Behind every name there's a story. KNKX is telling those stories through an ongoing series called "What's in a Name."
Stories like why baseball and softball fields in North Seattle are named for broadcasting legend Leo Lassen. Why a park on Seattle's Queen Anne Hill is named after a young victim of the crash Alaska Airlines Flight 261. And, how the spiny lumpsucker, found in the waters around Tacoma, got its name.
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There was a time when musician John Utter couldn’t go anywhere in Seattle without seeing his own face. But as the industry took its toll, he realized he wanted something different. -
Sound Transit has been expanding the light rail network outside of Seattle city limits. That means many new names and copious work for the crew in charge of signs. -
The small, clumsy fish isn’t the strongest or fastest creature living in Puget Sound. But it has developed other tools to survive in rough waters. -
Two Queen Anne families were among those lost in a plane crash 25 years ago. Their neighbors channeled their grief into renovating a nearby park and playground. -
Over 60 years after Leo Lassen called his last baseball game in Seattle, fans still vividly remember his home run call, and his detailed re-creation of road games from inside a studio.
