Rick RIzzs Raleigh BLAST BLUNDER

Rick Rizzs is a Seattle radio icon, but Wednesday night he called Cal Raliegh's 59th HR as 'tying Babe Ruth for the all-time record in the American Leauge.' WHAT? Then he repeated it again when Raleigh hit #60, apparently hoping no one would remember the blunder. That's just stunning when you know he had time to anticipate both calls and prepare himself. I've now seen it on national TV. No one listening at KIRO Radio? I think he gets too much respect for anyone inside to bring it up. He also called Raleigh 'the new Bambino.' Huh???? Supposedly he gets no feedback from the station or the team, so who knows?

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Rebecca Stevenson has left KOMO

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A Farewell to this Fox 13 Seattle host

Carly Henderson - co-host of Studio 13: Live - was laid off in the recent KCPQ expansion which we broke. She posts her goodbye on FB. She never really clicked on the pay for play lifestyle mid-morning show. It will be cut to a half hour for awhile and moved to 10 a.m, according to reports, before moving back to 11 on Aug. 4. And I am told it will remain 30 minutes, not be re-expanded to an hour. Thank goodness. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16HFRSYM8x

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