Jim Grady arrived in Sonoma County in 1960, looking for a better climate than that of Seattle, where he’d started his radio career. He would be heard for the next 44 years as the morning host at KSRO, while also broadcasting countless Sonoma County sports events with his on-air sidekick and fellow 2026 BARHOF inductee Merle Ross.
Grady would spend the final years of his celebrated career at KZST.
Jim Grady passed away in 2013 at the age of 77.