Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel is a producer, host, and historian for KIRO Radio.

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Seattle Pilots opening day at Sick's Stadium, Seattle, April 1969 ( Cary Tolman, MOHAI collection)

Seattle Pilots broadcaster Bill Schonely looks back to the pre-Mariners days

Feliks Banel | April 13, 2016 10:45 am

Bill Schonely’s career might have been very different if the Pilots had stayed in Seattle or if he had followed the team to Milwaukee. But…

On April 1, 2001, a U.S. Navy EP-3 ARIES "surveillance plane" was flying in international airspace along the coast of China over the South China Sea and monitoring communications and other electronic transmissions. Then a Chinese fighter jet got a little too close. (AP)

Remembering the Whidbey air crew detained in China

Feliks Banel | March 31, 2016 10:46 am

In the early days of the first term of President George W. Bush, and just months before the terrorist attacks on 9/11 defined the subsequent…

Remembering the Whidbey air crew detained in China

Feliks Banel | March 30, 2016 6:15 am

In the early days of the first term of President George W. Bush, and just months before the terrorist attacks on 9/11 defined the subsequent…

Enumclaw man spends $204.28 for empty peanut butter jar featuring J.P. Patches

Feliks Banel | March 28, 2016 7:03 am

Alan Smith of Enumclaw drove down to Centralia on Saturday to take delivery of the newest addition to his collection of treasures: an old peanut…

Uncovering the buried legacies of Lewis and Clark

Feliks Banel | March 22, 2016 12:16 pm

While most people think of Oregon's Fort Clatsop as the final destination of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery back in 1805, at…

Boeing’s Stratoliner: Beginning and ending with a crash

Feliks Banel | March 16, 2016 5:09 pm

The Stratoliner was set to be an aviation game changer before its route to popularity was interrupted by WWII. Nearly 60 years later, it still…

Lloyd’s Rocket launched a thousand memories in downtown Seattle

Feliks Banel | March 8, 2016 10:50 pm

On the edge of downtown Seattle, a quirky bit of history stubbornly clings to a triangular piece of land bordered by the busy thoroughfares of…

Help KIRO Radio and MOHAI Search for hidden radio history

Feliks Banel | March 2, 2016 7:57 am

According to experts gathered last week at the Radio Preservation Task Force Conference at the Library of Congress, the closets, attics and basements of America…

KIRO Radio accidentally saves American history

Feliks Banel | March 1, 2016 10:11 am

A case of "accidental preservation" resulted in the creation of a nearly complete archive of CBS news broadcasts during World War II.

Washingtonians can thank rebel supporter for their state’s name

Feliks Banel | February 24, 2016 5:59 am

Were it not for a man eventually imprisoned by the US Government for aiding rebels during the Civil War, the Evergreen State would likely have…

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