KIRO-FM
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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 97.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM ("KIRO" pronounced as "Cairo") |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
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| Network | CBS News Radio |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KIRO (AM), KTTH | |
| History | |
First air date | October 26, 1948 |
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Call sign meaning | See KIRO (AM) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 33682 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 55,000 watts |
| HAAT | 729 meters (2,392 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°30′14″N 121°58′29″W / 47.50389°N 121.97472°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | mynorthwest |
KIRO-FM (97.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, and serving the Seattle-Tacoma radio market. It airs a news/talk radio format and is owned by Salt Lake City–based Bonneville International, a broadcasting company owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The studios and offices are located on Eastlake Avenue East in Seattle's Eastlake district.
KIRO-FM starts weekdays with Seattle's Morning News, hosted by Charlie Harger and Manda Factor. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of local talk hosts. At night, nationally syndicated shows are heard, Prime Time with John Dickerson, CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. Weekends feature shows on money, health, food, travel, home repair and veterans, some of which are paid brokered programming. Nights and weekends, an update from CBS News Radio begins most hours.
KIRO-FM's transmitter is on Tiger Mountain in Issaquah. Its effective radiated power (ERP) is 55,000 watts. KIRO-FM broadcasts in the HD (digital) radio format. The HD-2 digital subchannel simulcasts co-owned KIRO (710 AM)'s sports radio format. The HD-3 signal airs KTTH (770 AM)'s conservative talk format.