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Celebrating 65 Years Of KUOW

00000181-fa79-da89-a38d-fb7f2bb00002KUOW was established in 1952, when Seattle benefactor Dorothy Bullitt donated a radio frequency to the University of Washington.It was a training ground for students to learn about broadcast techniques and technology, on the air for only 8-10 hours each day.We’ve come a long way! Celebrate our anniversary with us all year long. We’ll be throwing events big and small, curating a monthly podcast filled with classic, archived interviews and stories, and giving you lots of ways to be a part of the fun!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ngu000y5do

1992: Artist Laurie Anderson on selling out

KUOW | By Ross Reynolds

Published May 10, 2017 at 8:10 AM AKDT

Laurie Anderson 'Talk to my rolled up piece of paper'

Artist Laurie Anderson has written six books, released a dozen albums, created multimedia performances for human and canine audiences and produced an acclaimed documentary film.

In 1992, on the occasion of her book Stories from the Nerve Bible, she talks with Ross Reynolds about her short stint as an art teacher ("I made up stories about artists"), why she made an American Express commercial, her thoughts on the then emerging internet, and how her first hit “O Superman” was appropriated for a car alarm company.