Overview
Paul W. Berg (1934 – August 4, 2020), known professionally as Pat O'Day, was an American broadcaster and concert promoter in the Pacific Northwest. O'Day, born in Norfolk, Nebraska, 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. O'Day is responsible for bringing the Seattle music scene to national prominence.
Career
O'Day owned Seattle radio station KYYX (96.5 FM) from 1977 to 1984. From late 1982 the station had a New Wave music format, one of the few commercial stations in the US at the time to do so.
Starting in 1967, O'Day served as race announcer and commentator during Seafair for various radio and TV stations, lastly with KIRO-TV. The television station, however, announced it was parting ways with O'Day in 2013 and he would not return to broadcast the race.
In 1998, a plaquette featuring O'Day with a photograph of him was added to the permanent disc jockey exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
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