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First sports show on radio...
July 1, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
Anyone take issue with Moore’s claim that J Michael Kenyon was the host of the first sports radio show ?
Wayne Cody was the first
July 1, 2025 at QZVX
David Mihail says:
While I was a radio-loving teenager in the summer of 1974, we happened to have a family friend named Sally Hill and she hosted a talk show on KTW. (Keep in mind that Sally Hill is not the same person as KIRO-TV anchor Sandy Hill, though people naturally did confuse the two names.) Sally gave my uncle and me a tour of the facilities. It is there that I initially met Wayne Cody. He hosted a sports talk show on KTW and was on-air at the time of my visit but we had a very short chat about the Sonics during a commercial break. Super nice guy. So unless J Michael Kenyon did a sports show earlier than 1974 (which I highly doubt), he was definitely not the first one.
Side note 1: After Wayne Cody became well-established at KTW, he was hired away to bring his sports talk personality to KIRO where he became an absolute Seattle legend. I believe that was sometime in 1975.
Side Note 2: Across the hall from the KTW studio was a recently launched rock radio station known as OK 102 and a Half — or more formally, KZOK. This was at the 1426 5th Avenue building.
Wayne Cody was #1...
July 2, 2025 at QZVX
Jason Remington says:
Exactly! Prior to Wayne Cody, I believe radio sports programming was limited to a listing of scores and highlights during a newscast.