<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">During a week of upheaval inside the Sonics' front office, radio play-by-play announcer David Locke became the latest employee to be fired. The team removed his posts from its Web sites on Friday, terminated his two-year contract and notified employees of the decision in an e-mail. The Sonics are expected to announce the decision today, although it is not clear if the team will replace Locke with another announcer or return to a simulcast with the television broadcast. Locke, 36, took over last year when the Sonics became the last NBA team to separate its broadcasts and moved to KTTH-AM (770). He had worked at KJR (950 AM) for the previous eight years and was a play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Storm for seven seasons. The future of Francis Williams, who served as a commentator on radio broadcasts last season, is uncertain. Earlier in the week, the Sonics released its two top scouts, Dave Pendergraft and Steve Rosenberry, and hired assistant general manager Scott Perry from Detroit. </div> Source I didn't like to hear his voice on the radio, but he did have a lot of information in his blog. They just blew all of his stuff away from the website. Locke is one of the biggest fans of the Sonics in the media. Maybe Clay Clay is throwing out all Seattle connections? On a positive note, I read that FSN is in negotiations with Marques Johnson to join the broadcast with Kevin Calabro. They were the best duo in broadcasting before. It'll be fun listening to them.
Needless to say if Howard Schultz is on your reference list you will no longer be employed by the Sonics.
<div class="quote_poster">monty001 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">On a positive note, I read that FSN is in negotiations with Marques Johnson to join the broadcast with Kevin Calabro. They were the best duo in broadcasting before. It'll be fun listening to them.</div> Billy McKinney was better.
