Radio Dots & Dashes (October 3 Edition)

Okay, so I'm late... if you missed the big 20th anniversary celebration for Live 105 (KITS) on Sunday, you missed hearing a countdown of the top ten modern rock hits from each year during the station's two decades on the air.

Although I missed hearing any of them, I understand that Steve Masters, Roland West and several other former Live 105 voices made cameo appearances. Being busy on Sunday, I rolled tape for several hours and got nothing but music. I was kind of hoping that Carson Daly would show up, too, but no...

Speaking of which ... it was reported here a few weeks ago that Live 105 program director Sean Demery had left the station after five years so that he could spend more time with his family in upstate New York.

Apparently, he was referring to a different family, as he has turned up this past Monday in Atlanta at legacy modern rocker 99X (WNNX) as part of the station's new morning team, according to FMQB.

Demery was one of the original 99X staffers when the station signed on in 1992.

"There's a poet out there who says 'you can never go home' ... that guy's an idiot!" Demery told FMQB. "It's great to be back with family and much hugs to Leslie (Fram, 99X PD) and Cumulus for the means, the ways and the ability to put this together so quickly and getting us on the air as a show the first Monday in October ... amazing."

Yeah. Amazing.

Ron Fairly, who spent six so-so years here as one of the radio voices of the San Francisco Giants, retired from the Seattle Mariners' broadcast booth after spending the last fourteen years with the club.

Fairly, 68, played in the majors for 21 years, the bulk of it with the Dodgers. He moved up to the broadcast booth with the Angels from 1982 to 1986 before being hired as a Giants announcer. What a joy it was for us Giants fans to hear him recount his experiences while playing with the Dodgers, and the great Dodger teammates he played alongside, and the great Dodger teams he played on, and the great traditions the Dodgers had! Enjoy your retirement, Ron...

Only because I'm one of those dopes that reads the births, deaths and wedding announcements every day (nope, nothing better to do), I spotted smiling Richard Branton, production director for 101.7/KKIQ and Coast Radio in Pleasanton, and his beaming bride-to-be, Lori-Anne Williams, in the local fishwrap the other day. They'll be heading to the altar next June. Good luck, you kids...

Former San Jose Sharks captain and fan favorite Jeff Odgers has been named as color analyst on Atlanta Thrashers radiocasts, the NHL club has announced. Odgers, 37, who retired following the 2002-03 campaign after spending the final three years of his career with the Thrashers, was an original Shark, spending five seasons in a teal sweater for the Southbay's popular hockey organisation...