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Bishoff has listeners KAVEing in
By Pat Malach
Emerald EcWor
The congressman dressed In
running shorts and a "Mopar
Power” T-shirt slumps over the
microphone scratching and
shaking his head us he listens
to a caller toll him he's aban
doned environmentalists and
sold out to the timber industry
Kep Peter Dr Fazio, a Demo
crat campaigning for re-elec
tion. politely offers the man a
civil explanation that belies his
visible frustration with the fa
miliar charge.
With the preSs of a button by
"Town Forum” co-host Gordon
Roberts, DoFazto quickly
switches his proverbial hats
and becomes an ox[>ert on na
tional heallb < are. the next call
er’s concern
Such is the roaming fare
found on KAVF radio's Sunday
morning call-in talk show Rob
erts co-hosts the show with
Don Bishoff, a man who in
spires laughs or hatred — lately
depending on how you feel
about the Eugene City Council
ns a regular columnist for
The Rafiistetr-Gunrd,
Btshoffs entry into the mod
lum of sound, rather than print,
didn't come without u hit of u
battle, mostly with himself.
“Early in April (KAVE co
owner) Eric Altermun called me
and said, 'Mow'd you like to do
a two-hour talk show on Sun
day morning?' " Bishoff said. "I
said, 'absolutely not.' "
Bishoff has worked for 32
years as a writer for the local
newspaper hut had no experi
ence in radio.
"It was something 1 wasn’t
sure I'd be comfortable with,”
he said, adding that the 50-hour
workweek he puts in at the
Photo by Pal Matacr
Don Bishotl (background) and Rap. Patar DaFazio ahara a laugh dur
ing tha Aug. 30 broadcast ot "Town Forum," a Sunday morning call
in show airing from 9 to 11 o.m. on KAVE, FU 95.X
Guard was one of the main rea
sons for his immediate lack of
interest. But that initlul reluc
tant* slowly turned into curios
ity about exploring a new med
ium.
"The more I thought about
it,” Blshoff wild, "it was, 'Hell,
I'm 55 years old. I'm in the twi
light years of a newspaper ca
reer. Why not try something
different?' "
But there was another obsta
cle to overcome on Bishoff's
road to radio — potential con
flicts of interest with his col
umnist job at liugene's daily.
“No one at the paper had
over done anything quite like
this," he said. "Pat Yack, the
managing editor, was real good
about taking those issues hoad
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