Paul Linnman is a radio personality on KEX 1190 AM

KEX (AM)

KEX is a class A clear channel AM radio station broadcasting from Portland, Oregon. As of 2005 it is owned by Clear Channel Communications and runs news/talk programming. Because KEX is a Class A station, KEX reaches most of the densely populated areas of Oregon, providing grade B coverage as far...

 radio in Portland, Oregon. He worked for nearly 30 years as a television news reporter and anchor for KATU

KATU

KATU, virtual channel 2, also known as K2, is an ABC-affiliated television station broadcasting on digital channel 43 in Portland, Oregon, USA. It has been owned by Fisher Communications of Seattle, Washington, which has been the owner of the Seattle's ABC affiliate KOMO-TV, ever since it began...

 and KGW

KGW

KGW is an NBC affiliate television station serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 8, from its transmitter in Portland. It also produces segments and serves as the Portland bureau for Northwest Cable News , which is also owned by...

. He is perhaps best known for his report on the attempt by the Oregon Highway Division

Oregon Department of Transportation

The Oregon Department of Transportation is a department of the state government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for systems of transportation. It was first established in 1969. It had been preceded by the Oregon State Highway Department which, along with the Oregon State Highway...

 to dispose of a dead, beached whale

Whale

Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...

 by exploding it

Exploding whale

The term exploding whale most often refers to an event at Florence, Oregon, in 1970, when a dead sperm whale was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh over away...

 (beaches open to motor vehicles are considered state highways in Oregon).

Published works

• Oregon golf : the Oregon coast, southern Oregon, Portland & environs, central Oregon Portland, Oregon: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN 1-55868-474-3
• The Exploding Whale: And Other Remarkable Stories from the Evening News (with Doug Brazil) Portland, Oregon: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2003. ISBN 1-55868-743-2

External links

• Paul Linnman's Bio (1190kex.com)
• Paul Linnman reporting from an ODOT-maintained beach in the above-mentioned exploding whale
  Exploding whale
  The term exploding whale most often refers to an event at Florence, Oregon, in 1970, when a dead sperm whale was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh over away...
  
  incident.