Pat O'Day

Paul W. Berg O'Day was the afternoon drive personality at Seattle's KJR 950 radio station in the 1960s; he would eventually become program director and general manager.

O'Day helped to bring the Seattle music scene to national prominence. In a 2020 article O'Day was described as "a legendary Seattle disc jockey and arguably the city's best-known voice."

During the 1960s O'Day was a promoter and MC for teen dance and concert events in the Seattle area. In the 1970s he launched Concerts West, expanding this business activity to many of the western United States. Hendrix later wrote a song, Spanish Castle Magic, released in 1967, inspired by his experiences playing at the Castle.

Starting in 1967, O'Day served as race announcer and commentator for hydroplanes during Seafair for various radio and TV stations, lastly with KIRO-TV in 2013.

O'Day owned Seattle radio station KYYX (96.5 FM) from 1977 to 1984. From late 1982 the station had a New Wave music format, one of the few commercial stations in the US at the time to do so.

O'Day and Seattle author Jim Ojala co-authored the book It Was All Just Rock 'n' Roll , detailing his O'Day's work in radio and the concert promotion company, Concerts West. O'Day died on August 4, 2020, at the age of 85.

Personal life O'Day was born in Norfolk, Nebraska.

O'Day set a Guinness world record for water skiing non-stop (on Lake Washington) for 4 hours 52 minutes, in 1959.