KRKO's Tim Hunter Talks With....

Tim chats with Frank the Hot Dog, who you may have seen out at the Everett AquaSox games. If he's sitting in front of you, he'd be hard to miss.

KRKO's Morning Mouth Tim Hunter Chats with Joel Tallman. Really interesting story and background on the new Muv Fitness in the Silver Lake Center, just one of many in their Muv Fitness empire, with more on the way!

Everett-based funny guy Adam Tiller and KRKO's Morning Mouth Tim Hunter do a deep dive into Adam's career and comedy in general in this episode taped December 15th, 2022.

'Tis the season to talk about things like sleighs and reindeer. I met Libby at a Bothell Kenmore Chamber breakfast a couple of months ago and she had a great story of how she went from being Mrs. Claus to answering one of the most-asked question kids have for Santa and Mrs. Claus.  If you're interested in her book, you'll find it at howdothereindeerfly.com 

For Pete's sake, I've been interviewing people from KRKO's past as part of our 100th birthday celebration, and we've got a guy still with us that has been with KRKO for over a third of it's existence, Tom Lafferty

KRKO's 100th birthday celebration continues as our resident Morning Mouth chats with someone who was with the radio station 10% of its 100 years and can still be heard on the station today, Moose "Moose on the Loose" Moran!

Yes, another long-time voice in Puget Sound Broadcasting spent some times in the halls and behind the microphone at KRKO before going out and making it big. Enjoy our chat with our buddy, Mark Christopher.

As you can imagine, a lot of people have come and gone over KRKO's 100 years, including popular Seattle talk show host Dori Monson. KRKO's resident Morning Mouth Tim Hunter chats with Dori.

Yes, our resident Morning Mouth goes to the top, and gets a great bunch of history about KRKO, both in recent years and when it began serving the North Sound 100 years ago. Hang on!

KRKO's Morning Mouth chats with a guy who along with his family was involved with the radio station over a third of its 100 years, Sparky Taft!

KRKO's Morning Mouth tracks down another alum who roamed the halls of our radio station, Ric Hansen, as we continue celebrating 100 years of serving the North Sound.

KRKO's Morning Mouth tracks down Jeff Conwell, aka "Jeff Chase", who has some KRKO stories to share. Lots of names dropped in this one. Enjoy!

Talk about a home-grown radio talent! Chet Buchanan was about as local as you can get when he started cutting his radio teeth on KRKO. Since those days, he's done so many things!

We've been in the same radio market for over 40 years, but it wasn't until we both ended up at an ad agency called Destination Marketing that Scott Burns and I finally got to work together. We've collaborated on some pretty silly stuff over the years, but more on that later. For now, here's Scott and I meeting for one last cheap Chinese food lunch before he heads off on his big Las Vegas adventure.

The governor came to the KRKO studios to proclaim 2022 "KRKO Centennial Year" as the state's oldest radio station celebrates it's 100th birthday!

Singer, songwriter, music innovator Howard Jones is launching his U.S. tour in the Northwest on June 17th at the Tulalip Resort Casino and KRKO's Morning Mouth Tim Hunter got a chance to talk with him about his decades of great music, plus a new album on the way!

How do you get a nickname like "Dirt"? It was playfully attached to Susan Fuelling at the Thirsty Fish Bar & Grill in Seattle because she was "older than.....everybody else at the bar!"

Susan still tells her story of that night in Iowa, many, many years ago, when she heard the last concert ever performed by Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. 

KRKO's Morning Mouth chats with his buddy, Lyle Ronglien, after Lyle was given Eagles tickets from one of our KRKO listeners who couldn't make the concert. Hilarity ensued. What would YOU have done?

There's a new voice in town for the Everett Silvertips hockey team. KRKO's Morning Mouth yaks with Casey Bryant, plus enjoy an episode of "Breaking News" with Casey.

KRKO's Morning Mouth Tim Hunter chats with Sharon Burlison from the Snohomish Senior Center about this coming weekend's Brewfest at Thomas Family Farms, from noon-6pm. It's a huge fundraiser for the Center and a lot of fun!

KRKO's Morning Mouth chats again with AAA.com writer, Douglas Scott. This time, about scary movie locations in Washington State

'Tis the season to talk about scary places. Thanks for the tips, Douglas!

Our Morning Mouth chats with the new kid in town, Brian MacMillan, joining the morning crew at FOX 13. Welcome, B-Mac!

There's so much we don't know about M.J., who is getting ready to ride out into the sunset after a diverse career. We were lucky to have her in the market for the past couple of decades. Class.

Did you know there was pro wrestling in Everett?  Find out about the events coming up and how you could become a pro wrestler, as our Morning Mouth talks with Max Zeleski from WacPro Wrestling.  www.wacprowrestling.com

Some home movies from my whirlwind trip back to Michigan for the ill-fated Husky game. Yeah, the game itself sucked, but met some great folks along the way, including some Husky fans from Everett! Enjoy!  #godawgs

Our Morning Mouth chats with our resident "Mr. Know It All", Tom Lafferty, about our newest Everett residents.

Our resident Morning Mouth chats with Everett's Kristin Christensen, who was just named a fellow for the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Nice article on the foundation and the "Hidden Heroes" program at EverettPost.com

Our resident Entertainment expert recently shared a really rough day he was having, so we turned it into a soap opera. Sheesh!

She worked at KRKO, was the host of "Kayla's Beer Corner", then hopped over to Angel of the Winds Arena as Director of Sales and now she's off to Iowa! Tim chats with Kayla Scofield about her days at KRKO and what's ahead!

OK, it's my long-time radio brother Fred Bugg, putting on his Rodney Dangerfield impression to help tell some "It's so hot...." jokes.  Find him at www.fredbugg.com 

Thanks to Merrill Law, Diedrich Espresso's in Snohomish Country served up free iced drinks on Sunday to help cool down our listeners. So cool. Literally.

KRKO's Morning Mouth chats with an old buddy who's now a weather guy down in Portland, who just had to be a little bit warmer than Seattle.

The rivalry never stops.

Our Morning Mouth chats with Melanie about the first-ever Pride celebration coming up this Sunday in Monroe!

Here's both the interview Tim did with Ciscoe, as well as an episode of "Breaking News" with the gardening guru.

So happy for Mark and his wife. They are going to have the ultimate backyard by the time this summer is over.

The Lake Stevens native is back home and entertaining the world with his comedy and positive outlook. Over 5-million followers on TikTok and we've got him for you on KRKO!

Our Morning Mouth chats with Jen about the two anniversaries being celebrated this weekend--Cairn Brewing's 5th and Kenmore Air's 75th!

Oh, if you're a Snohomish County P.U.D. and you'd like to save some money on your electric bill, you're going to want to hear about this!

Good information in here! Baseball is back and the Sox have one of the stronger teams in the minor leagues. See 'em before they call them all up!

Did you know you could get fined $99 if you're out on the waters and don't have a WA State Boater's Card? Rob Sendak of State Parks explains.

His dad started the Shawn O'Donnell chain, with four Irish-American Pubs in the Seattle area, including the original in Everett!

KRKO's Wake Up Wacko Tim Hunter chats with Aimee, the owner of Aimee's Farm Animal Sanctuary in Arizona, where you can cuddle with a cow for $75 an hour. They're booked out four months from now.

KRKO's Morning Mouth, Tim Hunter, talks about the recent "Harry & Meghan" interview with native Brit, Linda Botts.

KRKO's Morning Mouth chats with Vasco Rubio, the head coach of the brand-new Everett Jets FC. Isn't Vasco Rubio a great name for a soccer coach?

Our KRKO Morning Mouth chatted with Lake Stevens runner, Austin Johnson, who is going to run for 24 consecutive hours in support of mental health suicide prevention. You can donate and support his efforts here  https://www.gofundme.com/f/24-hours-of-hope-runalotathon

Tim chats with the Lake Stevens school teacher that made an appearance on the Tom Hanks Inaugural special on January 20th, 2021, and had the honor of introducing the performance by Foo Fighters.

Tim challenges all KRKO listeners to donate $13.80 to the VOAWW to help with the massive need this holiday season. Jessica explains what all their organization does and how many people it helps throughout the North Sound.

Tim heard about this place and had questions. Why not just go to the top?