“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

This is a follow up to my article concerning sports radio in the Seattle/Tacoma area. Mainly sports radio KJR. I am just amazed what is going on with diversity or the lack of diversity.

Rich Moore is basically running sports radio KJR (which he has for years and years) and he also running “Rip City Radio” 620am in Portland, Oregon. But something very very strange is going on and here it is. Sportsradio KJR has a more than 26 year history of almost total lack of diversity except for Jerry Brewer for a few years.

The sports world is full of diversity. The world is full of diversity. When I walk in downtown Seattle I see a rainbow of faces and not just white faces like the all white regular on air staff on KJR. It seems Moore does not give a damn. But for some unknown reason 620am Rip City Radio is full of regular African American voices.

Of course issues of race and racism comes up all the time and their is no way all white hosts can relate to and understand what we as African Americans and people of color go through on a daily basis. KJR just brought on more white voices on as regular hosts including a retreat from the past. I just do not understand.

“Rip City Radio” down the road represents in my opinion is what sports radio should be and what KJR should be and that is a DIVERSITY of opinions by a DIVERSITY of faces. Not just white faces.

One host on KJR, Dave Mahler has been at the station 23 to 24 years and as a result it seems he is allowed to walk on water and say anything over the air and get away with it. To me this is very very unfair and wrong.

Mahler and other KJR hosts have tried to quiet me down by putting stupid blocks on me via social media and even email. Just plain ridiculous readers.

Putting blocks on me instead of listening to what I have to say and to make changes in it’s all white regular on air staff. It again shows me the country club, good ole boy network atmosphere at KJR will continue and this is sad and this is wrong. I wish all African American Seattle Seahawks and UW Huskies and others (not many African Americans on the Mariners) would boycott sports radio KJR until it improves it’s diversity over the air. Right now it is all white voices all day and all night. This is wrong.

(Update) KJR has hired former Seahawk player Cliff Avril to be on the air from 10am to 1pm during the week.

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