KOMO-AM
KOMO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington, broadcasting on 1000 in the AM radio spectrum. Its format is primarily news, and it also broadcasts Seattle Mariners baseball games.
History
In July 1926, KOMO was founded on Harbor Island as KGFA 980 by Birt F. Fisher, whose lease on the KTCL radio station was about to run out, and the Fisher brothers of Fisher Flouring Mills (no relation), who had been on the island since 1911. In preparation for the switch to the new station, he changed KTCL's call letters to KOMO. In December, his lease ended, and he took the call letters with him to KGFA. KOMO 980's first broadcast was December 31, 1926. Studios moved to Downtown in 1927. Over the following years, KOMO's frequency would go from 980 to 1080, back to 980, down to 920, up to 970, then back to 920.
In 1941, Fisher's Blend Station, owner of KOMO, bought KJR-AM 1000, Seattle's first radio station, and KOMO switched frequencies to 950. Three years later the Federal Communications Commission forced the company to sell one of their stations, so they sold KJR, but switched its frequency with KOMO's. KOMO has been broadcasting on 1000, and KJR on 950, ever since.
Fisher Flouring Mills bought Birt Fisher out in 1945, and in 1948, KOMO moved to its present location just south of Seattle Center.
