Radio KNKX played live from Mt. Vernon library

 

February 6, 2019

NOT JUST ANY ORGANIC BLUEBERRY FARMER – KNKX host Ed Ronco, right, has a nose for news: for KNKX Connects, live from the Mount Vernon library, he sniffed out Harley Soltes, interviewing the former Seattle Times photojournalist now living the dream in Bow. The scoop? This “is the hey-day of small, organic farming.”    – Photo by Ken Stern

For fans of public radio, last Thursday offered the best of both worlds.

Regular area listeners were able to see as well as hear the local afternoon broadcast of All Things Considered, the flagship news program of the National Public Radio (NPR) network, during a special three-hour KNKX (88.9) live session at the Mount Vernon city library.

Over 100 people filed into the library’s reading room on a come-and-go basis to attend the Tacoma station’s broadcast, highlighted by on-air and pre-recorded interviews touching on a wide range of Skagit Valley themes and topics.

Host Ed Ronco said he...



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