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Video Voters’ Guide is here to help you comb through the candidates & break down the ballot measures.

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It might not be a BIG election year, but there are still some very important issues on the ballot, including how future elections might look. We’ve rounded up our election coverage on local and state candidates and issues. So sit back, watch the candidates speak for themselves, and start filling out that ballot! First, for […]

Celebrating 20 years of the Seattle Channel

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BY ADDY PRATT Break out the sparkling cider and the birthday candles because Seattle Channel is turning 20!  As we embark on our third decade, we’d like to look back at where we started and how we – and the world around us – has changed over the past two decades. Since 2002, we’ve embraced […]

Seattle Channel honored with 25 Government Programming Awards

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Seattle Channel won 25 Government Programming Awards, including four Awards of Excellence, at the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) annual conference awards ceremony this week. The station also took home 15 Awards of Distinction and six Awards of Honor for its civic and cultural programming. NATOA has been celebrating the achievements of […]

Seattle Channel wins two Northwest Regional Emmy awards

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Seattle Channel is the recipient of two Northwest Regional Emmy Awards in the Interview/Discussion and Short-form Arts/Entertainment categories. The awards were for a program that focused on police reform and a profile of a fashion designer who, early in the pandemic, began creating colorful, highly sought-after face masks. The City of Seattle’s government-access station was recognized Saturday, […]

Nancy Guppy’s journey to the Silver Circle

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BY JENNIFER NERAD / SEATTLE CHANNEL Nancy Guppy, host of Seattle Channel’s award-winning “Art Zone with Nancy Guppy,” has just been inducted into the Silver Circle of the Northwest Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). The Silver Circle recognizes professionals who have made lasting contributions to the television industry for […]

Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair

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Sixty years ago, the Century 21 Exposition opened its doors to the public amidst bells, balloons, and celebratory fighter jets. In the six months between April 21 and October 21, 1962, nearly ten million visitors flocked to the fairgrounds, what we now call Seattle Center, including celebrities like Elvis Presley, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, and Walt […]

Seattle Channel staff recognized with 10 Northwest Emmy nominations

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Seattle Channel is honored to receive ten Northwest Regional Emmy Award nominations from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Nominated programs were in a broad range of categories including business/consumer, arts/entertainment, historical/cultural, sports, public affairs, and interview/discussion. The team was also recognized in the Editor craft category. Seattle Channel received a nomination for Overall Excellence, where the station will compete for this top accolade with some of the region’s best commercial and pub

Honoring George Bakan: Seattle LGBTQ+ activist & mischief-maker

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BY TYLER SIPE / SEATTLE CHANNEL STAFF George Bakan passed away at his desk last June, surrounded by a symbol of his life’s work: towering piles of the newspaper Seattle Gay News (SGN).   Before the internet and smartphone apps delivered news and connected people, SGN shared stories of Seattle’s LGBTQ+ population who were marginalized, harassed, faced frequent discrimination, and were underserved by the local […]