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Former radio talk show host Kirby Wilbur is the new chairman of the Washington State Republican Party. Members of the party’s state committee and the party’s county chairmen elected Wilbur at a meeting in Tukwila today, effectively unseating former Chairman Luke Esser. Wilbur collected 69 votes, while Esser, who had led the party since January 2007, received 36, said Peter Graves, the party’s political director. Bill Rennie of Puyallup received seven votes. “The state party spoke today and said they want a new direction for the state party. They said they appreciated Luke Esser’s service,” Graves said in an interview....

Kirby Wilbur was a mainstay on Seattle radio, and one of the leaders of the conservative movement on radio in Seattle. Following his show, Wilbur was brought in to the office and given the news. As for a replacement, Radio-Info has been told by a KVI-AM (570) staffer that “We're still working on that.”

Kirby Wilbur announced on his show this morning that Ann Coulter is going to be a regular guest on Thursdays at 8:00AM each week. That's KVI Talk 570AM in the Seattle area.

Despite new management assertions to the contrary, two KVI/Seattle talk show hosts believe a July court ruling now prevents them from discussing a key November statewide ballot initiative on the airwaves. In a stunning decision, a Thurston County, Washington judge forced organizers of Initiative 912 to report, as in-kind campaign contributions, favorable comments made by KVI hosts Kirby Wilbur and John Carlson. Backers of I-912, which seeks to repeal a statewide gas tax hike, were required to place a dollar value on talk radio's supportive statements....(snip) ....Despite the August sackings of its key participants, one of sports talk's most peculiar...

Free speech under siege: The case of Kirby Wilbur Larry P. Arnn September 3, 2005 Kirby Wilbur is a popular radio talk show host in Seattle. He is funny, intelligent, savvy, and—it must be admitted—sassy. I have been on his show twice, and he has been out to our campus in Michigan to talk to our students. I happen to agree with him on most things, but I venture that any fair person speaking with him would think him interesting and engaging, if also perhaps frustrating to oppose. But these are not the important things about Kirby Wilbur just now....

Kirby Wilbur is a popular radio talk show host in Seattle. He is funny, intelligent, savvy, and—it must be admitted—sassy. I have been on his show twice, and he has been out to our campus in Michigan to talk to our students. I happen to agree with him on most things, but I venture that any fair person speaking with him would think him interesting and engaging, if also perhaps frustrating to oppose. But these are not the important things about Kirby Wilbur just now. The important thing about him just now is that he is an ordinary American. He...

KVI 570 Seattle talkshow hosts Kirby Wilbur and John Carlson will be appearing on the Fox News show Hannity and Colmes tonight to talk about the Pro-War/Pro-Troops television commercial that has been produced by KVI and paid for by its listeners (over $100,000 collected to pay for TV time).