KIRO Newsradio’s Spike O’Neill is a longtime friend and colleague of Bob Rivers, whose humor and voice defined Seattle mornings for more than two decades. Rivers died after a courageous battle with cancer at 68.
“If it weren’t for Bob Rivers, I wouldn’t have met my wife, started my family, or had the life I have today,” Spike, co-host “The Jake and Spike Show,” said. “We lived our lives on the air, sharing everything with our audience.”
Rivers, a name synonymous with radio innovation and twisted tunes, carved a unique path in the broadcasting world. His journey, marked by trial and error, began in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he transformed a small station, WAAF, into Boston’s number one radio station…