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Gary Shannon

Aerial Traffic Reports; Buzz Barr Moves to KING; Rethinking the Cash Call

May 18, 1969 -- Victor Stredicke -- Broadcast coverage of the Indianapolis 500 race and time trials will be carried…

5 years ago

Seattle’s Past: The Hydros & Pat O’Day

This article is dedicated to Seattle legend Pat O'Day, one of those great radio personalities who was well-known to listeners…

5 years ago

KPUG’s Mid-Sixties Jocks

Recently, as part of a "sixties music" article (click here), I displayed a commemoratve poster, agraphic of KPUG  mid-'60s jocks…

6 years ago

Found Performance: “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Cher

I was a kid listening to KPUG in Bellingham when I first heard "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"…

6 years ago

The KJR Years: Reminiscences of “World Famous” Tom Murphy

"This is the inside story of "World Famous" Tom Murphy, Pat O'Day, Larry Lujack, Dick Curtis, Gary Taylor and the…

6 years ago

What a Team: Wilde & Funkley at KPUG

Kirk Wilde was a popular sixties and seventies disk jockey in Oregon, Washington and Colorado. The above photo of Wilde…

6 years ago

They “Rocked’ The Pacific NW in 1966

The week of February 26, 1966 is significant to me, because it is when I first noticed and got hooked…

6 years ago

Scotty Brink Considers Career Change

Turns out, Scotty Brink remained in the business, making moves to most of the major markets.

6 years ago

48 Hours News Show: Coyote & Rhett Walker (Gary Shannon) at Y107

Former jocks often have some pretty interesting nuggets in their boxes of old airchecks and their collection of nostalgia. One…

7 years ago

Superjock on KPUG

Beware, despite my carefully crafted and misleading title, this blog post does not include an audio recording of Superjock Larry…

7 years ago

Lujack: Radio Game Changer & One Guy Who Played the Game

This article is a collaboration that took place over several months between Gary (Burleigh) Shannon and QZVX writer, Steven L.…

7 years ago

KJR Radio: Those Golden Years (Mid-’60s)

Back in the sixties, kids and young at heart adults loved KJR radio.  Only a few aspiring teens of the…

7 years ago

Trips Festival ’67: Dick Curtis at KJR

Here is a Seattle radio oldie but a goodie. I have been working with former KJR jock, Gary Shannon, on…

7 years ago

Two Bucks & Seattle’s Two Years of Larry Lujack

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Gary Shannon on the telephone. Gary is one of the Pacific Northwest's…

7 years ago
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