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The Brakeman Bill Theme Song
I thought it would be nice to accompany the Brakeman Bill McLain story with his theme song. I met Bill at a gathering honoring J.P. Patches at the unveiling of the J.P Patches and Gertrude statue in the Fremont district. I had to a chance to meet and visit with Bill and one of the things I asked was what was the name of his theme song. It was a French Movie soundtrack. He said he had the album and would like it on CD. I suggested he mail the LP to me and I would do the transfer. He did and I transferred the whole LP. He told me that he and Warren Reed, The Crazy Donkey, decided on the theme. It was about 30 seconds into the track. I am attaching the Brakeman Bill Theme. By the way, Bill enjoyed doing watercolor art and he sent me a Thank You card with a seascape that he personally painted and signed. I have it framed. He was quite a pleasant gentleman. A real pleasure meeting him. – Mr. Music Man, Duane Smart


Brakeman Bill Theme Song (1:14)


Tom Read, KTNT announcer in the 1950’s, owner of KTWR FM which became KTAC FM, and owner of several Christian programming radio stations in eastern Washington, interviews Harry Von Zell (27:44)



1400 KTNT – Mike Lonergan & Charlie Burd – 1983 (Originally posted in 2017, audio file courtesy of Tim Shook)


Remember THIS voice from KIRO Radio? Mike Moran did the ‘What Do You Think?’ news/commentaries on 710 then. Here he is at KTNT-AM 1400 with a remote at Tacoma’s former ‘Gowin Datsun’ dealership. Mike Lonergan in the studio, being in radio at TNT and later at KLAY-AM; now an elected official as Pierce County’s Assessor-Treasurer.


Brent Stier KNBQ (6:16)


Crazy Steve Randall – Straight aircheck, minimal shenanigans (3:38)


Crazy Steve Randall – 97.3 KNBQ/with Gary Bryan & Best Phone Calls (14:27)


Here is a montage of Steve Randall at KGMQ-KYNO & KROY (7:50)


Steve Randall – KGMQ-KYNO-KROY (4:13)


Streaming over the Internet before the station became an over-the-air low-power broadcaster, the newest version of KISN – Steve Randall – KISN Stream 2012 (1:45)

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