For years Jim Howe was the chief of the KEX news department. When his voice came on 1190 you knew it was Jim Howe! Here are my 10 questions for Mr. Howe.
FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN STUMPTOWN: McCormicks
LAST BOOK READ: "Thornridge" by Scott Lynn
BIGGEST STORY YOU EVER COVERED: Death of President Kennedy & Mt St Helens
WHAT WAS BARNEY KEEP LIKE? Great broadcaster, conservative but very attuned to the community, always thought of listeners first!
Favorite vacation spot? Cabin on Little North Fork of the Santiam River
Favorite TV show? Sports
Addiction? Diet Cokes
Favorite Web site? Oregon Media Central
What is always in Jim's fridge? Those Diet Cokes
Do you think newspapers will exist in twenty years? Daily papers, probably not.
Love the old school radio board back there. Same as the one at my first station.
Posted by: Teletype | June 22, 2010 at 09:27 PM
Well done!!
Posted by: Bob Karm | June 22, 2010 at 10:28 PM
What a great broadcaster and an even more superb gentleman. If you crossed paths with Jim, you were better for the experience.
Posted by: radiopinion | June 22, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Jim Howe WAS Portland radio news! The news team he put together that I was a part of in the 80's and 90's was by all accounts one of the best ever in the rose city. Jim's sense of news is the best and he excelled at the job of being news director. He led by example. He wouldn't ask his staff to do anything he wasn't willing to do. An example: There was a police officer being held hostage at the Portland Rose Motel on Barbur Blvd. Jim took it upon himself to report from the scene from the evening it started until 3 o'clock the next morning when I relieved him. Jim was on the air anchoring our coverage with Pat Boyle just a few hours later. You always wanted to do your best for Jim because he always did his best for you. I am proud to be able to call Jim Howe my friend.
Posted by: Bill Cooper | June 23, 2010 at 03:56 AM
Jim Howe...a class act and one of the best newsmen on the West Coast! sure wish he were still on the air.
Posted by: Mr Barbecue | June 23, 2010 at 06:30 AM
Without any question, Portland's all time best radio news anchor. KEX has had no news identity since he left. All NO NAMES and FORGETTABLE on air today.
Posted by: Mantle7 | June 23, 2010 at 06:48 AM
We miss the voice of Jim Howe on KEX.
Posted by: Karen Uhman | June 23, 2010 at 03:37 PM
I've only lived here for 10 years and sadly missed Jim who sounds like one of the last of the great broadcasters, how long ago was Jim on the air?
Posted by: Dave | June 23, 2010 at 03:46 PM
I believe Jim retired in 2001 after 39-years with KEX. I miss his newscasts as well!
Posted by: Bob Karm | June 23, 2010 at 03:53 PM
Sorry Jim but Oregon Media Central is gone.
That leaves StumptownBlogger as the only good media board left in Portland. OMC is dead and buried...PDXRadio has turned into a left wing discussion board.
Dave, you're going to have to make Stumptown more mediacentric.
As for KEX News since the departure of Jim Howe...
It's just a mere shadow of its former self in the days of Jim, George McGowan, Don Kneas(sp) and Bob Chase. So much the pity.
Posted by: JoelinPDX | June 25, 2010 at 11:20 AM