Post by tyrt on Mar 30, 2005 21:29:13 GMT -5
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Morning DJ Dr. Don Rose Dies
Publication date: 2005-03-30
Legendary Bay Area radio DJ Dr. Don Rose has died. He made a name for himself in the early 1970s while hosting the morning drive on KFRC.
Rose passed away in his sleep Tuesday night at his home in the East Bay.
Rolling Stone contributor and music critic Ben Fong Torres said Rose was well produced, zany and high energy.
"I think he was one of the sweetest guys who came onto the radio," he said. "He was a nice guy, and that was really a strange thing to have on morning radio back in the 60s and 70s in San Francisco."
Fong Torres told KCBS Dr. Don found a way to make his style work.
"He was a corny guy and a mainstream guy. He knew that, and he had made it work in other cities, like Atlanta and Philadelphia," he said. "He came to San Francisco with the attitude that 'I know San Francisco is cosmopolitan, sophisticated, liberal and in a way kooky, but there is more to the Bay Area than San Francisco, and I'm going to go after all the listeners,' and he did. He got a lot of them."
Dr. Don was so dedicated to his job and his listeners, that illness did not keep him off the air.
"There was one time when he had an ailment, and he chose to stay on the air," Fong Torres said. "He was such a big force in radio that the station accommodated him and set up broadcast equipment in his hospital, right by his bedside, and he went on there."
Dr. Don broadcast on Bay Area radio from 1973 to 1989 on KFRC, KKIS and KIOI.
He retired because of health problems, but he remained in the Bay Area with his family.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years.
Morning DJ Dr. Don Rose Dies
Publication date: 2005-03-30
Legendary Bay Area radio DJ Dr. Don Rose has died. He made a name for himself in the early 1970s while hosting the morning drive on KFRC.
Rose passed away in his sleep Tuesday night at his home in the East Bay.
Rolling Stone contributor and music critic Ben Fong Torres said Rose was well produced, zany and high energy.
"I think he was one of the sweetest guys who came onto the radio," he said. "He was a nice guy, and that was really a strange thing to have on morning radio back in the 60s and 70s in San Francisco."
Fong Torres told KCBS Dr. Don found a way to make his style work.
"He was a corny guy and a mainstream guy. He knew that, and he had made it work in other cities, like Atlanta and Philadelphia," he said. "He came to San Francisco with the attitude that 'I know San Francisco is cosmopolitan, sophisticated, liberal and in a way kooky, but there is more to the Bay Area than San Francisco, and I'm going to go after all the listeners,' and he did. He got a lot of them."
Dr. Don was so dedicated to his job and his listeners, that illness did not keep him off the air.
"There was one time when he had an ailment, and he chose to stay on the air," Fong Torres said. "He was such a big force in radio that the station accommodated him and set up broadcast equipment in his hospital, right by his bedside, and he went on there."
Dr. Don broadcast on Bay Area radio from 1973 to 1989 on KFRC, KKIS and KIOI.
He retired because of health problems, but he remained in the Bay Area with his family.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years.