Haas sold KIRO to Bonneville International Corporation , part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , in 1963 . He earned a handsome return on his investment 28 years earlier , and would subsequently join Bonneville 's board . Bonneville executives Lloyd Cooney and Ken Hatch arrived in Seattle to lead KIRO-AM-FM-TV , in 1964 . Like many network radio affiliates following the demise of full-time block programming , KIRO spent the 1960s playing Middle of the road music in addition to long-form news and interview shows . Morning host Jim French spent several years broadcasting from the rotating restaurant atop the Space Needle and was live on the air from that perch during a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in April , 1965 . Bonneville moved its Seattle radio and TV stations to the newly constructed " Broadcast House " at Third and Broad Streets in 1968
6.7-magnitude earthquake
1965 Puget Sound earthquake
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