Steve Shannon Retiring as OM of Inland Northwest

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Steve Shannon is retiring from his role as Operations Manager of Inland Northwest Broadcasting and Program Director of CHR KZFN-FM (ZFun 106) in Moscow-Lewiston, ID. He started with co-owned KRPL in May, 1978, where he did mornings until the launch of sister KZFN in 1985, when his morning show became known as "The Rude Awakening." Shannon later went to KJR-FM in Seattle where he filled in and later became Music Director under Gary Bryan from 1996-2000.

Shannon returned to KZFN once again as the host of "The Rude Awakening" in 2004, was later upped to Program Director of KZFN, and eventually Operations Manager of the cluster.

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