Chet Buchanan bumps Wendy Christopher, KING shuffles talk hosts, Larry Nelson leaves for South Korea

September 8, 1988

TWISTING THE DIAL – VICTOR STREDICKE

Twisting the dial

— Maureen Matthews resigned as program director of KNUA to move to Los Angeles, where she has a wedding planned and a new position with Transtar, a national music-format distributor.

— Robert 0’Brien, former radio personality at such stations as KRKO and KQKT, returns Monday to Everett as morning personality at KWYZ, 1230 kHz. Familiar through eight years in Everett, O’Brien has been director of broadcast schools in Seattle and San Francisco.

O’Brien will be teamed mornings again with Dennis Wills, colorful sports-and-news sidekick. They both previously worked at KRKO and KQKT.

— Wendy Christopher was bumped from the nighttime air shift at KUBE, 93.3, to make way for boss jock Chet Buchanan. Although assigned to off-air duties at KUBE, Christopher opted for a station jump instead – to middays at KMPS-AM-FM.

— Chris Brecher replaced Marion Seymour after her three-month venture as an midday talk-show host on KING-AM. KING will soon shuffle others as it makes way for a new afternoon talk host, Freddie Mertz, who will join the station Monday.

— Nancy Keith has been named broadcast director of the new Jack Straw Memorial Foundation station, KSER, planned for Everett.

Keith, a former volunteer who was program director of KRAB, has served on the Jack Straw board for 15 years. She was on the faculty of Western Washington University.

— Larry Nelson leaves for South Korea this weekend to prepare for “KOMO Breakfast Table” broadcasts from Seoul during the first days of the Olympics.