Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – broadcast LIVE from Parkland, Washington - include Wendy Freeman and Phil Edlund, organizers with the group Save Our Historic Parkland School; James Hester, member of the final sixth grade class at the school who spoke out as an 11-year-old in 1981 in favor of saving the school; Tono Sablan of BlueZones Parkland-Spanaway; Nick Biermann of Save The Ryan House (in nearby Sumner, WA); local performer Gunnar Johnson; and musical guests Murdre of Crowes, featuring Elizabeth Johnson on vocals and Tim Hatch on guitar and vocals. Audience members Ruth, Dave and Pierce County Councilmember Jani Hitchen also spoke during the program.

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from Thompson Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland, Washington.

To contribute to the campaign to save Parkland School:

https://sites.google.com/view/savethehistoricparklandschool/how-to-donate

Feliks Banel presents a tribute to late Pacific Northwest DJ and pop culture renaissance man Pat O’Day on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY. With a vintage aircheck and two long excerpts from an oral history recorded by WSU Professor Hugh Rundell in the late 1970s, we hear directly from Pat O’Day about his early influences and his peripatetic radio career around the Evergreen State (and a corner of the Beaver State). O’Day, born Paul Berg, made his Seattle debut on KAYO – and introduced his “Pat O’Day” deejay name – 65 years ago on February 1, 1959.

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 21, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Jack Christensen, longtime Northern Pacific employee on the history of the Belt Line and the Wilburton Trestle (recorded in 2017); Jean Sherrard on the social-media snowstorm of February 2019 (recorded in 2019); Janet Way on the Fircrest Chapel in Shoreline being added to the National Register of Historic Places; and the fourth and final heartbreaking installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 7, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

On this special 2023 Christmas episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present Chris Wedes (better known as KIRO TV clown J.P. Patches) and Bob Newman (better known as J.P.'s pal Gertrude) in an original radio play first broadcast on KIXI AM 880 in Seattle on December 16, 2000.

Wedes plays a Frederick & Nelson department store doorman, while Newman is the F&N Santa Claus. A family tries to visit the downtown Seattle Frederick's for their Christmas Eve ritual, but a snowstorm ensues. The action is set in 1954, and also stars Tracey Conway, Dave Dolacky, Bob Brooks and Jim Dai. Sound effects were performed by David Persson. The show was written, produced and directed by Feliks Banel, and recorded before a live audience in at the old Museum of History & Industry (MOHA) in Seattle a few hours before the broadcast.

This broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY will be presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 24, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Kerry Tymchuk, executive director of the Oregon Historical Society on holiday traditions in Portland; Anna Harbine of Spokane’s Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC) on Spokane holiday traditions; and Laurie Carter with an update on efforts to “Save the Ryan House” in Sumner, Washington. Also, Christmas surprises and the third installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 17, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include John Mackie of The Vancouver Sun on recently discovered artifacts from the SS BEAVER, the most storied vessel in Pacific Northwest and British Columbia history; roving correspondent Ken Zick REPORTING LIVE from Olympic Manor’s holiday display; Phil Edlund of Save Our Parkland School with the latest on the community’s grassroots campaign; and the second installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 10, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Feliks Banel pits Everett, WA-born Stan Boreson against Tacoma, WA-born Yogi Yorgesson in a holiday smackdown of Scandinavian novelty Christmas songs; roving correspondent Ken Zick reports LIVE FROM THE SCENE of the abrupt closure of XXX Root Beer in Issaquah; and we hear the first installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 3, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

On this special bonus podcast episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel's interview from the archives with Bryan Johnson, longtime KOMO Radio and TV journalist in Seattle, recalling his early career at KOMO Radio, and the day he was on the job and had to break the news that President Kennedy had been assassinated. Portions of this interview were used in a KUOW piece in 2013, and on KIRO Newsradio in 2023.

CASCADE OF HISTORY is presented each week at 8pm Pacific Time on Sundays via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Eric Ulis, D.B. Cooper expert, searcher and researcher with a lesson in 'D.B. Cooper 101' in advance of next week's CooperCon at Seattle's Museum of Flight, and roving correspondent Ken Zick joins us live from the monument at rainy and windswept Alki Beach in West Seattle to mark the 172nd anniversary of the arrival of The Denny Party, considered the city's founders, on November 13, 1851. SPOILER ALERT: It was rainy and windswept back then, too.

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 12, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Mytyl Hernandez, museum director of Hibulb Cultural Center at the Tulalip Reservation on their new exhibit about Indigenous languages; roving correspondent Ken Zick on the closure of MacPherson’s Fruit & Produce on Seattle’s Beacon Hill; and excerpts from an exclusive interview with Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan on the future of the National Archives in Seattle. Also, the fourth and final installment of the 1951 vintage Chief Sealth episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 5, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.