Eric, started a feature called "Eric's Little Heroes" featuring the joys of youth sports. That eventually became "Eric's Heroes" with moving human interest stories.
Starting as a sports reporter at KOMO, Eric became full time news anchor in 2010.
Johnson's last day at the news desk will be June 6th.
After a successful second season that saw the team enter the playoffs and win the first round, the team this past season seemed to take a step backward.
Owners of the franchise, obviously want quick results in a crowded Seattle major league sports market. A replacement has not been named as of today.
Stredicke put his column, which ran in the Seattle Times, and I believe, originally, the Seattle PI, to bed, 25 years ago.
Stredicke's column, which ran in the Sunday edition of the paper, reported on the goings-on of the Seattle-Tacoma radio scene. It was a much different world at the time. Radio personalities were rock stars in their hometowns.
You can read Victor's last column, which ran April 27th, 1989, by clicking here.
When I first watched football in 1967, Seattle did not have a team (and wouldn't for another 10 years). The Rams were on TV practically every week, so I quickly became a Ram fan. I loved his name (perfect for the LA Colosseum where the team played its home games.
It was an era of great quarterbacks as Bart Starr, Johnny Unitas, and Joe Namath also played in that era.
Gabriel was the NFL's first Filipino American quarterback. A two time All-American at North Carolina State, he finished his NFL career as a Philadelphia Eagle in 1977.
Holtzman played from 1965 to 1979. He retired as a Baltimore Oriole.
Holtzman is a three time world series winner, and pitched 2 no-hitters. Because of his Jewish faith, became known as "the next Sandy Koufax". In a rather odd category, he was listed as the winningest Jewish Major League pitcher of all time.
I had Holtzman's baseball card as a child in the late 1960s and he became a favorite of mine, just as all the Cubs had. Finding out that he was left-handed and Jewish became "icing on the cake".
Holtzman was, in 1971, traded to the Oakland A's who proceeded to win the World Series in three consecutive seasons, from 1972-1974.
Holtzman was a native of St. Louis.
McLain, whose show did the usual kid's program thing, cartoons and birthday shout-outs, would dress as a railroad brakeman while playing straight man to a wise cracking sock puppet known as Crazy Donkey. Brakeman Bill had a very friendly demeanor, while seemingly exasperated by Crazy's antics.
Although the Brakeman Show had been off the air for decades, he still has a Facebook fan club with well over 2 thousand members. Quite a testimony to the power of his personality.
Simpson later went into acting and was a favorite in the comedic series Naked Gun series where he played bumbling cop Nordberg. He was also a pitchman for Hertz.
Almost 30 years ago, he was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown, as well as, her companion, Ron Goldman. It became a polarizing moment in our history as Simpson's race became an issue.
Simpson was acquitted , which brought up two issues, a separate justice system for the wealthy and famous and racial injustices for African-Americans.
I wonder if the Players Association may protest this. When the Mariners had tiles fall in the Kingdome in 1994, as memory serves, the American League would not let the team play in Cheney Stadium in Tacoma because it is a minor league field.
At the same time, KPNW, which had been playing adult album alternative (although I wasn't aware of it), has switched back to Country, now known as the Bull.
Sadly, the switch also meant loss at both stations, including to two familiar Seattle radio names, Marco Collins and Marty Reimer.
