Danny Bonaduce Featured In Seattle Times

 Danny Bonaduce, who played the rascally funny Danny Partridge in the early 70s TV show, The Partridge Family is grown up, apparently, in many ways. I was beginning Junior High when the show was running on ABC and Danny was, perhaps the funniest on the show, he was also the one closest to my age. He bounced well off Dave Madden, who played the group's manage Rubin Kincaid on the show. 

 I have done several posts on Bonaduce, since his radio show moved to this area. 

It's well known that Bonaduce has had well known struggles with alcohol and drugs, but apparently, those days are behind him as he has settled down here in the Seattle area. 

The Seattle Times has done a feature on Bonaduce that ran in this Sunday's Pacific NW Magazine. To read it, click here

Iconic Radio Personality Danny Bonaduce Retiring

 Our friends at the radio-TV blog QZVX reports that KZOK radio morning personality Danny Bonaduce is retiring from radio.  

Bonaduce, who played teenage pop star Danny Partridge in the early 70s sitcom, The Partridge Family, frequently made tabloid headlines as he battled substance abuse and other demons. 

His Seattle years have been relatively quiet and peaceful, really only making news after a battle with illness caused him to temporarily step away from the mic.

Bonaduce's new home will be in the Palm Springs area, though he says he will keep a Seattle residence. 

Radio Bad Boy Coming To Seattle

Danny Bonaduce, a child TV star from the early 70s who became famous or infamous for erratic behaviour and arrests in recent years, is coming to Seattle to be the "morning drive" host at KZOK. 
Bonaduce played Danny Partridge in the early hit show "The Partridge Family", a scene stealing "Dennis The Menace" type.  Bonaduce fell into rough times after the series about a fictional family pop music act ran it's course.  Unlike a number of other former child stars, Bonaduce has survived and  endured.  According to "Blather Watch" a blog reporting on local radio, Bonaduce is coming off a gig in Philadelphia and will begin his stint on 102.5 on November 14th. 

Danny Bonaduce Stuns Fans with Mystery Illness News

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. 

The Danny Bonaduce Story--Seattle Radio Star On GMA

Danny Bonaduce is reported back to his morning job after missing a good deal of time away from the mike.  ABC's morning show Good Morning America did the segment above on the former child  star. Thank you to your pals at Puget Sound Media for finding this vid.  If the video doesn't play, click here

Bonaduce Wants To Do Comedy In Local Clubs

Former child TV actor and current KZOK morning personality Danny Bonaduce said on his show last week that he wants to get his licks on stand-up comedy in some of the Seattle clubs.  Bonaduce has done live stand up in the past.  I've listened to his morning show, which largely consists of longtime broadcast partner Sarah reading news and talking of the topics of the day with Bonaduce adding one liners.

Update On Seattle DJ Bonaduce

 Good news from our friends at Puget Sound Media!  

Danny Bonaduce, the longtime KZOK morning man, who took a leave of absence due to an undisclosed illness is reported to be responding well to medical treatment.  The article says that Bonaduce has been active in the community and has even traveled out of state.

The article went on to say that Bonaduce could be returning to his radio show "real soon."

Bonaduce Surgery Successful

 With excellent doctors and the well wishes of much of the world, the brain surgery for Seattle radio and pop culture personality, Danny Bonaduce, is reported to be a success.

The former TV star is reported to be awaiting an immanent release from the hospital and several weeks of rehab.  

Bonaduce is reported to be suffering from hydrocephalus, which has prevented him from gaining balance and walking. 

Bonaduce To Undergo Surgery

 Danny Bonaduce, the Partridge Family TV Show star, who is currently a Seattle DJ, is scheduled to undergo brain surgery.    The mystery illness that he was reported with a little over a year ago has been diagnosed as hydrocephalus.

Doctors will put a stent and a drainage port in his brain, hopefully allowing him again to regain his balance and to walk.  

Bonaduce has had an up and down career since his time on the sitcom.  He has seemingly found peace here in the area. 

Puget Sound Media Reports MTV Icon Martha Quinn Coming To KJR-FM

 The Puget Sound Media blog reports that Martha Quinn, one of the original MTV VJs (video jockeys) will have her syndicated radio show broadcasted locally on 95.7 KJR FM.  

Quinn was one of the more polarizing figures on the video music channel, with many viewers not really taking to her style.  I think as time went on, viewers began to love her. 

Unlike KZOK's Danny Bonaduce, Quinn will probably not be moving to Seattle, as her show will be syndicated to other stations. 

KZOK's Silent Radio Star

Former Partridge Family star Danny Bonaduce lives here in the Puget Sound and has been the morning DJ on KZOK for years.  Did you know that?  The Puget Sound Media blog writes on the lack of promotion of an iconic radio presence in our own back yard.  Click here