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BEATLEMANIA ARRIVED ON THIS DAY IN 64

KISN GOODGUYS WEARING THEIR BEATLE WIGS

TIGER TOM MURPHY AND BOBBY BARE

ON THIS DAY IN 1959 ~ KISN OPENS NEW STUDIO AT 10 NW 10TH AVE

Tiger Tom Murphy in the original Kisn window (not the corner window which was the news room at the time) This is a wonderful photo taken by Gino Rossi

The famous studio on opening day after being switched from window #2. They converted that studio to the news room.

Tom in the new studio few years later with a Beach Boy hanging out!

kisn news room.

THE BEAT GOES ON

THE VOICE OF KISN NEWS PASSED ON THIS DAY IN 1984

Bill Howlett had one of the most distinctive voices on Portland radio. I grew up listening to Bill's 20/20 news broadcasts and had the pleasure to work with him when I was hired at age 18. He was not only a dynamic news giant, he was a man everyone loved for his generosity and demeanour. Bill was a master at cartoon drawing and if you were really lucky, Bill would wrap up a big book with a story that included you! I was a lucky one. Bill died at age 61 in Gresham Oregon. He worked on KVAN as a personality before 910 AM was flipped to KISN. Bill was a big part of the famous Tom Murphy show on Kisn. Bill Howlett was just a one of a kind great guy.

*photo by Gino Rossi 

CREATING GREAT RADIO IN THE KISN PRODUCTION ROOM IN 1963 (Great photos by Gino Rossi)

TIGER TOM MURPHY RECORDS HIS SHORT FORM SHOW "YOUNG DOCTOR FRISBEE" THAT AIRED BEFORE KENNEDY'S DEATH IN 1963. AFTER THE ASSASSINATION, THEY NEVER RECORDED NEW SEGMENTS. PICTURED HERE:  TIGER TOM AND A TERRIFIC VOICE ACTRESS JUDY GEORGE WHO WAS ALSO THE KISN RECEPTIONIST AT THE TIME.

NEWS GIANT BILL HOWLETT PRODUCING THE SEGMENT

JUDY GEORGE WITH PETE JAEGER (a friend of Kisn jock Tom Michaels) and who also did voices)

UNCLE BILL HOWLETT DOING A VOICE FOR "YOUNG DOCTOR FRISBEE"

Thanks to Tiger Tom Murphy & Craig Adams for sending these never before seen pictures!

GINO ROSSI TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT THE HOLLYWOOD THEATER RESTORATION

This is a photo of the Hollywood Theater being built in 1928. One of the best photographers in the world, Gino Rossi ( who had a camera in hand as a child in NE Portland, became the official Kisn photo man and went on to shooting every major rock star in the sixties) visited the Hollywood to photograph the extensive restoration going on right now to bring back the glory days of this historic magnificent movie house. The grand opening will be February 2012. Gino took a special lift to capture these shots.

ADDIE BOBKINS WITH GUEST TIGER TOM MURPHY

ADDIE BOBKINS WITH FRED FLINTSTONE

THE KISN DJ MASTER CONTROL ROOM - 10TH & BURNSIDE

 
A re-mastered photo of where it all happened. The control board was one of a kind, custom designed by Kisn engineer Byron Swanson. Look at those beautiful turntables! They must of spinned over a million 45's. The mic is a rare RCA that is valued at over $2,000 in today's dollars. Photo by Gino Rossi.