KVI is a commercial radio station

Radio station

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 located in Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

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 (U.S.), broadcasting to the Seattle area on 570 AM

AM broadcasting

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. KVI currently airs Christmas music

Christmas music

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. Before 1949, KVI was located in Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

 at 1280 AM, then 1060 AM, then 760 AM and finally 570 AM by late 1932.
KVI's legacy can be traced back to its debut on November 24, 1926, where it was licensed to Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

 at 1280 AM. By the spring of 1928 its signal would be shifted to 1060 AM, followed by a larger shift to 760 AM, in the fall.