By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr wraps up his last week on the air this week and received a surprise guest Monday morning.
“Congressman Sam Graves is here,” Birr stated when Graves entered the KFEQ studio unannounced and sat down in the guest chair. “Thank you for coming in.”
“Yeah, sure,” Graves replied to the astonished Birr.
“I’m not sure why you’re here, but – you weren’t on my schedule – but I’m sure glad to see you.”
“Well, Barry, so since you’re retiring, I decided to do a Congressional record, read something into the Congressional record in the U.S. House of Representatives, that commemorated your time here at KFEQ and all the work that you’ve done over the years,” with that, Graves presented Birr with an official copy of the remarks he made on the House floor.
Graves said he wanted to honor Birr’s 41 years at KFEQ and nearly 33 as host of the KFEQ Hotline.
“That’s just something to say thank you for the work that you’ve done and everything you’ve done for KFEQ and the whole region,” Graves told Birr.
Birr recently announced his retirement.
Birr came to KFEQ as news director in 1984. He created the KFEQ Hotline in 1992. Birr retires after the Hotline on Friday.
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