In a well researched post, Puget Sound Media's great writer and historian Steven Smith examines the relationship between radio legend Pat O'Day, who passed away last month, with his broadcasts of hydroplane races of Seafair races, the Seattle broadcast media, and the community.
The article points out that what pretty much started as an accident in the late 1960s, Pat winding up broadcasting the races, evolved into what can easily be described as a local institution. O'Day, at the time was at KJR.
O'Day would continue his broadcasts when he became owner of radio station KYYX, which had it's own sponsored boat, driven by the Brenda Jones, pictured with Pat.
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O'Day promoted the heck out of the hydroplane extravaganza and the fans loved it!
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