Lou Robbins joined the staff at KBRD FM in 1987. The Beautiful Music station was just down the hall from Tacoma’s KTAC 850. When Bobby Simon left KTAC, Lou Robbins was chosen to take over the morning show at the Soft Rock station. When Entercom management chose to scrap the Beautiful Music FM, switching format to Alternative Rock in 1991, Lou Robbins was asked to stay on, as KTAC began simulcasting the new KMTT “Mountain” sound. In 1993, he moved to Phoenix, where he picked up a weekend & fill-in gig at KOOL FM, the heritage Oldies station. The format was based on the personal record collection of programmer Jerry Osborne. Some programs were voice-tracked and syndicated nation-wide, to other stations copying the “KOOL” format and moniker.
It was in Phoenix that he began blogging. The site was Phoenix Radio Dial (a history of Phoenix Radio). Upon returning to Washington 15 years later, he developed SeaTac Media, a site that became QZVX and now, QZVX— Yes, the one you are looking at right now. Lou Robbins is retired and resides in Olympia, WA. (VICTOR STREDICKE)
Lou Robbins-Bill Ogden KTAC Tacoma May 1990
Lou Robbins-Bill Ogden KTAC Tacoma September 1990
Lou Robbins-Bill Ogden KTAC Tacoma 1990
Celebrity gossip and witty banter from Bill Ogden and Lou Robbins at KTAC Tacoma (4:45)
Lou Robbins and Bill Ogden KTAC includes a Frederick & Nelson spot (4:49)
Lou Robbins and Bill Ogden KTAC It must have been Pet Report day, there is a dog barking outside the KTAC studio (3:15)
Lou Robbins – KMTT Seattle 1991
Lou Robbins – KOOL Phoenix 1995 – 1997
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