90.7 KSER Everett was born from the ashes of 107.7 KRAB. Owner Jack Straw Memorial Foundation found itself strapped for cash & shut down KRAB & sold the commercial 107.7 frequency to Sunbelt Communications who launched KMGI “Magic 108”. With plenty of cash in hand, JSMF initially applied to the FCC for a time-share arrangement with 89.5 KNHC. This arrangement would have seen the two stations dividing up air time on the same frequency. The Seattle School District would have none of this & fought vigorously to prevent encroachment of 89.5, protesting successfully to the FCC. The feds eventually would issue the open 90.7 Everett assignment to JSMF who launched KSER. The station is a more polished, less radical & more accessible broadcaster than was the uneven, freewheeling, often amateurish KRAB. Programmer/hosts sound more coherent & KSER offers a better variety of community programming appealing to a wider audience.
retired broadcaster: on-air, MD, PD, asst PD, Prod Mgr, IT, station technician/engineer, pioneer Internet webcaster, station installation/maintenance; 12 years in commercial radio, 17 years volunteer in campus/community radio in B.C., Alberta & Wash. Amateur radio operator & “DXer” specializing in AM night-time DX, short-wave DX/listening & remote SDR DXing/listening
I miss the Croatian cheese festival music.