So long to a great local broadcaster

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Posted by MadisonRadio.com on June 12, 2010 at 21:00:39:

As the late, great star of WIBA radio, George �Papa Hambone� Vukelich would have put it, �Marty has left the planet.�

Recently, we lost one of the last true gentlemen of Madison commercial radio, Marty �Kay� Knudsvig. Marty delighted in doing the friendly, �next door neighbor� chat show he hosted for years, and was greatly disappointed when the station converted his program into a �stealth infomercial,� wherein his �guests� were business people who paid to join him on the air.

But, pro that he was, he soldiered on. He holds a place high on the list of the many great people I�ve met in my broadcasting career.

Now, he�s sharing a microphone with �Papa,� Jim Mader, Ken Ohst, Cliff Roberts and other legendary Madison voices. Wish I could tune in that station. As Billy Joel�s song said, �Only the good die young.�

� Rick Murphy, Wisconsin State Journal
Posted: Saturday, June 5, 2010 11:18 am

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: As the late, great star of WIBA radio, George �Papa Hambone� Vukelich would have put it, �Marty has left the planet.� : Recently, we lost one of the last true gentlemen of Madison commercial radio, Marty �Kay� Knudsvig. Marty delighted in doing the friendly, �next door neighbor� chat show he hosted for years, and was greatly disappointed when the station converted his program into a �stealth infomercial,� wherein his �guests� were business people who paid to join him on the air. : But, pro that he was, he soldiered on. He holds a place high on the list of the many great people I�ve met in my broadcasting career. : Now, he�s sharing a microphone with �Papa,� Jim Mader, Ken Ohst, Cliff Roberts and other legendary Madison voices. Wish I could tune in that station. As Billy Joel�s song said, �Only the good die young.� : � Rick Murphy, Wisconsin State Journal : Posted: Saturday, June 5, 2010 11:18 am

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