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As we know KIRO 7 in Seattle eliminated it's sports department, but Thursday it posts a sports obit for Todd Benzinger, a player that never played in Seattle with a picture of when was with Cincy in 1990???   Huh?   Is it because the Series starts tomorrow?  Because he played for Pinella there?  Or is this from the parent company digital folks?  RIP, yes, but why from sportsless KIRO?    "The nine-year MLB veteran played three seasons with the Reds, helping Cincinnati to a World Series title in 1990. kiro7.com/news/trending/…"  Of course nothing posted yet about actor Tom Skerritt's passing and his major Seattle ties.  Good work, 7!

Jim Moore, former KIRO and KJR sports guy, decided to rate the top seven talkers in the market and discusses several of the broadcasters he's worked with along the way.   Some interesting thoughts onhis Substack site. One correction, he listed KJR-FM's September ratings as .6 compared to KIR0's big. 7.3.  However, KJR-FM was actually 1.8.   Still a beat down.   https://jimmoorethego2guy.substack.com/p/ranking-seattles-sports-radio-shows?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1mvxel f

Ex-Portland Trailblazers broadcaster Clay Holdahl, who said goodbye as part of major layoffs by the team last spring, is back as a co-host of Rip City Wrap after most broadcast games this season on KUNP/KATU

Yes, so to speak, a new sports play-by-play voice joins the fray at Montlake replacing Tony Castricone, who joined Tampa Bay of the NFL.   SEATTLE – University of Washington Athletics and Learfield's Huskies Sports Properties announce the hiring of Nick Koop as Washington Director of Broadcasting, and the new radio play-by-play voice of Husky Men's Basketball. Koop (pronounced "Cope") brings to Seattle more than a decade of broadcasting in diverse roles such as UCLA football and basketball play-by-play, studio show host, Fox Sports Radio national news anchor, and many more.  I guess new football announcer Elise Woodward has a new boss!

Hear ye, hear ye.  This may be a new record. No local TV linear news on Seattle Fox 13 or 13+ since 2 pm Saturday the 17th.  Fox Local, local, local, local. Uh huh.   Abdication!  Day off for everyone.  

What is this segment posing as news when it's supposed to be the latest breaking material?  Total joke with an anchor and producer talking to each other about a worthless, meaningless topic.  Who thought this up?  Overkill video Live Desk dead.   No wonder nobody cares what's on Fox 13. Bad year for 13 so far.   July 4th Seafair fireworks show and Torchlight terribly under produced.  Studio 13 Live cancelled.  No wall to wall TV coverage during Bite of Seattle shooting and lead anchor Rose not in. Two weather people anchoring news on weekdays and weekends.  Weather wizard posting offensive sexual comments from the studio.  Major staff defections. Current news studio with trinkets in the backdrop of the main set.    RIP. New location won't save you.  A visit after it opens will become a Zip Trip. 

Hearing that KUOW-FM, which has led the Seattle radio ratings race for months, may have benefitted from a mistaken time shift in a recent measurement In short, KUOW apparently got credit for 11a.m. listening when it was actually 4 a.m., skewing the day part. This would affect last two days in August and three weeks in the September survey.   It appears Nielsen says it can't backdate the data for accuracy but is working with KUOW engineers to fix the situation going forward. Not sure what it all means, but I know the ratings survey went from August 20 to September 16, which would have been most of the three weeks Sept weeks mentioned.    Just passing along.