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Laverne Drake retires, given send-off from KVI
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Victor StredickeVictor Stredicke is a longtime figure in Seattle-area media, best known as the former radio-TV editor for The Seattle Times. He wrote a dedicated column covering local and regional radio broadcasting, including station changes, programming, personalities, controversies, and industry news. This legacy is the driving force behind QZVX (qzvx.com). In 2023, Victor Stredicke was honored at the Radio Conference Call meet-up for his longtime contributions as a newspaper radio-TV columnist, with appreciation from readers and people he had covered.
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The short reference about Ed Ives and Ed Evans is dead wrong.
Ed Ives was the morning newsman on the Jim Gearhart show at KIRO. Ed was a newsman at KING radio prior to KIRO, and also had a stint as news director at KIXI. In later years he was the state insurance commissioner's PIO, and also was a colleague of mine in the House Republican Caucus communications shop.
Ed Evans, KOMO radio newsman, moved into the KOMO TV news department as a reporter and anchor. After KOMO, and a stint in Hawaii, he ultimately became the South Sound Bureau Chief for KIRO TV, based in Olympia.
******** Jason says: Good eye! I wonder if Victor Stredicke made correction of any kind in a subsequent column. I will snoop around.
flashback time!! I met Laverne Drake in Coeur d'Alene, ID in '79 or '80. Laverne's daughter (her first name escapes me) was our traffic manager at K-103 (KIOB) in Coeur d'Alene.