Seattle Personality Buzz Barr Passes

Buzz Barr & singer Vicki Carr

We've learned longtime Seattle radio personality Paul "Buzz" Barr passed away March 24th in Hoquiana, WA.  He was 72-years-old.

Buzz spent close to 50 years in the broadcasting industry. He bragged that his first broadcasting job was the public address system at Weatherwax in 1955. He worked at the old KBKW in Aberdeen, then went to stations in Centralia, Bremerton, Tacoma, and finally KVI in Seattle.

He spent many years as a disc jockey and manager at radio stations, KJR, KOL, and KING in Seattle and KISN in Portland.

In the mid 70s he returned to the Harbor to manage KGHO in Hoquiam for several years, moved to a management position in Anchorage and eventually became part owner of KCSY in Soldotna, Alaska.

He returned to the Harbor in 1995, and in the last 10 years has operated his own small advertising agency.

Buzz loved to fish and hunt and was particularly proud of the 84-lb. king salmon he caught on the Kenai River.