also has a special Internet studio. KING-FM has been one of the leaders in exploring Internet possibilities. Program director Peter Newman said the station will use the studio to create archival material for on-demand listening, such as educational programs with the Seattle Symphony. At 8 p.m. tomorrow, for example, Speight Jenkins will preview Seattle Opera's upcoming production of "The Barber of Seville." For those who miss that broadcast, KING-FM plans to post the program online for listeners to retrieve during the run of the opera. The Web address is www.king.org
As for the vault itself: Rather than go through the hassle of taking it out, it's now an engineering workshop.
In other radio notes:
Gregory started at KJR-AM in 1968, when it was the dominant music station in Seattle. He later did stints at KZOK and KOMO before joining KJR-FM in 1994. He doesn't have any immediate plans, although he's taking a poll from listeners on options at: www.normontheradio.com
Jim Cutter is taking over Gregory's 3 to 7 p.m. shift; he's also been named music director and assistant program director.
The ruling stems from a complaint filed last fall by a listener who had called in and correctly identified the title and artist of 10 songs from which short excerpts were played. The listener was later told she was not a winner because she had played the contest within the past 10 days, a violation of the rules KJR-FM had set up. The Ackerley Group, KJR-FM's parent, said it referred listeners to its Web site for rules.
Not good enough, the FCC ruled. Stations can use Web sites as a supplement to, but not as a substitute for, broadcast announcements. The FCC could have fined the station $4,000, but cut it in half since the station had made some attempt to let listeners know of the rules.
P-I reporter Bill Virgin can be reached at 206-448-8319 or billvirgin@seattle-pi.com
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