January 2026 We are close to three years removed from the fateful day we (The Mark Mason Show) said goodbye. To me it feels like yesterday. I tell my friends that I wished I was still on the air talking about all the dreadful things happening around us (I still partly suspect that is why I was removed from the studio) to which people respond, “Well, do a Podcast!” I guess it’s put up or shut up on that one. We’ll see. I owe a debt of gratitude to KEX for letting me say goodbye to you on the air. If you missed it, you can hear it here. No one at KEX ever told me or warned me about what I should not say on my sign-off, evidence of the class my then-bosses had. For the record, and you’d love this anecdote, in all my years in radio there was only one time that I was ever instructed not say anything bad on the air about a certain prominent figure. I remember where I was and who I was with that moment, and it shook me and everyone connected with the show. We were being censored. It didn’t feel good. But that was many years ago and that figure has since disappeared into history…as all of us do. I do come back here to remember Mark & Dave and all that was good about my almost 30 years on the air in Portland. For a while, we were pretty good. It is getting close to time, however, to let this website fade into the memory banks of Portland radio history. So, for these final weeks and months of access, I hope you browse the site and enjoy some the now-lost moments of what was once a staple of Portland, Oregon radio. Send me email: mark@markanddaveshow.com