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>>> THIS SUNDAY MARKS THE 70th
ANNIVERSARY OF KING 5. SINCE
THE BEGINNING, THE STATION HAS
PUT PUBLIC SERVICE FIRST.
>> EXPOSING AND JUSTICE, SAVING
TAXPAYER DOLLARS OR CHANGING
LAWS, KING 5 TAKES PRIDE IN ITS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH THE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. LORI MATSUKAWA REPORTS ♪ ♪.
DOROTHY BULLITT STREAM WAS TO
BROADCAST CLASSICAL MUSIC ON
THE RADIO BUT IN 1940 IT WAS A
BUST.
BUST.
BUST. HER
BUST. HER FIRST CHECK WAS RETURNED
WITH AN APOLOGETIC NOTE SAYING,
THERE IS NO MEASURABLE
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE. >> NO AUDIENCE, THE CHECK WAS
RETURNED SO I RETURNED THE CHECK
. BY THE TIME THE BULLITT
FAMILY DONATED KING OF THEM TO
THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN 1984 IS
EASILY WORTH $25 MILLION AND
HAS A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE NOW
THANKS TO THE INTERNET.
>> I AM CHARLIE ROYER I WAS A
BROADCASTER FROM AUGUST OF 1970
UNTIL JUST ABOUT THE END OF
1976.
1976.
1976. >>
1976. >> Reporter: KING BELIEVED IN
POLITICAL COMMENTARY.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY. AGAIN, A COMMUNITY SERVICE.
>> THEY WORK ON THEMES,
EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT.
THEY DIDN'T THINK PEOPLE WERE
ACTIVE ENOUGH IN POLITICS WE
ENCOURAGE MORE VOTER
PARTICIPATION.
PARTICIPATION. WARRIOR WOULD GO ON TO SERVE
THREE TERMS AS SEATTLE'S MAYOR.
OTHERS WHO OFFERED COMMENTARY
WERE DON MCGAVIN AND THE
BEARDED BOB SIMMONS.
FORMER CORRESPONDENT OFFERED
COMMENTARY ON THE COMPTON
REPORT FOR 10 YEARS AT KING
BEFORE BEING ELECTED TO THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
THE BIGGEST CHEERLEADER FOR ALL
THIS POLITICAL ACTIVISM WAS
KING'S CHARISMATIC PRESIDENT
TRUMP OR 16 YEARS.
>> TODAY, DISSOLUTION,
DISCOURAGED BY THE TRAVESTY OF
WATERGATE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
SAYING THEY WILL NEVER ENTER
POLITICAL LIFE. FORMER CEO
STEVE CLIFFORD.
STEVE CLIFFORD. >> A VERY ASTUTE PERSON.
HE WAS TOTALLY COMMITTED TO THE
IDEA.
IDEA.
IDEA. >>
IDEA. >> Reporter: POLITICAL COVERAGE
WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC
SERVICE.
SERVICE.
SERVICE. NEWS ANCHOR MIKE JAMES COVERED
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN DALLAS IN 1984.
>> OUR NEWSCAST HAD A 48 SHARE.
THAT IS ALMOST HALF THE TV SETS
TURN ON THE NEWS TIME.
>> Reporter: OR 11 YEARS IN THE
EARLY 2000's, UP FRONT EXPLORED
CLINICAL ISSUES AND VETTED
CAMPAIGN ADS IN ITS WILDLY
POPULAR AD WATCH.
>> DID MARIA CANTWELL REALLY
VOTE 42 TIMES TO INCREASE
TAXES?
TAXES?
TAXES? YOU REQUESTED ALL 42 VOTES FROM
STATE ARCHIVES.
STATE ARCHIVES. >> WE PUT THEM ON DISPLAY AND
BREAK IT UP UNTIL EVERYTHING
YOU CAN ABOUT THE CLAIMS AND
PEOPLE ENJOY THAT.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST REGIONAL
OUTLET TO PROVIDE LIVE CAUCUS
COVERAGE STATEWIDE IN 2004.
THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
LARRY BLACKSTOCK.
LARRY BLACKSTOCK. >> INVIGORATED THE COMMUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE
POLITICS OF THEIR OWN STATE AND
GET INVOLVED.
GET INVOLVED. >> Reporter: THEY GOT AN EMMY
FOR THE TOO.
>> THEY DID.
>> Reporter: YOU COULD NOT
IGNORE THE THRIVING PERFORMING
ARTS COMMUNITY.
ARTS COMMUNITY. IN THE 80s, KING HAD TWO ARTS
AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS.
>> BAREFOOT IN THE PARK COMING
TO TOWN WAS A BIG TIME TV STAR
AND THE LEAD WOULD BE BIG
STUFF.
STUFF.
STUFF. >>
STUFF. >> Reporter: COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR WERE EMBRACED FOR NINE
YEARS FROM THE MID-80s TO 90s
BY CELEBRATE THE DIFFERENCES.
AND COMMUNITIES HIT BY DISASTER
, HUNGER OR VIOLENCE, WERE
SUPPORTED BY KING TELEPHONES,
DRIVES AND TOWN HALL's.
BUT AT KING, INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM IS THE PINNACLE OF
PUBLIC SERVICE.
PUBLIC SERVICE. >> I WORKED AT KING 5 THROUGH
1992 AND I AM THE CHIEF
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER. THIS IS
TO ENACT CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT IS PRETTY COOL TO GO OVER
THE LIST TO SEE THAT CHANGED
AND THAT CHANGED.
>> Reporter: THE NEW LAW,
INVESTIGATOR LINDA BYRON,
EXPOSING THE STATEWIDE BACKLOG
OF UNTESTED RAPE KITS.
INVESTIGATOR CHRIS INGALLS
EXPOSING FOODSTAMP TRAFFICKING.
>> WE THANK KING 5 AND SUSANNA
FRAME FOR KEEPING US IN THE
PUBLIC EYE.
PUBLIC EYE. >> Reporter: NUCLEAR WORKER'S
EXPOSURE TO TOXIC VAPORS
LEADING TO A HISTORIC SETTLEMENT
.
.
. >>
. >> THIS
. >> THIS WILL AFFECT THOUSANDS
OF LIVES.
OF LIVES.
OF LIVES. OF COURSE IT WAS A WHOLE
VILLAGE SITUATION IT WOULDN'T
HAPPEN WITHOUT THE AG AND
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.
WE DID PLAY A ROLE IN THE AG
HAS TOLD ME THAT SEVERAL TIMES.
TODAY IF SOMEONE WERE TO ASK ME
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT
WOULD FALL OUT OF MY MOUTH AS I
AM IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
I'M SO GRATEFUL KING TV HAS
GIVEN THAT GIFT TO ME.
SUSANNA WENT ON TO SAY WHEN
PEOPLE GIVE HER THE TIRED LINE
OF OH SUSANNA WE DON'T WATCH TV
ANYMORE SHE COMES BACK AT THEM.
WELL, I AM ALSO ON TWITTER HIM
INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK AND
KING5.COM.
KING5.COM. WE HAVE GROWN RIGHT ALONG WITH
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. WE
YOU. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR SUSANNA AND
ALL INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS
WHAT THEY DO.
>> THAT WAS REALLY WELL DONE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. BY THE WAY WE
INVITE YOU TO WATCH THE KING 5
SPECIAL PRESENTATION, SUNDAY
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. KING 5 CELEBRATES 70 YEARS.
ON ONE HOUR CELEBRATION TAKING
A LOOK AT KING 5'S BEGINNINGS,
PROGRAMMING, PEOPLE.
PROGRAMMING, PEOPLE. ALL THE MEMORABLE MOMENTS.
IT BEGINS RIGHT AFTER THE FIFTH
QUARTER AROUND 9:00 SUNDAY