Lou Pate told KIRO to take this job and...well, give it to somebody else.
The best-rated KIRO talk host quit apparently on good terms with Entercom management. Known also as the best-looking KIRO host, the 6-year veteran overnighter made the rounds of the office today saying good-bye and schmoozing the sales hotties.
Pate, 41, is the last of the employees who worked hard to get AFTRA, the union decertified in the KIRO, KTTH workplace last year. He's the only one, however, not named Mike, and the only one to have left on his own power- the others, Mike Siegel and Mike Webb were, ironically, summarily fired- Siegel for alleged lack of listeners and Webb for alleged lack of integrity.
It's been known among Entercomers that Pate's been dissatisfied- he's just been phoning it in on his show for the past six months and made the show an anti-Seattle tirade.
It's rumored he'd like to go to southern California where he can better show off his pecs.
Despite having developing a respectable audience in the impossibly late (or early)1-5a slot, the conservative Pate's never been promoted out of the overnight. Considering the notorious KIRO programming missteps of late, their hesitancy to promote him might look not all that bad on his resume.
(Radio pros tell BlatherWatch that there may be a little of the rat looking for a graceful way off the Titanic of Eastlake.)
Program Director Tom Clendening has been grooming self-described "genius" Brian Stibble for the overnight spot, which, if it happens, would further the city-wide theory that Entercom is intentionally running the once-mighty KIRO into an iceberg.
Pate's exit leaves three major holes in the station's weekdaily line-up- the anchoring 9 to noon, open for six months since Allan Prell was fired; and Mike Webb's spot, from 9p-1a.
Turi Ryder will fill-in tonight.
ok...bets anyone on how much longer Dave Ross will stick around? He has national voice recognition for when he fills in for Charles Osgood...any number of stations would love to have him, his kidletts are out of the nest, his elderly father lives back east....I will say--less than 6 months.
Posted by: sparky | February 15, 2006 at 08:10 PM
Yeah, I'm surprised he has hung around so long. Entercom must be hemmoraging badly to not have a plan that would bring back talent to their airwaves. Maybe the whole place is up for sale.
Posted by: chris | February 15, 2006 at 08:22 PM
Why did Dave let KIRO jerk him around so much? No guts?
Posted by: sclub | February 15, 2006 at 09:41 PM
Best thing is to fire these managers --now-- before they get a chance to put Stibble and these other losers in full time.
Station looks stupid with so many hosts out the door.
Posted by: sclub | February 15, 2006 at 09:49 PM
I don't think Dave is the type to rock the boat. He's well paid and sort of let's them do their thing. Why should he care?
IMO, Dori is the type who thinks he's got all the answers. Not Dave. He'll let the people who are paid to make the decisions, make them.
Posted by: joanie | February 15, 2006 at 09:51 PM
Gone at last, gone at last , Thank God Almighty, you are gone at last, Pate. You disgraced yourself and embarrassed yourself with your constant ugly, meanspirited attacks on my hometown Seattle and it's citizens, which revealed you as the small, petty and jealous fellow that you are. It was transparent to any observant listener that the genuine base of dislike of yours for our city, became bloated to it's absurdly vicious, nonstop level only because of jealousy and bitterness over your failure to be promoted to a spot when people actually listen to the radio in Seattle and live hosts are holding forth on competing stations. Instead of admitting to yourself that you might not be as good as you thought you were, you rationalized, blathering away on how the supposed lameness ans stupidity of Seattle and KIRO were blocking your success. The fact that your many job apps to other stations in SoCal and elsewhere over the years (which you tackily publicized on your radio show)has resulted in nary a job offer, forecasts a grim professional future for you. So lube up your pecs and biceps, put on the sunglasses, and start thinking up pickup lines for those dumb San Diego beach bunnies ( the smart ones are too hip for your corny tricks), Lou , you assclown.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 15, 2006 at 09:59 PM
I will take some of the credit for getting this jerk fired.I was driving home from work late Tueday morning when I heard Lou decscribe Hawaiians such as myself as racist and lazy.I called Tom Clandening at the station and had a long talk with him.Needless to say I conveyed to Tom I was angry and lots of guys in the Hawaiian community wanted to beat this guy to a pulp.So I'm glad this loser is gone
Posted by: Edward | February 15, 2006 at 10:00 PM
Thanks Edward. He even hates white people of other ethnicities- Irish guys such as myself, for instance.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 15, 2006 at 10:08 PM
Pate and Prell
I always thought Pate would be deserving at a shot with a decent timeslot during the day. He actually had a personality, a little grit, and would engage the callers.
Prell, the best host not on radio or pod casting from his house in the Great Northwest, deserves a shot again. C'mon back Allen, all is forgiven!!!
Posted by: PugetSound | February 15, 2006 at 10:18 PM
You are welcome Tommy.This guy was the biggest racist on Kiro and he should be thankful that he's leaving Seattle in one piece.I told Tom very frankly that I defy Lou Pate to say those same words in front of me or any guy from our community.It's very easy to spew hatred and ignorance from behind a microphone when nobody is there to call you on it.Lou Pate was a bully and got away bullying people on his show for quite a while.This time he picked on the wrong people to screw with.
Posted by: Edward | February 15, 2006 at 10:25 PM
You know what? I'd normally be happy to hear this - but hearing that Bryan "rhymes with Bible" Styble might get his spot permanently makes me sad. I'd rather have Pate and his Seattle-hating bile, than Styble and his shotgun, ADHD addled blatherings.
If Stylbe gets the full-time gig, then I guess I'm listening to music in the wee-hours of the morning from now on.
Posted by: Willis | February 15, 2006 at 10:28 PM
why'd he say Hawaiians were racist?
Posted by: lukobe | February 15, 2006 at 10:41 PM
Hey Ed, get your head out of your ass. Pate didn't get fired; he quit.
Posted by: Jiggy | February 15, 2006 at 11:42 PM
Any news about Erin Hart?
Posted by: Stephen Schwartz | February 16, 2006 at 12:03 AM
hey jiggy,Lou was given two options.Go on Air and apologize or quit-and the coward quit.So pull your head out of your butt -because thats where it will end up, after I rip it off your head .
Posted by: Edward | February 16, 2006 at 12:15 AM
ok thanks for the additional details Edward. This makes more sense now, because it seemed to me that the rat wasn't ready to quit yet. Once forced into a corner like that, of course he wasn't man enough to apologize. Most bullies are cowards at heart. haha this gives me a great feeling knowing he was finally called out by management, of course thanks to you.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 12:28 AM
Chalk one up for the good guys!
Posted by: Andrew | February 16, 2006 at 12:34 AM
Hey Stephen--didn't you hear? Erin got a 0.0 in the last ratings book. It was even less than New York vinnie or Tony Ventrella. Nobody listened to her but you and her mother.
Posted by: tangletoes | February 16, 2006 at 12:37 AM
Her mother? Ha, what part of 0.0 don't you understand?
Posted by: Andrew | February 16, 2006 at 12:44 AM
It's pretty clear that Lou was told to get lost, or he would have had another job lined up. The guy, when he wasn't bashing Seattle, kept talking about how another job down south was imminent. Apparently there is no job down there, and thankfully, up here either.
I'd guess that KIRO was embarrassed to have fired so many people that this time they gave Lou a chance to say he quit instead to save his ego a blow.
Posted by: JC | February 16, 2006 at 12:52 AM
Yeah, Lou quit the same way Erin is still on call to fill in on KIRO. Who wants to wager that Erin's voice will ever be heard on the station again? I wouldn't hold your breath.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 01:01 AM
Lou told it right when he bashed this suckhole of a piece of crap city, and I grew up here! This city sucks, and you people who are so thin skinned and polyannish because of many of Lou's spot on comments about this city, are only proving his point.
Now you sissies who are so sensitive will probably get a nice, politically correct dummy in the overnight slot, at least until KIRO finally sinks for good.
Enjoy.
Posted by: Rick | February 16, 2006 at 01:48 AM
Lou shouldnt you be packing instead of writing in phony blogs to Blatherwatch under assumed names? You've got to get down to San Diego and check into that Motel 6 and start looking for work. Remeber that $1,600 dollars savings of yours won't last long, so I'd take janitorial or anything really, if I were you. Let's hope you're 20 year old vehicle doesn't poop out halfway down the coast.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 02:00 AM
Good. 710 KIRO finally got what they wanted. Truth be known...Lou was given the option of getting fired or resigning with a two month severance package. That's standard for any "trouble makers" at the flamethrower. Hell, with a 4.3 in the latest overall Arbitron and KOMO sucking wind in the 3's
...forcing Lou out is just what "the big head of goat cheese" was hoping for. Thank the natural flow of the cream rising to the top...Tony Miner is still putting up with this crap and remaining an invisible anchor of calm and strenth. Dori flows with the tide and tends to team up with whatever helps him keep his job...but Dori is one of the most interesting talk show hosts in the country today. Ross is biding his time, weighing offers from NPR-esk type stations...but then why would Dave leave with the flamethrower allowing him the freedom to tackle any topic except for "traffic on the 3's" even when he's two minutes late. Who's next? As long as Greg and Jane superficially keep getting along, we may not see any changes for...oh...the end of the next book coming out!
Posted by: mac | February 16, 2006 at 02:07 AM
One more thing...you'd be suprised who makes the decisions around 710 KIRO. Dori, Dave, Tangney, Reutin, Restione, Gammell and Hersholt can be very persuasive in those 1 3/4 hour meetings in the wee hours of the morning, leaving the desk to a bunch of indecisive, so called producers that rely on "national feeds and two day old wraps and writes." And...sending reporters out on stories that KOMO gets first or KING-5 already has on the t.v. Pull your head out of you asses gang...Pates gone...your troubles are over...start monitoring the scanners, create enterprising stories, get fresh audio, hit the actuality as soon as you can, don't bury the lead and above all, treat the six o'clock news as a saviour, becauase when the M's are on the air and Vinnie can't announce any scores until the game is over...listeners have no where else to go expect KOMO.
Posted by: mac | February 16, 2006 at 02:36 AM
Hey rick you moron-I could care less what Lou said about this city.But when he indicts a whole group of people as "racists and lazy", then I have a beef with him.When he talks out of his ass like you are doing-I'll call him on the carpet.As for being a sissy ,come and say it to my face you pencil necked geek.
Posted by: Edward | February 16, 2006 at 02:39 AM
Pate had a career death wish. Piss as many ethnic groups and Seattle-ites as possible until he crossed the line and did the only thing a "republican in an irresponsible democratic sheeps clothing could do...blame his leaving on the boring, dull, close-minded management structure at KIRO and blame his leaving on the boring, dull people of Seattle and surrounding pacific states. Hah. Lou, consider yourelf lucky that four Islanders didn't beat the crap out of you before you left with your N.Y. tail between you legs.
Posted by: mac | February 16, 2006 at 02:55 AM
Edward, the fact that you intimate your desire and expectation for "Hawaiian" violence against Pate because of his statements speaks very poorly for Hawaiians. I've always found that those with marginal grey matter are much more likely to resort to physicality as a method to remedy perceived wrongs. As far as Hawaiians and being racist and lazy, you certainly can't paint all with the same brush but you better believe there are a whole bunch of Hawaiian racists. The closest a white person can feel to being black in the US is in the islands.
Racial preferences that exist (Off of H. Affairs, H. Homelands, Kamehameha schools) and those proposed by sovereignty activists are served up like kalua pork with two scoops rice. As far as being lazy I have not found that to be the case.
Don't tell me you are one of those that belive only haole (whitey) can be racist? - Jeremy Ohno
PS. Pate has pissed me off many a time - but I would choose to debate not decimate.
Posted by: Jeremy Ohno | February 16, 2006 at 04:48 AM
The only more positive news than Lou Pate's departure is the naming of Bryan Styble as possible replacement. Styble's shows are intelligent, balanced and controversial. Sure, on occasion, he can be a little long on commentary, but it is always relevant and respectful.
For the record, Edward, as the parent of an ADHD child, I am saddened when people choose to use this condition as an insult. Insert any other disease it your little diatribe, and realize how ignorant you sound.
Posted by: Liz | February 16, 2006 at 05:00 AM
Turi Ryder did just fine on the overnight, in lieu of Lou.
Posted by: mac tyler | February 16, 2006 at 05:36 AM
Oh fine, now Styble is posting as a woman....
Posted by: sparky | February 16, 2006 at 06:06 AM
Pate made it known to everyone who would listen that he wanted a better time slot. At one of the battle of the radio hosts debates he must have hinted at it at least 3 times. Given his ratings, he probably should have had a chance, but obviously he wasn't liked well enough by some people who made or influenced decisions at KIRO.
His taking a shit on everything in Seattle for the past several months was just his parting shot.
Posted by: audioslave | February 16, 2006 at 06:18 AM
Its a real bummer about Lou Pate. I wish him well it was a super line up , with Ron and Don , and Lou Pate. it looked like Kiro was pulling them selfs out of the big hole they dug for them selfs. I think Lou did a super job with his interviews . take care Lou you will be missed. And a quite note too Kiro : What the hell are you thinking with Bryan the basketcase Styble
Posted by: Brian Lacey wa. | February 16, 2006 at 06:43 AM
Okay everyone...stop defending Lou. Based on Lou's macho creed...he can take care of himself...he does'nt need someoene else to fight his battles. Listen, Lou brought this departure from newsradio 710 KIRO. Let's all think back when, night after night, Lou would put down and criticize the hand that fed him. No one does that and expects to last very long.
Lou wanted to get released, trust me. Let the poor, whining, dumb, irresponsbile, hide behind a michrophone, limp dick-go!!
And everyone else on this blog...including me...wake up and get a life...write down those goals, succeed in you ventures, lose those extra 35 pounds, find a new love and above all know that you're totally accountable for every moment in your life!
Posted by: mac | February 16, 2006 at 06:47 AM
Pate DID audition for the day slot after Allan Prell got the boot but wasn't good enough to be given that spot.
Posted by: Dana | February 16, 2006 at 07:08 AM
Pate DID audition for the day slot after Allan Prell got the boot but wasn't good enough to be given that spot.
Posted by: Dana | February 16, 2006 at 07:08 AM
Sparky, I have followed several blogs and believe that Syble uses his own name to sign his posts, so, no, Styble is not posting as a woman.
Sparky, I am not an American, but I am familiar with your country's passion for "freedom of speech" (the first amendment, I believe). It is unfortunate that your insecurity and lack of respect for this freedom would lead you to cast aspersions on my opinion and expression of it. Of course you have the right to disagree with my opinion, as I am, yours. Don't insult me by suggesting my post is not legitimate.
Posted by: Liz | February 16, 2006 at 07:20 AM
Having departed the Socialist Soviet of Seattle 1-1/2 years ago for the Texas Gulf Coast, I still check in with Orbusmax occasionally -- and recall the ONLY good talk-show host in Seattle, Dori Monson. So, okay, Brian Suits (sp?) wasn't bad either.....
Glad to hear - - no, THRILLED would br a more appropriate term, Mike Webb finally got ax'd; a more abrasive, dishonest, puke-sounding creep I've never heard.
The consumate jerk. And that Erin woman was awful as well -- not quite as hateful, but.......
Have a nice day!
Posted by: frost | February 16, 2006 at 07:51 AM
Liz, as an alien, you have the right to be the female Bryan Styble you wish to be on an American blog--it is in the constitution.
Posted by: Lump's Blister | February 16, 2006 at 08:18 AM
Why would anyone depart gorgeous Blue Seattle for the Texas Gulf Coast? Was Katrina calling...or Crawford?
Posted by: Fremont | February 16, 2006 at 08:26 AM
uh,,Liz why do you assume I was referring to you?
Posted by: sparky | February 16, 2006 at 09:01 AM
Edward smells like spam, oh wait they all do!
Posted by: Recife | February 16, 2006 at 10:00 AM
Yeah! My whole day has just been made!! See ya later Lou, you damn Jim Morrison wannabe. Maybe (maybe being the key word) I'll listen to KIRO more. I'd really like to see KIRO go back to the days of News Radio.
Posted by: Rockey | February 16, 2006 at 10:16 AM
Was Turi doing her show ON THE PHONE this morning? C'mon people! If yer gonna have hosts via ISDN or what have you, make sure it works.
*(^@*$^#!)*^$@*)^)*
Posted by: Frank Shiers' #1 fan EVAH EVAH | February 16, 2006 at 10:32 AM
Erin Hart claimed Turi wasn't even doing her show from Seattle, but then I heard Turi talking about smelling Lou's stinky armpits after he'd just some into the studio from a workout, and I figured she must be at the station. hey Lou it's called deodorant- try it some time.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 10:42 AM
additional comment for the fellow who asked if Lou was gay- As i wrote before, Lou isn't gay, but I do believe he spends the odd night or two with vaseline and a sweat sock in front of several blow up photos of himself.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 10:58 AM
Edward:" So pull your head out of your butt -because thats where it will end up, after I rip it off your head ."
I knew Hawaiians were racist and lazy, but I had no idea they all had such criminal tendencies!
Posted by: anonymous | February 16, 2006 at 10:59 AM
Oh, come on Lou; you can use your real name now. You have nothing to lose (it's obvious your self-respect is long gone).
Posted by: Dana | February 16, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Is that you again Lou? Come on knock it off. Better start losding up that 1979 Chrysler Cordoba with your weights, your blowup photos , and your "other" stuff. You can be in San Diego by the weekend if the Chrysler holds up. Sunday on the beach with the babes, and then off to your jobhunting. Have you considered managing a fast food place? Maybe get in a little grabass or more with the high school hotties? You might have to start off there wearing a paper hat though, until you get promoted to management. Not a time for false pride now Lou.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 11:49 AM
only the high school hotties over 18 of course Lou.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 12:09 PM