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All these years, he has kept going in the morning. Never have met Dave in person, I still feel as though I\'ve lost a good friend. Be well friend</li><li>I\'m driving with tears in my eyes. Mornings won\'t feel right without hearing David Blake\'s voice.</li><li>Blake and Cohen have been such a perfect pair - voices and personalities complement each other so well. David Blake will be missed</li><li>Mr. Blake you will be sorely missed. The past 30 years I have been listening to WWL in the morning going to work and I enjoyed your conversation although we never spoke. I wish you the best in your future endeavors</li><li>An absolute legend! Farewell david blake you made new orleans proud!</li><li>Thank you, Mr. Blake for all the years of good news. Mornings will never be the same without you. They, literally, don\'t make journalists like you anymore.</li><li>I\'ve woken up to Mr. Blake\'s voice for a long time. He\'s been a staple in my life for as long as I\'ve been an adult. Mornings won\'t be the same. Best wishes in your next adventure! You are irreplaceable....</li><li>Thank you for a job well done, Dave! Your voice is/was a comforting constant of my mornings! I hope your next endeavors are fun and fulfilling!</li><li>Thanks to David Blake for all the mornings he woke me up with his calming voice on the radio at 5 a.m. best wishes for his future endeavors.</li><li>Wow congrats Dave. We sure will miss ya. It won\'t be the same without you.</li><li>Mr. Blake is going to missed!!! He can really tell some good stories.</li><li>Congratulations David!!! Appreciate listening to your voice all these years. Enjoy life!</li><li>All the best to David Blake! It has been a pleasure listening!</li><li>Congrats D. You will be Missed.</li><li>We love ya David Blake! Will miss your commentary!</li><li>Farewell D B enjoy and good luck</li><li>Congratulations to you David Blake</li><li>Aww. Best of luck to David Blake. I miss him when he\'s even just on vacation.\xa0</li><li>Wait a minute no more whoooo\'s</li><li>Noooooo!!!! Don\'t leave DB!!!</li><li>The Ed Mcmahon of our generation</li><li>Mr. Blake in a world full of opinionated journalism thank you for a career based on professional journalism with an incredible touch of humanity</li><li>If Blake is doing this to run from the mob they will find him and take out his knees again so good luck</li><li>David Blake, the original social media</li><li>Thank you Mr. news man, David Blake. Wishing you the best of luck in the Future! Enjoy your next segment</li><li>Good luck David - enjoy!! Our loss.</li><li>Gonna miss David B</li><li>David blake..... a new orleans monument</li><li>Will David start sleeping a LITTLE LATER?!?</li><li>Keep rockin on Dave, Thanks for all the years</li><li>Congratulations David Blake</li><li>You will be missed please come back and visit on a radio with us</li><li>Love ya Blake from Tx.!</li><li>What a sweet man! So sad not to hear his lovely voice wake me up every morning! Best wishes to you, sir!!</li><li>Good luck sir thanks for all you have done and shared with us</li><li>GODSPEED David Blake</li><li>Congratulations David you will be missed by so many</li><li>wooooo!!!</li><li>Hold on a damn minute. I just turned the radio on. What the heck?</li><li>David it\'s been a pleasure having you to start my day off. Happy Trails To You.</li><li>Awe David Blake.\xa0</li><li>Congrats David Blake. Won\'t be the same.</li><li>Say it ain\'t so! Thanks for everything, Dave!</li><li>Many blessings Mr.David Blake...Have been listening to u for years.Good Luck...</li><li>David Blake will be missed he was a professional. His delivery and cadence were always pitch perfect. I\'ve listen to you and to David for almost 30 years now and he really will be missed. Happy trails.</li><li>Congrats Dave. GONNA MISS DEM FRIDAY WOOOOO\'S</li><li>Congratulations to David, yep I have been listening to him for awhile.</li><li>We will deeply miss him such a great voice to hear on the radio</li><li>It\'s been a nice 30 years listening to you on WWL. I\'m going to miss you. I started listening to WWL in Nov. 1989. Thanks again. I wish you well.</li><li>Thank You David Blake for Your well done. KUDOS go out to You Chemasabee You\'il be missed!</li><li>David Blake has always been my favorite person on the morning show. I will miss hearing his voice. Best wishes!</li><li>David Blake is rolling out?!? Damn that sucks!</li><li>Man...just heard for the 1st time ... Wow...no more D.B.wish him all the best but DAMN...gonna miss\'em something real</li><li>Always enjoyed David\'s quips and reactions to Tommy\'s questions... funny stuff</li><li>David Blake is A WWL GOAT. I love hearing that guy tell the news. Beg him to stay</li><li>Will miss the Ed McMann of WWL. 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