A co-worker, who lives in Eugene, asked me earlier this week what had happened to SportsTalk on 1120 KPNW, and not having been able to catch the show for the last week on the road, I'd certainly missed a lot of stuff that had been going down.
Having been fan of the show ever since it featured three guys and was located on the FM dial, I'd casually assumed that since it was down to just one of those three (Steve Tannen) that maybe he was on vacation for the week, and also after ruling out the possibility of east coast starting times for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Turns out that he was fired for "business reasons", and the show's time-slot was filled with Micheal Savage (!). I found a link to an earlier blog posting on JASON'S OSU BEAVERS BLOG that has links to the Register Guard story as well as one from KVAL that feature words from the departed host.
Obviously, I have always enjoyed Steve's wide-ranging knowledge about many various sports, mixing the big national stories with his balanced views of the local stories. It was an entertaining two-hour show, one that rivaled the best of ESPN radio. Sports Talk will most certainly be missed.
The bright side is that we won't have to hear the waffling of Cougar Mark any more........;) j/k Mark..........Allan In Albany.
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