Both Bill Speidel, who was nearly 70 in 1981, and Murray Morgan, who was just a few years younger, were clearly of the curmudgeonly variety of local historian, who could border at times as anti-boosters of the city. And it was just a month before Larry King’s Space Needle broadcast that Seattle had adopted its “Emerald City” tourism slogan.

<p>Both Bill Speidel, who was nearly 70 in 1981, and Murray Morgan, who was just a few years younger, were clearly of the curmudgeonly variety of local historian, who could border at times as anti-boosters of the city. And it was just a month before Larry King&rsquo;s Space Needle broadcast that Seattle had adopted its &ldquo;Emerald City&rdquo; tourism slogan.</p>

<p>Highlights from KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM.</p>

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