BELOW ARE LINKS to essays about
the history of music-making on radio & television in the Northwest. From the visionary experiments of Seattle's William Dubilier back in 1909; to the pioneering radio of the Roaring '20s; local stars like Patsy Britten, Paul Tutmarc, Ivar Haglund, and Stan Boreson, the first TV station back in 1948; the '50s rock 'n' roll era of Seattle Bandstand
– and then Pat O'Day's '60s teen-scene empire and KJR's mighty reign; onwards to Muzak, MTV, and misc... - "'Wireless Telephone' Invention Unveiled in Seattle in 1909"
- "Rola: Seattle's 1920s Radio Loudspeaker Company"
- "KJR Radio & Stamp Collecting (1921)"
- "KFOA Conducts the Northwest's 'First Long-Distance Remote Control' Radio Broadcast in 1925"
- "Blind Radio Five Orchestra: Seattle (1925)"
- "Seattle Letter Carriers' Quartet (1925...)"
- "Patsy Britten: Seattle's 'Sweetheart of Radio' (1920s...)"
- "Patsy Britten joins Our Gang in Hollywood (1931)"
- "Paul Tutmarc (1896—1972) & his Audiovox Electric Guitars"
- "KRKO: Everett's Historic Radio Station"
- "KRSC: Seattle's Radio & TV Pioneers"
- "Ivar Haglund, The Seafood-Selling Songster (1946)"
- "Juke Box Wars: Seattle's Music Mob (1940s)"
- "Stan Boreson: Everett’s King of Scandinavian Humor"
- "Seattle Bandstand debuts on KING-TV on March 16, 1958"
- "Seattle Bandstand (1958—1961)"
- "Nite Owl Records & Everett's '50s R&B Stars: The Shades"
- "Seafair Records: Seattle's Swingin' '60s Music Company"
- "Pat O’Day: The Godfather of Northwest Rock?"
- "Muzak: The Originators of 'Elevator Music'"
- "Muzak Co. merges with Seattle's Yesco (1986)"
- "Nirvana's Live & Loud MTV Concert rocks Seattle's Pier 48 Warehouse (1993)"