Bonneville Seattle made the announcement Friday.
"We are extremely excited about teaming up Danny O'Neil with Brock Huard on 710 ESPN Seattle," said Dave Pridemore, the Vice President and General Manager of 710 ESPN Seattle. "I'm sure our listeners will appreciate the combination of an athlete's insight and analysis with a journalist's curiosity and straight forward perspective."
"Brock and Danny" will debut Monday. The show will remain in its previous timeslot of 9-noon.
"I am extremely grateful and honored to be working with Brock, who is a true professional behind the mic, and on-and-off the field," O'Neil said. "I look forward to this new challenge and officially being part of this 710 ESPN Seattle team."
O'Neil joins 710 ESPN Seattle and 710Sports.com on a full-time basis after working as a reporter for 11 years at The Seattle Times, covering high school sports and the Seahawks during three stints at the paper. O'Neil has also worked for ESPN at the company's headquarters in Bristol, Conn. and for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. While at the P-I, O'Neil was the Seahawks beat writer during their run to Super Bowl XL in 2005. He's covered the team for the past seven seasons for The Times.
O'Neil will cover the Seahawks for 710 ESPN Seattle and 710Sports.com com.
O'Neil and Huard both attended the University of Washington. They first met when O'Neil was assigned to write a story on Huard for the school's newspaper.
Well so much for the idea of moving Bob from the Bob and Groz show to team with Brock, then having Mike Gastineau join Groz from noon to 3. Of course half the time it would only be Gasman on the air when Groz is "ill".
Posted by: TacRadioMan | April 14, 2013 at 01:06 AM
I hope that ESPN Radio is awarded the next NFL national radio package one the current deal with Dial Global expires. 10 years ago, if you were watching FSN(now Root Sports), there was a blonde gal named Kerry Sayers. Perhaps ESPN ought to hire her.
Posted by: 12th Man | April 14, 2013 at 08:28 PM
Boring Sports!!! Dump ESPN!
Posted by: Mohammy | April 15, 2013 at 04:40 PM
Yawn!!! Boring. This blog has lost all appeal.
Posted by: StJames | April 20, 2013 at 03:52 PM
It's really not so much that this blog has lost all appeal, as it is radio has lost all appeal.
There's very little to update here because there's very little worth updating anymore in radio; especially Seattle radio; especially Seattle talk radio - which this blog is supposed to be all about.
Just take a quick peek every few days at RadioDiscussions.com. 6 or 7 years ago there would be 20 or 30 new posts every day and several new topics.
Now, KIRO can totally reshuffle their line-up and no one even bothers to post.
Because no one gives a shit any more.
Fisher took KVI and went to some nonsense format and no one gave a shit. Then they switched back...and ta da! No one still gives a shit.
Bonneville has switched program directors 6 times since they took over KIRO in 2008 and no one gives a shit.
KIRO has switched morning shows more frequently than that morning news editor Mister Total Makeover guy changes his skid-marked underwear. And no one gives a shit anymore.
Gregg & Jane to Tony Miner to News Chick to Bill Radke to John Curley to Dave Ross.
Yawn. (No shit given).
Good job radio!
Posted by: Phillip J. Longwater III | April 23, 2013 at 06:22 AM
Ross wants out, ready to be fitted for a bowtie and replace whatshisname at CBS Radio Commentary.......Monson is a child, a puerile , pugnacious punk, and the show is unlistenable for more than fifteen minutes at a time, Luke "kind of a big deal" Burbank is an insufferable twerp......
Posted by: H. P. "Hal" Throckmorton III- ceo, Dream15/Savant Fund Ltd.. | April 23, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Oh, sounds like old times there H.P. Gave me a smile. And Phillip, well put.
When C2C is the best you can say about KIRO, you know they're cooked. But that last guy to whom they've given over evening hours, he's the worst. Okay, even worse than Dori and that's hard to admit.
Posted by: TS | April 23, 2013 at 07:28 PM