Pat O'Day

Pat O'Day (born 1934) 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, [KJR (AM)] he would eventually become program director and general manager. He owned KYYX Radio [ [http://www.psrba.org/History/kypt_history.htm KYPT History ] ] in the mid seventies and early 80s, and served as the radio "voice of the Hydros" during Seattle's annual Seafair Hydroplane Race. [ [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=oday10m&date=20030710&query=pat+o'day Search Results | Seattle Times Newspaper ] ] According to historylink.org, he is responsible for bringing the Seattle music scene to national prominence. [ [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3130link HistoryLink Essay: O'Day, Pat (b. 1934) -- Godfather of Northwest Rock?] ] O'Day currently lives in the San Juan Islands where he sells real estate. [ [http://www.johnlscott.com/agentdetail.aspx?ic=1453795 Pat O'Day , John L. Scott Real Estate ] ] O'Day wrote "It Was All Just Rock And Roll", detailing his work in radio and concert promotion. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0970626487 Amazon.com: It Was All Just Rock-'n'-Roll II: A Return to the Center of the Radio & Concert Universe: Books: Pat O'Day,Jim Ojala ] ] He has three sons and one daughter.

Although a reputation for excessive drinking hurt his image early in his career, he entered Schick Shadel Hospital in 1986 for treatment [ [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw07302006/2003156442_pacificportrait30.html Pat O'Day: From rocking our world to on the rocks and back, he keeps rolling] ] . 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.

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