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Sports with Art Thiel

The sudden retirement of Seahawk Luke Willson leaves void on and off the field

By Kevin Kniestedt

Published August 27, 2021 at 5:30 AM PDT

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Seattle Seahawks tight end Luke Willson jogs on the field during training camp on Aug. 24, 2020, in Renton.

The Seahawks have their third and final preseason game Saturday night against the San Diego Chargers at Lumen Field. But as we hear in a conversation with KNKX’s Kevin Kniestedt and sports commentator Art Thiel, there was a surprising personnel development this week.

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Kevin Kniestedt

Kevin began his career at KNKX in 2003, where his first responsibility was to eradicate the KNKX Jazz Library from all Smooth Jazz CD’s. Since then there is not much at KNKX he hasn’t done. Kevin has worked as a full time jazz host, news host, and has hosted, at least once, almost every single program on KNKX. Kevin currently produces 88.5's weekly show Sound Effect. Kevin has conducted or produced hundreds of interviews, has won local and national awards for newscasts and commentary, and helped make the KNKX Grocery Tote famous.

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