EPISODE · Apr 20, 2025 · 57 MIN
BONUS EPISODE: SPIRIT OF '62 - Seattle World's Fair 60th Anniversary from April 2022
from Cascade of History · host Feliks Banel
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present archival audio from a television program broadcast from the observation deck of the Space Needle on April 20, 2022. "SPIRIT OF '62: Celebrating the Seattle World's Fair" was produced and hosted by Feliks Banel for the Seattle Channel, and features an all-star roster of special guests, including the late Louis Larsen, fair executive; the late C. David Hughbanks, fair staffer and longtime Seattle Center employee; Junius Rochester, who worked at the fair and whose father Al Rochester is credited with the idea of holding a fair in the first place; Seattle Times photographer Greg Gilbert; plus then-Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis and Downtown Seattle Association CEO Jon Scholes - as well as a musical finale with Dave Ross, Lisa Brooks and Bob Antone. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.
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On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present archival audio from a television program broadcast from the observation deck of the Space Needle on April 20, 2022. "SPIRIT OF '62: Celebrating the Seattle World's Fair" was produced and hosted by Feliks Banel for the Seattle Channel, and features an all-star roster of special guests, including the late Louis Larsen, fair executive; the late C. David Hughbanks, fair staffer and longtime Seattle Center employee; Junius Rochester, who worked at the fair and whose father Al Rochester is credited with the idea of holding a fair in the first place; Seattle Times photographer Greg Gilbert; plus then-Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis and Downtown Seattle Association CEO Jon Scholes - as well as a musical finale with Dave Ross, Lisa Brooks and Bob Antone. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.
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