Danny Bonaduce, who has worked in area radio since 2011, announced he was stepping away from his morning show on KZOK. An undisclosed illness was given as the reason.
Of course, Bonaduce made his fame in the early '70s ABC sitcom "The Partridge Family" where he played a musician in a fictional family band. The show was loosely based on the real family band, The Cowsills.
Bob Rivers moved to Seattle three months after I did, Rivers became a Seattle institution and I've become a admirer of Seattle institutions. Rivers started his Seattle broadcasting career at KISW, he then moved to KZOK where he manned the mike for almost 10 years, when he couldn't get KZOK owner CBS to blink the big eye, he moved to oldies station KJR-FM.
Rivers is known for his satirical songs, known as "Twisted Tunes" and for having his seaplane stolen by "the barefoot bandit" Colton Harris-Moore. He is joined on his show by fellow radio personalities Spike O'Neil and Downtown Joe.
Rivers has twice been voted Radio And Records Major Market Rock Personality Of The Year.
His last show is schedule for August 8th, exactly 25 years to the day after his first Seattle show,
