Mission

Community

Your Partner in the Arts

KING-FM, a commercial radio station, makes substantial annual contributions to the arts in the Puget Sound region, thanks to an unparalleled ownership arrangement created by the Bullitt family. Legendary broadcaster Dorothy Bullitt created KING-FM in 1948 specifically to bring classical music to the Northwest. That visionary act was just one of many achievements that marked her leadership of King Broadcasting Company, where she served the public through excellence in radio and television until she died in 1989.

The ownership of King Broadcasting Company passed to her daughters, Priscilla Collins and Harriet Bullitt upon her death. They decided in 1992 to sell most of the holdings of King Broadcasting and devote themselves to philanthropy. Because the sale of KING-FM might have jeopardized the future of classical music on the radio in the Seattle-Tacoma market, however, they put KING-FM under the control of a newly-created company, Classic Radio, Inc., which is the present licensee of KING-FM. In turn, they donated their shares in that for-profit company to Beethoven, a nonprofit corporation.

Today KING FM carries forward this tradition of service in multiple ways.

- Broadcasting Classical Music 24/7
- Giving Back - Beethoven, a Nonprofit Corporation
- Friends of KING.org