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Overview
KNWN (1000 AM) is an all-news radio station licensed to Seattle, Washington. It brands itself as “Northwest Newsradio 97.7 / AM 1000.” It began broadcasting in 1926.
At a glance
- Call sign
- KNWN
- Frequency
- 1000 AM
- Format
- All-news radio
- On-air name
- Northwest Newsradio 97.7 / AM 1000
- City of license
- Seattle, WA
- Market
- Seattle-Tacoma, WA
- Licensee
- Lotus Seattle Corp.
- Power
- 50,000 watts
- Station class
- A
- First on air
- 1926
- FCC facility ID
- 21647
- Website
- nwnewsradio.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its lineup draws on ABC News Radio, Bloomberg Radio and Westwood One. Lotus Seattle Corp. holds the station’s FCC license. It has used the KNWN call letters since February 2022.
Online, it is at nwnewsradio.com. Seattle is in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA market, where local newspapers include International Examiner and The Seattle Times. Its sister stations are KPLZ-FM, KVI and KNWN-FM.
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KNWN at a glance
- Frequency
- 1000 AM
- On air as
- Northwest Newsradio 97.7 / AM 1000
- Format
- All-news radio
- Licensed to
- Seattle, WA
- Market
- Seattle-Tacoma, WA








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