This image shows the KRKO studios and transmitter site under construction along Larimer Road in SE Everett in 1958. An unidentified man is standing in the doorway to the transmitter room. The main entrance is in front. The building still houses our transmitters today.

The main studio was state-of-the art in 1958.  The Gates Yard console used to raise and lower the audio from the turntables was one of the first stereo consoles.  This room remained the main studio through several revisions until 1997.  Thelma Taft designed the studios.

This Gates 5,000 watt transmitter is still in use as the backup transmitter for KRKO today. It’s a workhorse of a transmitter and has tubes that glow through the windows when it’s operational. The transmitter was the best available in 1958. You can hear the station audio without a radio when the transmitter is running!

A different variation of the playing cards produced in the 50’s.

The parking lot along Larimer Road is being prepared in this shot from 1958. An unidentified man looks as though he’s had a long day of work. The window on the building is where the restroom is located. The area to the right was used as a boat launch to rescue farmers during major floods.

KRKO’s sales staff area was being readied in this 1958 shot. This room operated as the sales area through 1997. The bathroom is in the background.

Bill and Thelma Taft owned KRKO and loved to play bridge.  As a result, they had their own playing cards made.  Bill Haley was rockin’ with the Comets and KRKO was broadcasting with "KRoK-O-phonic sound!"