Katherine Banwell
Announcer
About
Katherine is the local host on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Prior to coming to KUOW, she worked at KPLU (now KNKX) as a fill-in host on All Things Considered and host of Weekend Morning Edition. She's also the voice of many telephone on-hold messages for businesses across the country and loves to act in her spare time. Originally from Canada, she began her broadcasting career as a news and arts reporter for, among other places, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Katherine has a BA in Communications from the University of Washington. Go Huskies!
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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Arts & Life
What's that big yellow box perched on Phinney Ridge?
The air raid siren is about the size of a VW Beetle, weighs almost 3 tons and was loud enough to be heard a mile and a half away.
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Arts & Life
Washington is the worst to drive in. And drivers are only getting more aggressive
A new study by Pemco found drivers admit they’re about twice as likely now to “assert themselves” behind the wheel.
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Arts & Life
'I hope we grow tender enough, again.' Seattle's Youth Poet Laureate captures Seattle's growing pains
Azura Tyabji says the city’s rapid growth this last year embodies her own childhood.
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Business
Who puts up all of the holiday lights in Seattle's trees?
In Ballard alone, there are 101,650 light bulbs illuminating the neighborhood for the holidays. But first, the neighborhood had to figure out how to foil the enemy of holiday lighting schemes: the squirrel.
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Environment
These flowers smell like watermelon and seem inspired by Dr. Seuss. What are they?
KUOW Listener Erika Tobiason wanted to know what tree produces those pink fronds. So we arranged for her to meet tree expert, Arthur Lee Jacobson. Jacobson is author of "Trees of Green Lake."
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Government
Seattle Police aim to protect victims of prank 911 calls
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Education
Seattle's new school superintendent on late buses and racial equity
Superintendent Denise Juneau takes listener questions about transportation problems, poor schools in the district, and how well Seattle compares with other school districts across the country.
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Education
For kids of color, return to school can be scary
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Science
Turns out wildfire smoke isn't harmful to the birds and the bees.
Turns out wildfire smoke isn't harmful to the birds and the bees.
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So, you know, young women are totally at the forefront of creativity in language
So, like, does it bother you the way some people speak? Some of us use what are called "discourse markers" in conversation. A linguistics professor at...