Last month, KFLD 870 shuttered The Locker Room.
Shortly after noon today, Chad Vaughn, aka "East Coast Bias," announced that Friday will be his final outing on KALE 960's local sports talk program The Bull Pen.
I wasn't in a position to take any direct quotes from his declaration that came at the beginning of his program, but he seemed to hint that he was not asked to leave. He mentioned something to the effect that he's "headed in a different direction."
Vaughn said station management gave him no indication as to what would become of the programming for the daily lunchtime program. It could mean that KONA's "The Huddle" will serve as the only local sports talk forum, but that program is not daily. Jeff Phillips' program runs 6-7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday with his Sports Talk Friday also airing 6-7 p.m.
Vaughn said he informed New Northwest Broadcasters last week of his decision to make Friday, April 24 his final day at the station.
When I talked with him in March regarding the departure of his rival program, Vaughn noted that he was merely a part-time employee at the station and gave me the impression that the compensation for his radio work was near minimum wage. That might begin to explain his pending career change.
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* 1993 -- Jeff Ripley, owner and general manager of KORD AM 870, announced that the radio station is adding ESPN radio and other sports programming. It will also include a local sports talk show hosted by Jeff Rickard and Matt Price.
* 1987 -- The Tri-City Dust Devils U15 Select team and the Tri-City Spirit U13 Boys Select team each placed second in their divisions at the Bigfoot soccer tournament in Snohomish.
12 radio stations in Tri-Cities, Yakima sold for $6 million
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A Fargo, N.D., radio owner is paying more than $6 million to purchase 12 stations in the Tri-Cities and Yakima currently owned by New Northwest Broadcasters.
Ingstad Radio Washington agreed to purchase — at a discount — more than $16 million in debt owed by Seattle-based New Northwest Broadcasters from a creditor, CIT Group, said Jim Ingstad, principal of Ingstad Radio Washington.
Ingstad runs Radio Fargo Moorhead, a group of six stations covering Fargo and nearby Moorhead, Minn.
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Mid-Columbia briefcase
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New positions
* Doug Holroyd has joined Northwest Broadcasting and been named general manager of FOX affiliates KAYU in Spokane, KCYU in Yakima and KFFX in the Tri-Cities. Before joining Northwest Broadcasting, Holroyd was general manager of 13 television stations in Modesto, Calif. His stations received both the FOX affiliate of the year and the FOX fastest market share growth awards.
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