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Good to see this Seattle Sports Guy back in action




Finally catching Chris Swanson live on Fox 13's 'Extra Innings' Mariners playoff pre game coverage.  Chris produced/hosted Northwest Sports Tonight and also hosted the Fone Zone for me on NWCN for a couple of seasons.  He later worked with Chris Francis at KIRO 7 before the station abruptly closed down its sports department in June of 24.  Since then, 'Swanny,' as he's known, has been working as a production and operations specialist at Pierce County TV.

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  1. Great to see Swanson has made a return to Seattle TV, but he does look quite uncomfortable in that screen grab.

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  2. I wanted to get a screen grab when his name super was up, so it was a fast snap. He did just fine!

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  3. I seize (spelled wrong intentionally) and it looks good to me.

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  4. Good for Swannie. And again seeing this you have to wonder what the hell KIRO was thinking?

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