Key Features
Northwest Newsradio is Western Washington’s source for news and information 24 hours a day. We’re based in Seattle, with studios along the Elliott Bay waterfront.
During the day, we offer world and national news coverage at the top and bottom of the hour from ABC News. Throughout the hour, listen for local news coverage, traffic every 10 minutes on the 4s, weather, money news, and sports. Overnight, we enlist the resources of Bloomberg radio for coverage of world and national news and information.
The radio station launched as KOMO-AM on December 31, 1926. It’s been known as Northwest Newsradio since 2022.
In the Pacific Northwest, you can find us on your radio at 97.7 FM and AM 1000. You can also download our app and listen from your smartphone, tell your smart speaker to “play Northwest Newsradio,” or stream us live through our website: nwnewsradio.com.
Northwest Newsradio is owned by Lotus Seattle Corp, a subsidiary of Lotus Communications.
Lotus Communications is one of the nation’s largest privately-owned broadcasting companies, founded in 1962 with the acquisition of legendary Spanish station KWKW by its current CEO/President Howard Kalmenson. Lotus is based in Los Angeles, California and owns 48 radio stations concentrated in the Western States as well as a digital marketing entity, and ecommerce sites.
Traffic Reports on the 4’s
People care about their daily commute. That’s why Northwest News Radio keeps listeners updated with the latest traffic reports every 10 minutes “on the 4’s,” helping listeners spend less time in their cars and more time where it matters most.
Nationally Recognized
Northwest Newsradio won the 2019 regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence in Large MarketRadio. The station also won an award for Breaking News Coverage for its reporting on a tornado that unexpectedly developed in western Washington in 2018.
NW Features Weekend
Our weekends are filled with industry experts hosting their own show. A different kind of information segment without losing our news position. This type of programming has had a successful launch with local hosts ranging from Medical to Home improvement.
