You won't hear my voice on the radio very often -- my background is writing and editing, and I spend most of my time writing headlines, taking photos and helping our busy DJs write their blogs every day. I joined Townsquare Media in 2014 after working as a reporter, editor and page designer for newspapers in Washington, Montana, California and my home state of Oregon.
John Taylor
KATS November Playlist
Here's what we're listening to on KATS this month.
Clowns Aren’t Born Evil … They’re Made Up That Way
Let's all agree on this much: Clowns are scary.
Sure, they might mean well. Juggling at the circus, flopping around in those enormous shoes, honking silly horns and piling into tiny cars with all their clown friends.
But somewhere under all those big red noses and painted-on smiles, they look menacing...
KATS October Playlist
Here's what we're listening to this month at KATS.
Meet Old Country Buffet Ambassador Rachel Deloza
UNION GAP -- Most people go to Old Country Buffet for the food. Rachel Deloza goes there for the people.
She's a volunteer ambassador for the restaurant, helping with hospitality and community outreach through a number of local programs. She and her husband, Manuel -- who owns Delotec Auto Body Repair and Painting in Yakima -- spend their off hours working with area schools, churches and gyms, as
KATS September Playlist
Here's what we're playing on KATS this month.
Downtown Summer Nights: How We Spent Our Summer
Eleven weeks, 33 bands and thousands of people. Yes, Downtown Summer Nights, in just its second year of existence, seems to have been an even bigger success this time around.
Powered by Chinook Fest, bands from Seattle, Portland, Spokane -- and yes, Yakima -- entertained on the Stewart Subaru stage to the delight of neighbors, music lovers and people who wanted to get out on a warm summer evening
Pippins Playoff Tickets are Hot Sellers [VIDEO]
The hottest thing in town this week isn't the weather. It's tickets to the Yakima Valley Pippins' first playoff game Tuesday night against the Bellingham Bells.
As of today, tickets were still available ... but going fast.
"I've only been in the office for about 90 minutes this morning and the phone has been ringing non-stop," Pippins play-by-play broadcaster and media relations coordina
Top KATS Songs for August
Here are the top songs on 94.5 KATS for August.
Moxee Hop Festival: The Pageantry of an American Parade
Everybody loves a parade, right? The color guard, the waving princesses, the bands, the horses, the classic cars, people slinging free candy all over the place — what's not to like?
That's how it is at the Moxee Hop Festival. Has been for decades...
94.5 KATS Playlist — Top Songs for July 2014
Here are the top songs on 94.5 KATS for July.
Yard Sale Delivers 1,314 Pounds of Food for Northwest Harvest
Yakima's Biggest Yard Sale lived up to its name Saturday -- Townsquare Media's annual event drew more than 2,700 to J.M. Perry Technical Institute's parking lot and collected more than half a ton of food donations for Northwest Harvest.
Sheri Bissell, Northwest Harvest's Yakima-based community engagement specialist, reported Tuesday that attendees donated 1,314 pounds of nonperishable items for th
Hammers? Bikinis? Yeah, They Got That at the Yard Sale
Say you need a sledgehammer. Or say you need like, five of them. And it's 7 o'clock on a Saturday morning.
Now what?
Good thing they have yard sales.
And this weekend, it's Yakima's Biggest Yard Sale.
We wandered around the 70-some booths down at Perry Tech and found enough hammers to go around — as well as a bunch of shoes, lamps, stuffed animals, dollhouses, a boat, a box of bikinis and some K