May 2026 We are past 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!” Not in the cards for me, now. I should never close the books on anything, but I have more fun sharing my post-radio-life experiences on FB and IG and Twitter (I’ll never call it X). 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, which was classy of my bosses. 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. It shook me and everyone connected with the show to the core. It still hurts having been censored - so when I read of other public figures being pressured, I know what it’s all about. In our case if was many years ago and “that certain public figure” has since disappeared into history…as all of us do. Like you, I do come back here to remember Mark & Dave and all that was good about almost 30 years on the air in Portland. For a while, we were pretty damn good. It is getting close to time, however, to let this website fade into the memory banks of Portland radio history. 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