Seattle's lone local afternoon talk show, Northwest Afternoon is airing its final episode tomorrow. Northwest Afternoon (or NWA for those locals in the know, who have no clue of the Compton N.W.A) has been a Seattle institution for 24 years. For as long as we can remember, NWA was on from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on KOMO TV—a safe bet to tune into if you were interested in what had happened on today's soap operas, planting local perennials, pet psychics, or pseudo local news celebrities. While we haven't tuned into NWA for years, unless we were heavily sedated, it is definitely the end of an era, a sign of the times, and further evidence of the shrinking of local media. more ›