Pat O'Day
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Pat O'Day is a Pacific Northwest
broadcaster and promoter. He is probably best known as the afternoon drive personality at Seattle's KJR 950 in the 1960s, he would eventually become program director and general manager. He owned KYYX - FM 96.5 Radio in Seattle in the mid seventies and early 80s. This frequency is now occupied by KJAQ
. The current KYYX
station in another city has no connection. O'Day also served as the radio "voice of the Hydros" during Seattle's annual Seafair
Hydroplane Race.
According to historylink.org, he is responsible for bringing the Seattle music scene to national prominence.
O'Day currently lives in the San Juan Islands
where he sells real estate.
O'Day wrote "It Was All Just Rock And Roll", detailing his work in radio and concert promotion.
He has three sons and one daughter, Garry, Jerry, and Jeff, and daughter Kelsey. Although a reputation for excessive drinking and alternative swinger lifestyle hurt his image early in his career, he entered Schick Shadel Hospital in 1986 for treatment. He is now Schick Shadel's spokesman in both radio and television advertisements.
In 2007 Pat O'Day joined more than two dozen other radio and music industry leaders as a member of the nominating committee of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
broadcaster and promoter. He is probably best known as the afternoon drive personality at Seattle's KJR 950 in the 1960s, he would eventually become program director and general manager. He owned KYYX - FM 96.5 Radio in Seattle in the mid seventies and early 80s. This frequency is now occupied by KJAQ
KJAQ
KJAQ is a commercial radio station located in Seattle, Washington. KJAQ airs an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM".-History:...
. The current KYYX
KYYX
KYYX is a country music radio station in Minot, North Dakota, owned by Clear Channel Communications. The call sign "KYYX" is pronounced as "kicks" and the station's nickname is "97 Kicks FM"....
station in another city has no connection. O'Day also served as the radio "voice of the Hydros" during Seattle's annual Seafair
Seafair
Seafair is a summer festival in Seattle, Washington, USA that encompasses a wide variety of small neighborhood events leading up to several major city-wide celebrations...
Hydroplane Race.
According to historylink.org, he is responsible for bringing the Seattle music scene to national prominence.
O'Day currently lives in the San Juan Islands
San Juan Islands
The San Juan Islands are an archipelago in the northwest corner of the contiguous United States between the US mainland and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of the U.S...
where he sells real estate.
O'Day wrote "It Was All Just Rock And Roll", detailing his work in radio and concert promotion.
He has three sons and one daughter, Garry, Jerry, and Jeff, and daughter Kelsey. Although a reputation for excessive drinking and alternative swinger lifestyle hurt his image early in his career, he entered Schick Shadel Hospital in 1986 for treatment. He is now Schick Shadel's spokesman in both radio and television advertisements.
In 2007 Pat O'Day joined more than two dozen other radio and music industry leaders as a member of the nominating committee of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.