. kvi city seattle washington broadcast area seattle tacoma branding talk radio 570 kvi slogan news & views you can t get anywhere else frequency 570 khz first air date november 24 1926 on 1280 format conservative talk power 5 000 watts class b facility id 35853 callsign meaning k vashon island refers to the transmitter location former frequencies 1280 khz 1926 1928 1060 khz 1928 760 khz 1928 1932 affiliations abc news radio owner sinclair broadcast group inc. sinclair radio of seattle licensee llc webcast listen live website kvi.com kvi is a commercial radio station located in seattle washington u.s. broadcasting to the seattle area on 570 am . kvi currently airs a conservative talk format called news talk 570 kvi . before 1949 kvi was located in tacoma washington at 1280 am then 1060 am then 760 am and finally 570 am by late 1932 . its transmitter is on vashon island and its studios are located with komo tv at komo plaza formerly fisher plaza in seattle . contents 1 history 2 previous logo 3 references 4 external links history edit kvi s legacy can be traced back to its debut on november 24 1926 where it was licensed to tacoma washington at 1280 am . by the spring of 1928 its signal would be shifted to 1060 am followed by a larger shift to 760 am in the fall . by september 1932 it had moved to its permanent 570 am frequency . in 1949 kvi relocated its studios and city of license to seattle . kvi broadcasts from a single tower on vashon island . in 1959 gene autry s golden west broadcasters added kvi to its portfolio . kvi switched to a very successful personality adult contemporary format in 1964 . by 1973 kvi had evolved into a middle of the road mor direction . it was during this period that it became established as a dominant player in the market . kvi was the original flagship station for the ill fated seattle pilots in 1969 and for the seattle mariners from their inaugural season of 1977 until 1984 . kvi was also the original home of the seattle sounders nasl from their inaugural season in 1974 until 1976 and was the westside flagship station of the washington state university cougars from 1972 until 1979 and again from 1983 until 1987 . by 1982 kvi had begun to gradually add more talk programming . in july 1984 kvi switched to oldies . that direction would last less than a decade . by 1992 kvi had a talk format again . at first the station used the slogan the balanced alternative with a lineup alternating liberal and conservative talk hosts but in 1993 kvi dropped all its liberal hosts except mike siegel . siegel formerly a liberal swung right in his views during this period and remained on the station . the other slots were filled by a lineup of both local and nationally syndicated conservatives . by may 1994 the year kvi was sold along with kplz fm to fisher communications kvi had an almost entirely conservative talk format . kvi returned to a full service format at 4 p.m. on november 7 2010 with a base music rotation of classic hits along with news and traffic updates . 1 2 3 due to the failure of the format which only garnered an average of a 0.5 share of the market and losing the ratings battle against kjr fm and kmcq kvi began stunting with christmas music on thanksgiving day 2011 . on january 3 2012 the station flipped back to talk this time as smart talk with an emphasis on entertainment news lifestyle and health reports and local news . programs included sunrise seattle a good morning america type program hosted by mark christopher and elisa jaffe clark howard phil hendrie the buzz with scott carty the daily wrap from the wall street journal with michael castner consumerman with herb weisbaum and don imus as well as paid programming on weekends . 4 5 after only nine months the smart talk format was dropped on september 4 2012 in favor of a return to conservative talk . 6 7 on april 11 2013 fisher announced that it would sell its properties including kvi to the sinclair broadcast group . 8 although sinclair primarily owns television stations the company intends to retain kvi kplz fm and komo . 9 the deal was completed on august 8 2013 . 10 previous logo edit references edit kvi a goes oldies on nov. 8th . all access . november 1 2010 . retrieved november 2 2010 . kvi to switch to oldies format next week . komo . retrieved 2010 11 02 . https radioinsight.com blog headlines 26293 570 kvi seattle to go oldies https radioinsight.com blog headlines 54407 kvi to return to talk http www.radio info.com news fishers kvi seattle 570 to debut smart talk after christmas payne patti august 28 2012 . kvi makes a right turn back to conservative talk . puget sound business journal . retrieved august 29 2012 . https radioinsight.com blog headlines 70190 kvi seattle returns to conservative talk komo expands news malone michael april 11 2013 . sinclair to acquire fisher stations for 373 million . broadcasting & cable . retrieved april 12 2013 . allison melissa april 11 2013 . komo owner fisher communications agrees to sale . the seattle times . retrieved april 12 2013 . sinclair broadcast group closes on fisher communications acquisition . all access . august 8 2013 . retrieved august 8 2013 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for kvi radio locator information on kvi query nielsen audio s am station database for kvi v t e radio stations in the seattle tacoma market by am frequency 5301 570 630 710 770 820 850 880 950 1000 1050 1090 1150 1180 1210 1230 1250 1300 1330 1360 1380 1400 1420 1450 1460 1490 1520 1540 1560 1590 1620 1680 by fm frequency 88.5 88.9 89.5 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.7 noaa weather radio frequency 162.425 162.475 162.55 by callsign karr kasb kbcs kbks fm kble kbro kcis kcms kdds fm kexp fm kfnq kfoo kghp kgnw kgrg kgrg fm khb60 khho khtp king fm kiro kiro fm kisw kitz 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subchannel networks american sports network comet series other assets full measure w sharyl attkisson ring of honor acquisitions act iii broadcasting allbritton communications barrington broadcasting fisher communications four points media group freedom communications guy gannett communications newport television river city broadcasting 1 operated by sinclair under an lma . 2 owned by corporate media consultants group itself 49 % owned by max media and operated by sinclair . sale to cunningham broadcasting pending fcc approval . 3 owned by intermountain west communications company and operated by sinclair . sale to cunningham broadcasting pending fcc approval . 4 owned by south sound broadcasting sinclair programs this station as a simulcast of komo am . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kvi & oldid 737223400 categories radio stations in seattletalk radio stations in the united statesseattle pilots broadcastersseattle mariners broadcastersradio stations 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