Seattle listeners have recently seen Steve Slaton (above) exit middays at Classic Rock 102.5 KZOK. Slaton has been a stalwart on the Seattle Rock radio scene since 1973, with a 19 year run at 99.9 KISW, sixteen years in afternoons at KZOK from 1992-2008, and stints at 88.5 KPLU and 95.7 KJR-FM before returning to KZOK in 2016.
Also exiting KZOK is weekend host Connie Cole. Cole worked at KZOK from 1981 through 2006 and later returned as a weekend host.
Luciana Bartes also exits as morning show producer and Public Affairs Coordinator at Classic Hits “95.7 The Jet” KJR-FM.
All three above are departures from iHeartmedia stations.
These moves were brought to our attention by Lance Venta at RadioInsight.com
I HEART RADIO AND KZOK ARE IDIOTS TO CUT STEVE SLATON !!!!
I have been wondering what happened to Steve and am heartbroken to read he was fired! My aunt worked in Radio and I know it is a fickle business. The format of the station has changed so much now that I rarely listen to it. Feel like I lost a best friend.
This wold be why I don’t listen to I Hate Radio stations. They fire the good people rather than pay them. I deleted KZOK from my radio YEARS ago.
They lost one of the best DJ. Steve was always polite, friendly, Very knowledgeable and played the right music (Real classic ROCK, not like what they play now over and over the same songs all day long) Not counting way to many commercial.
But it’s the way it goes, when something or someone is good, lets get rid of it /him