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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

My Last Word On the Shanster

The Oklahoma Gazette asked me to write an op-ed piece on Mark Shannon, asking my views and perhaps an "insider" look at talk radio as well as the experience of working with the man known by many as "The Shanster."
Mark Shannon and I worked together at the station formerly known as “SuperTalk 930, WKY.” He was the morning drive guru; I handled the back of the bus in the afternoon slot. Shannon’s death as a result of his long and arduous fight against leukemia May 8 most assuredly taught all of us that life is precious, that our time on this earth is limited and is quite fragile.
Read the whole column here.