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KNDD (107.7 FM broadcasting, "107.7 The End") is a commercial radio station in Seattle. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs an alternative rock radio format. Its studios are located on Fifth Avenue in Downtown Seattle. The station broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 68,000 . It transmits from a tower in height above average terrain (HAAT) near Issaquah, Washington, on Tiger Mountain.
KNDD broadcasts in HD Radio. Its HD2 subchannel airs an LGBTQ talk radio/EDM format known as Channel Q, which also feeds a 250-watt FM translator in Seattle, 103.3 K277AE.
Its management realized the station could be sold to a commercial broadcaster and an endowment created, allowing the foundation to broadcast in the non-commercial part of the radio dial, which exists between 88.1 MHz and 91.9 MHz. The owners of KRAB originally applied to share time with KNHC, owned by the Seattle Public Schools. However, the school district did not want to give up air time. Ultimately, the foundation got a license for 90.7 MHz in Everett, Washington. KRAB's legacy remains on the air at KSER. In April 1984, after Sunbelt Communications bought KRAB, the 107.7 FM frequency went dark for the next 11 months.
KMGI brought together the morning team of Kelly Stevens and Alpha Trivette, who remained with the station throughout its days as "I-107.7". All forms of AC tried on the station resulted in low ratings.
Within six weeks of The End's first broadcast, three albums by local artists — Ten by Pearl Jam, Nevermind by Nirvana and Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden — were released. These albums helped come to define the sound known as grunge, and the station quickly became one of the leaders in alternative rock radio. KNDD was also the first commercial station to play the band Weezer, when in June 1994, the station added "Undone (The Sweater Song)" to its playlist.
Noble traded KNDD to Viacom in exchange for KHOW-FM in Denver in December 1992. Entercom acquired the station in 1996. Entercom rebranded as Audacy in March 2021.
In 1998, MTV's was taped in Seattle and required the season's cast to work at KNDD as "modulators".
In 2011, Sandusky's KPNW-FM changed formats from adult album alternative/modern AC to alternative rock. The rivalry lasted only a year, as KLCK shifted to hot adult contemporary in March 2012.
In May 2006, long time program director Phil Manning announced that he was leaving the station. Scott Geiger, also known as Lazlo, of sister station KRBZ in Kansas City, was named the new program director on June 1, 2006. Radio and Records 2006 worldradiohistory.com In November 2006, he began hosting afternoons with a simulcast of his KRBZ show, which was co-hosted by his then-wife Afentra Bandokoudis, under "The Church of Lazlo" moniker.
In June 2008, KNDD announced that Mike Kaplan would be replacing Geiger as program director. Kaplan had previously served as operations manager for two of Entercom's stations in New Orleans. KNDD also announced that Geiger would stay on as a disc jockey, and continue to host his afternoon show "The Church of Lazlo." On July 17, Lazlo and Afentra announced that they would depart KNDD. On August 25, both "Afentra's Big Fat Morning Buzz" and "The Church of Lazlo" returned to Kansas City on KRBZ.
In February 2009, the syndicated Adam Carolla Show was cancelled, leaving KNDD without a morning show. After an on-air search for a new morning host that featured well known DJs and local musicians, Whitney "Red" Knoerlein was named host of a freshly resurrected version of The Morning End. The current wake-up host is Gregr.
In April 2013, program director Mike Kaplan, who became Program Director at alternative rock station KYSR in Los Angeles, was replaced by Garett Michaels.
Channel Q also airs on Entercom HD subchannels in KNX-FM, KLLC, KALV-FM, KKDO and KKHH. Hosts include Jai Rodriguez, John Duran, Julie Goldman and Shira Lazar. Channel Q is also heard on an FM translator in Downtown Seattle, 103.3 K277AE, which formerly relayed co-owned KHTP.
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