… Stuff it right inside your left ventricle, honey. It won’t hurt a bit …
[Description by Bruce Portzer]
Burl Barer,in the KOL era
Burl Barer joined KOL in 1969 after stints at KJR and KYAC, a local R&B station. His lively patter and quick wit soon attracted a strong following. Like many of KOL’s better DJ’s, he came across as larger than life and down to earth at the same time. He usually worked evening and late night air shifts.
Here’s Burl at the start of Labor Day Weekend. As luck would have it, he has a cold. Somehow, he manages to be entertaining, with several good lines about his condition.
There are many youth-oriented spots here, and he quips about a couple of them. There’s also a Bob and Ray spot for the Space Needle. At one point, he goes into a Muscular Dystrophy PSA, realizes he needs to be serious for a moment, and then goes back to clowning around.
Burl returned to KJR in the mid 70’s and has since enjoyed a multifaceted career in marketing, public relations, and production work. In recent years, he’s become an author, and written several fiction and non-fiction books. One of his works won a coveted Edgar Award. He recently moved back to the Seattle area after living for several years in Walla Walla, Washington (yes, there really is such a place).