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.
Why all the gay-baiting on this site? Every talk show host is closet gay? Come up with something new.
Posted by: Blop | February 16, 2006 at 12:44 PM
JUST FYI FOLKS: LOU DATES THAT PRETTY WEATHER GIRL ON KING 5. HE LEFT FOR WARMER SHORES. AS IN A FAMOUS QUOTE.. lOVE YA SEATTLE
Posted by: radio larry | February 16, 2006 at 01:01 PM
Can someone please branch a site off dedicated to the "off radio" (since he can't keep a job in Seattle) exploits of Brian Maloney and his idiotic radio equalizer site?
Yes, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel, but it's worth watching his inanity and lies every day.
It may also be worth it to investigate just who funds his site - there are (unsubstantiated) rumors that he's right-wing funded. He certainly can't be making very much money at all from amazon.com click-thrus, as almost no one visits his site.
Really, if the guy still lives in seattle, and being a former radio guy trying to re-invent himself ludicrously, and his primary target being someone who _does_ have a job in radio (Al Franken) - certainly that's worthy of attention.
Posted by: TJ | February 16, 2006 at 01:07 PM
Jeremy ,let me set the record straight since I hear idiotic people like you who make these baseless claims about Hawaiian culture and people in general.The concept of the Kamehameha schools is to preserve and continue what little culture we have left.Do you consider all black colleges or schools racist?Do you have an issue with a people trying to preserve their own identity after having so much(land,culture)stloen from them?One of the first things the English did when they invaded Scottish lands was to ban all vestiges of Scottish Culture , such as playing the bagpipes.Now there is a resurgence in Scottish culture and independance which I totally support.Same thing in Northern Ireland.As a member of the military I was in Belfast 3 years ago and you see Irish pride everywhere-I think it is wonderful.Try to educate yourself before you make these ridiculous statements, or you will be just a poor imitation of Lou Pate
Posted by: Edward | February 16, 2006 at 02:41 PM
radio larry, shouldn't you be calling yourself by your real name, radio lou?
Posted by: Dana | February 16, 2006 at 02:56 PM
By any objective standard Erin Hart is a much better talk show host than the mediocre Turi Ryder. Whutindahell wuz KIRO thinking?
Posted by: umo | February 16, 2006 at 03:02 PM
Now that Lou's gone, I heard Steve Knight and Chris Olinger are coming back to re-kindle that down home, back stabbing, nervous twitch, living in a vacuum, nit picky, self induldged, superficial atmosphere that the producers, anchors and talk show hosts cringe at. Oh I forgot the news director does a pretty good job of that...will someone please pull the shades down on her window...she doesn't have to micro-manage every little fricken situation in the station!
Posted by: mac | February 16, 2006 at 03:19 PM
hey, did anyone pick up on how Allen Prell (one of the few KIRO hosts I rspect) had absolute contempt for Lou Pate during the Battle of the KIRO Talkhosts?
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 03:54 PM
Lou's dating Meghan Black? I thought she was tight with Cisco...
Posted by: Seabeck | February 16, 2006 at 04:23 PM
Well, thanks for the warm welcome, Lump. I know American's have always appreciated our hockey players and our bacon, glad to be here.
Sparky, perhaps I jumped to conclusions, because your post appeared after my pro Styble post, where I identified myself as "female." Please accept my apologies.
I will add, that while I sit in an entirely different nation, I do appreciate KIRO talk radio, and more often than not, prefer its offerings to our local talk radio. As a listener, and not someone in the business, so I may be more objective than some of you, I appreciate so much of the KIRO talent. I enjoy Dave Ross, Dori Monson, Lou Pate was not bad, but it appears from what I read here, I may not have heard him in his hay days, as when I listened, he was cynical and bitter. The last two evenings were the only times I have heard Turi, and I concur, she is pretty weak.
Yes, I really like Styble, and this is speaking purely from a listeners point of view. Styble respects his callers, and invites their opinions without contempt. I think this blog is pretty heavily weighted with "industry types" (I found it after I searched for information on Styble after the first time I heard him). I would guess if you could approach other listeners you might find they appreciate Syble's style. I've listened to dozens of talk shows hosts, from both sides of the border. IMO, he is in the top 3.
Posted by: Liz | February 16, 2006 at 04:42 PM
Lou Pate is dating Andy Wappler?
Posted by: sparky | February 16, 2006 at 05:41 PM
Hey, sparky, I like Andy Wappler. Don't you dare pair him up with that "girly-boy" Lou Pate! ;-)
Posted by: Critter | February 16, 2006 at 06:48 PM
heh..
Posted by: sparky | February 16, 2006 at 07:14 PM
Is Pate a Scorpio?
Posted by: Fremont | February 16, 2006 at 07:22 PM
Liz,
Don't apologize, there has been posts in the past couple weeks from Styble apparently, and maybe some fake ones, but you were the only name posted this morning, at that time, that is even close to sounding female. Plus, in case you haven't noticed, this is a very liberal talk radio oriented blog.
Posted by: audioslave | February 16, 2006 at 07:37 PM
therefore, a sense of humor and a thick skin are essential for survival here. Not everyone is as nice as I am...
Posted by: sparky | February 16, 2006 at 07:39 PM
big slurpy kiss for sparky......mmmmmmmm........oh that was good.....BTW, I have a big smile on my face on every post. :)
Posted by: audioslave | February 16, 2006 at 07:46 PM
One clarification about Lou, and then I really do have to move on. I've had my fun rubbing Lou's nose in it over his "bum's rush" out of KIRO, but he's not worth any more keyboard time. I've noticed a couple of posts mentioning Lou taking a nightly on air crap on Seattle for the past 5 or six months. Months? Pate has been emptying out his bowels on top of this town and it's residents for YEARS, on an almost nightly basis.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 16, 2006 at 08:08 PM
Lou Pate gone? . . . good riddance to a self aggrandizing jerk . . . even though I liked his politics
Posted by: BilgeRat | February 16, 2006 at 09:14 PM
Lou Pate's politics weren't bad and his musical tastes were OK too - (the Doors), but it seemed like he loathed this area and not much love lost with some of the more antagonistic posts. He told it like it was, but in an in-your face East Coast style which doesn't sit too well the passive-aggressive local culture and I questioned it whenever I heard him.
He has talent but seemed to be wasting it in a place he doesn't like - so he'll probably move out of the area and get on with his life somewhere - like San Diego or possibly hang out and find a new gig. There are 3 weather girls on KING (Meghan - who I think is married now, Rebecca and Mary), so which one is he allegedly dating ? (he sounded hetero to me).
KIRO seems like a rudderless freighter at this time - there's Dori and Dave, who are the anchors, then the news team (KOMO is a notch better IMO) and the others, some of who could easily be replaced by others...
Posted by: KS | February 16, 2006 at 09:56 PM
Liz sez, "Well, thanks for the warm welcome, Lump."
Huh???
Posted by: Lump | February 16, 2006 at 10:12 PM
The Mike Webb streaming radio at mikewebb.org is a nice alternative...no commercials, no KIRO crap, no traffic reports, for god's sake the Seahawks and no Monson with his Tijuana flea market sales pitch!
Posted by: Bellingham Bob | February 16, 2006 at 10:17 PM
Tommy008, I'm laughing out loud every time I read your post! I feel the same way about Lou but not nearly as passionately. But, the way you write about Lou is exactly the way I feel about Bush!
Nobody quite gets how much I hate that man!
:) :) :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
There's just something about some people!
Posted by: joanie | February 16, 2006 at 10:38 PM
Let's place a bounty on Mike Webbs head, I'm willing to put up all the money I stole from from the sorry drunks in Pioneer square. Plus the money I got as Joanies" pimp ( a nickle)
Posted by: Recife | February 16, 2006 at 11:27 PM
Doesn't make you a very competent pimp, does it? Guess I'll have to find a new one!
Posted by: joanie | February 16, 2006 at 11:38 PM
". . . Good night, sweet pimp,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"
Posted by: joanie | February 17, 2006 at 12:04 AM
Edward said:"Do you consider all black colleges or schools racist?Do you have an issue with a people trying to preserve their own identity after having so much(land,culture)stloen from them?"
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Your so called "Black Schools" emphasize but don't REQUIRE you be black to attend, Kamehameha schools DO mandate your possessing some Hawaiian ancestry. Why not teach Hawaiian history and culture in ALL schools in Hawaii so that everyone can gain an appreciation rather than just at certain schools?
Any objective party would at least acknowledge the virulent racism of many of the sovereignty crowd...
J.Ohno Kailua HS
Posted by: Jeremy Ohno | February 17, 2006 at 01:55 AM
Pate didn't tell anything "like it was", and I'm sick of this "passive/aggressive" crap and other myths about Seattle people. The facts show that less than 40% of the people here are natives, That figure is several years old, so it's probably rapidly approaching 30%. I find some passive/aggressive types here, some inyourface types here, and most in betweeen. The city has become simply too diverse for the clicheists to get away with their simplistic bromides about Seattle types any more. I love it when rude, crude obnoxious people like Pate are excused or even lauded as being "in your face/back east" types. Most of the Seattle clicheists live in a kind of time warp that's decades out of date, case in point being Pate's claim that Seattle is some sort of lily white bastion like Salt Lake City. Even after I corrected him in an email, the ass kept spewing out the bogus figure of Seattle being 85% white, whereas the U.S. census figures state it is only 62% white. 40 year old Doors music in every break is anal.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 17, 2006 at 03:20 AM
Sorry, Lump, in typically Canadian fashion, I was attempting to gain the acceptance of Americans (which is pretty much equated to success by many Canadians),and I feigned familiarity by referring to the original poster "Lump's Blister" as Lump. I apologize Lump, it sounds like Lump's Blister is someone who will grow on me. Who knew that in a small but warm community such as this there would be not only a Lump, but Lump's blister, as well.
I'm here listening to Turi online, she makes Pate sound really, REALLY good, attitude and all.
Posted by: Liz | February 17, 2006 at 04:35 AM
As another poster noted, Turi Ryder is doing just fine in replacing Pate. She's not great, or really that funny,and her sarcasm limits her likeability, but you can at least appreciate her linear, logical lines of argument and discussion and actually LISTEN to her for hours on end wihtout becoming angry. Pate never followed linear, logical lines of argument for long.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 17, 2006 at 05:36 AM
True enough, Tommy, about the logic and lack of it. However, when I hear a talk show host say she wants to do a show about "bubblegum," or "what's the lamest thing your boss ever did to try and make your job better" I feel like I am a fly on the wall at somebody's bridal shower, it's all just "too cute" and "too nice."
I like evocative talk radio. Pate rated somewhat higher on my inner scale, albeit motivated by irritation.
Any hints on the overnight replacement for Pate? I am thinking of checking with Wayne and Janet for the odds.
Posted by: Liz | February 17, 2006 at 06:34 AM
Lump's blister is spoken for...
Posted by: sparky | February 17, 2006 at 07:52 AM
i see ed hasn't changed his violent ways. does he still eat his own snot?
Posted by: ed's 4th grade teacher | February 17, 2006 at 06:33 PM
Why not bring back Carl Jeffers? He can certainly do the 9-Noon slot. Guess you would have to pay him more then WLS in Chicago.
Posted by: Charpy | February 19, 2006 at 12:17 AM
lou pate:
Very poor immitation of Lou Pate. He would have been much nastier. Nice try, though.
Posted by: Critter | February 21, 2006 at 01:31 PM
There's somehting fishy about Lou Pate's supposedly voluntary resignastion from KIRO. If it was all just a big amicable , fun parting of the way for him and KIRO, why did he not say goodbye on the air, at least to his faithful little group of regulars who called him every night. He was lucky to get any residents of this town to call him, the way he trashed it. Something stinks here. I tend to believe Edward the Hawaiian's version of the facts. He was told to apologize for his racist remarks, and do it on the air- just my hunch.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 21, 2006 at 02:40 PM
I agree with Edward's version. Pate did not just up and leave because he hates Seattle or found another station who wanted him, otherwise, he would have left long ago.
He was either fired, or given an ultimatum (as Edward applies) and Pate chose to not apologize. That's so him! Good riddance to poor rubbish, I say. :)
Posted by: Critter | February 21, 2006 at 02:58 PM
Carl Jeffers could beat anyone with both hands tied behind his back. He's got more brains than Ross, et al, combined. Show Vinnie the door and give the slot to Jeffers.
Posted by: Fluffycat | February 21, 2006 at 03:26 PM
good riddance for sure. One thing I know is, Pate didn't get another job, or he would have been crowing and bloating up like a blowfish over it, as he rubbed it in over the air to all listening. The ass would have taken all four hours of his last show to gloat and rub it in. He made a big deal of mentioning on the air that he had put applications in to California stations, until recently, when his comments seemed to reflect his resignation to the fact that he was stuck at KIRO. He admitted one night that if he moved to San Diego it would be to retire there, not to work in radio there.
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 21, 2006 at 03:32 PM
I believe the REAL Lou Pate could write using proper punctuation and spelling structure. But I could be mistaken....
Posted by: sparky | February 21, 2006 at 04:21 PM
I'll miss Lou. He was entertaining. Had a relaxed rhythm on the air of give and take. Styble drives me inane -- he keeps pushing his BLOG on everyone. Who cares? I don't dig his manic rhythm, got enough of that crap in my own damn head. Lou actually helped me get through the 911 aftermath, sort of an odd voice of reason in the middle of sleepless nights. Now what am I to do? This is the nature of radio, ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. But I get emotionally tied to certain personalities and then they are yanked away. The positives are that I will finish reading "Invisible Man" sooner, now that there is no radio voice that interests me in the night. Well, except for all that soccer and football talk on BBC...
Posted by: Molly Dolly | February 24, 2006 at 12:55 AM
Lou wasn't "yanked" from us. He choked on his own FOOT. :)
And I keep hearing about Bryan Styble being on overnight 9-1. But everytime I turn it on, it's that Turi Zzzzzzzz Ryder. I certainly hope she's not a permanent fixture around there.
Ooopsie! I just remembered...they don't have any permanent fixtures at KIRO.
Posted by: Critter | February 24, 2006 at 08:44 AM
Tommy008 said about Turi:
"She's not great, or really that funny,and her sarcasm limits her likeability, but you can at least appreciate her linear, logical lines of argument and discussion and actually LISTEN to her for hours on end wihtout becoming angry."
I can listen to her without getting angry, too. You know why? Because she puts me to sleep! Boooooring.
Tommy....We're in lockstep with our feelings about Lou, but we have to part company here. Turi drives me nuts. Not because she's rude, or insulting, or arrogant, or self-centered like Lou Pate, but just because she's boooooring. :-)
Posted by: Critter | February 24, 2006 at 08:54 AM
I for one am happy that Lucy Lou is gone. But for what its worth, I really liked his ways with the bible thumpers that tried to make their case that there is a god. I am agnostic myself and I hate organized religion, but it was darn right funny when he called out the religiou wacko's as they couldn't come up with a viable answer for him. Anyways, I'm a transplant from Hawaii and did hear him say Hawaiians are lazy and I'll tell you what, I have to agree with him to a certain point. I only know too much about it since most of my friends are lazy while I made a new successful life for myself in Seattle. Lou for the msot part sounded intelligent when he wanted to be but that was very rare. His arrogance got the best of him and that's why he's gone. He and only himself built it to a point to were there was no other way out and that was to quit.
Posted by: NoAloha | February 25, 2006 at 06:38 PM
i agree with sparky. lou was no phoney and even though he pissed me off at first i cant fault him for his opinions about seattle, their his! but if you were offended by him then grow a second skin and get over it. air time in seattle will be a little more boring now and a little less colorful. i am one who will miss lou.
Posted by: jeff | February 27, 2006 at 02:00 AM
i agree with sparky. lou was no phoney and even though he pissed me off at first i cant fault him for his opinions about seattle, their his! but if you were offended by him then grow a second skin and get over it. air time in seattle will be a little more boring now and a little less colorful. i am one who will miss lou.
Posted by: jeff | February 27, 2006 at 02:07 AM
Is there any word yet on the permanent replacement?
Turi did some nice work last week about the UAE port deal. However, last night I listened and she was debating (with herself) the merits of the Curious George movie.
Posted by: Liz | February 27, 2006 at 05:08 AM
NoAloha:
Now who's going to listen to the opinion of anyone who would LEAVE Hawaii and move to WASHINGTON! ;-)
Posted by: Critter | February 27, 2006 at 09:27 AM
Sadly missed. Good luck.It's unfortunate there aren't more radio personalities such as lou. For anybody that may have been offended or upset by his remarks get over it. Reality is harsh.
Posted by: Randy | March 01, 2006 at 06:50 PM
Randy said:
"For anybody that may have been offended or upset by his remarks get over it. Reality is harsh."
Yeah, and the harsh reality is HE'S GONE! Buh buyeeee.
Posted by: Critter | March 01, 2006 at 06:54 PM