My Everett News

Built in 1959 the former studios and transmitter site of KRKO radio on Lowell-Larimer Road are up for sale. Here’s a description of the property from the recent real estate listing… Rare opportunity to purchase a fully functioning radio broadcast facility. Updated 1800SF primary building incl. 3 beds/private offices, 1.75 baths, large great room/flex office […]

After being off the air for the last 2 1/2 years, Jeff Aaron (known on air as “The Fish”) is back every weekday afternoon from 3pm – 5pm on Everett’s Fox Sports 1380 Radio. (KRKO) Station owner Andy Skotdal told MyEverettNews.com that with the improving economy he wanted to get back to a live and […]

  Rob “T-Man” Tepper is joining the line-up at Fox Sports 1380 in Everett as part of the FOX Sports Tonight show. According to a press release from KRKO owner Andy Skotdal, Tepper will team up with former MLB pitcher/analyst and Fox Sports Radio personality Rob Dibble starting Monday, January 9th. The show will air […]

KRKO radio drops WSU and picks up UW Husky Football and Basketball starting September 3rd KRKO Radio drops WSU Cougar Football broadcasts in favor of University of Washington… While the WSU Cougars may be coming to Everett via Everett Community College, the University of Washington Husky Men’s Football and Basketball radio broadcasts will be coming to Everett’s KRKO […]

You can now tune in to another radio station that calls Everett home. After more than a decade of planning, legal battles and engineering challenges, Andy Skotdal has flipped the switch on KKXA at AM 1520. Currently the station is playing a loop containing snippets of songs with the word “radio” in the lyrics. According […]

Charlie Sheen was reportedly paid only $600 a minute for the 2 hours he spent on the Comcast Arena Everett stage Tuesday Night. That’s a far cry from the $1600 a minute he would have been paid had the show sold out. Still not a bad pay check ($72,000.00) for two hours work. Word is […]

Everett radio station KRKO has brought back Renae O’Keefe to do news updates on its FOX Sports Radio format at 1380 on the AM dial. Meanwhile, the format search has apparently been narrowed for AM 1520 licensed to Snohomish. According to a survey on the KRKO web site, the choices are all-news with at least […]

The FCC has given final approval for a new radio station to serve Everett and the surrounding communities. Technically licensed to Snohomish, AM 1520 will be operated out of the studios that house KRKO AM 1380 in Downtown Everett. Owned by the Skotdal brothers, Craig and Andy (who also own KRKO), the new station is […]