[membership level="2,3"] <img src="https://radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2021/12/komo-200x200.png" alt="KOMO News 1000 97.7 Seattle Northwest" width="200" height="200" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-217652"/>On the 95th anniversary to the day that the KOMO call letters were first heard in Seattle, they will be vanishing from local radio. When <a href="https://radioinsight.com/headlines/209052/lotus-broadcasting-acquires-sinclairs-four-stations-in-seattle/">Lotus Communications acquired</a> KOMO and Sinclair's other Seattle radio properties earlier this year, the KOMO call letters and intellectual property were not included to remain with <a href="https://komonews.com">KOMO-TV</a>. And as the calendar turns to 2022, new call letters and branding will appear on News 1000 KOMO Seattle and 97.7 KOMO-FM Oakville WA. Lotus has registered a new <a href="http://NWNewsRadio.com">NWNewsRadio.com</a> domain for the station. And with it has reserved KNWN and KNWN-FM for the stations pointing to "<strong>Northwest News Radio</strong>" as the soon-to-be branding for the legacy brand. The KOMO call letters first appeared in Seattle on December 31, 1926 on what is now 950 KJR. A 1944 call swap between the two stations would move them to 1000. The all-News format would launch in 2003, but <a href="https://radioinsight.com/headlines/70190/kvi-seattle-returns-to-conservative-talk-komo-expands-news/">re-add Talk shows</a> at various times until 2012. [/membership]