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Dr. Don Rose
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1934 - 2005
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| "Doctor" - Don Rose - was one of the brightest stars of the the nation's radio business throughout the 60's - 80's. Full of energy and endless wit, he was the number one rated air personality everywhere he went: ie. Atlanta, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Don retired in 1987 and passed away on March 30, 2005 from complications of pneumonia. His entertaining wit lives on. Proof below.... | ||
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| In August, 1986, after being the dominant Top 40 radio station in Northern California for two decades, KFRC, The Big 610 changed formats. This is raw video from the final Top 40 show on KFRC for morning star Dr. Don Rose. George Zema is Dr. Don's engineer. | ||
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| In his retirement, Dr. Don Rose continued to work for San Francisco charities and non-profits - often promoting them with appearances such as the the one above. Don is interviewed by Ross McGowan on Oakland's independent TV station, channel 2. He and Ross talk briefly about his decades as the top San Francisco morning personality on KFRC.
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| Paul Drew was a programming executive who headed up the program operations for RKO General in major markets. Drew's career was co-mingled with Don Rose's on a number of occasions both as a cohort and as a competitor - a situation which made for interesting stories about the radio business and about the legendary "Doctor" Don Rose. The following video with Paul Drew was captured by Bob Todd (Thurgaland) and Bob Whitney near Atlanta in 2001. | ||
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| Kent Burkhart hired young Don Rose from Deluth, MN, giving him his first major market oportunity in Atlanta, GA. Since the mid fifties when Kent was part of the legendary launch of Top forty radio at Todd Storz' KOWH, Omaha, he had programmed Storz' WQAM, Miami, and later managed WQXI. Facing major challenges in Atlanta, Kent found and mentored talented major market newcomers - and built a winning team - not the least of which was Dr. Don Rose. Kent's memories of his days with Dr. Don are extremely interesting and quite entertaining. | ||
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