WOR-FM 98.7 New York - Rosko Quits Job LIVE On Air - Oct 2 1967
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- WOR-FM 98.7 New York - Rosko Quits Job live On Air - Oct 2 1967. WOR-FM was about to shift it's freeform rock format, to do the tightly formatted Drake format, & Rosko was not happy about it!
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I was listening to him when he did this, and I followed him to WNEW-FM along with Scott Muni and Jonathan Schwartz. Never stopped until leaving NYC in ‘89 and loved all the DJ’s there. Everyone had their own personality and tastes, and that was part of what made the station great. So grateful to be there while it was the best. I still miss it.
A man of integrity and a great radio personality. I miss the good old days.
Wow, what a non-conformist; I am impressed. He's on my short list of my most influencial and favorite DJs.Respect 👏👏👏
God Bless You too,Rosko. You were a tremendous communicator, much more than a DJ. R.I.P. Brother!
WOR Fm 98.7 the first Rock station in the United States 🇺🇸
Beautiful for those who were of the era. Rosko was amazing. "If it means being a men's room attendant again."
This goes down as one of the classiest on-air resignations in radio history.
Rosko was 40 years old here. No ageism in rock and roll at WOR-FM and WNEW-FM!
Rosko is correct.
Switching to a different administration sometimes provoke issues like this.
Well done Rosko.
That's a shame , Rosko gave it his all .
Rosko was one of a kind!
Unfortunately, WOR-FM was all about getting more listeners and making the "Big Town Sound" station into a cash cow. Everything cost money.
@@EllisFeaster Wow, yes, this man was one of a kind.
"No way! Consultants killed a good radio format? No. Way." On a serious note, "consultants" (in a generic, group sense) were (are) responsible for the destruction and collapse of ALL of the memorable, classic radio formats. It's really sad to hear these broadcasts and then realize that these were the defining days of the medium. Unless you experienced it, it's hard to understand the impact radio had before the internet. 60s and 70s radio was the equivalent of 80s and 90s MTV. If you want to hear what "consultants" think is good radio, go find clips of the old Opie and Anthony show and their "Jocktober" segments. They destroy the asinine, consultant driven radio shows and prove just how boring, lame, and cliched today's radio is.
You couldn't be more wrong. You clearly don't know much about the true history of FM radio.
Presumably radio consultants can do no wrong ?😆
Hey Ellis do you have any WLIR airchecks from the 60's or early 70's
None from the 60s or early 70s. I have one or 2 from the early 80s, when I did a college internship there. I'll post those soon.
What did Rosko do right after leaving 'OR-FM?
He went over to NEW-FM. He eventually went over to Disco 92KTU.
@@EllisFeaster He apparently quit on the air over there as well (KTU, I'm talking about). I don't suppose you have a recording of that?
@@christophercruz8359 No! I never heard about him quitting on air at 92KTU!
I remember it well.
Shortly thereafter Rosko switched to WNEW-FM 102.7 New York.
Which took the format to another level for years.
RIP WNEW
So the "Freeform Rock" format only lasted 15 months, which was June 30, 1966 to October 1967, right?
Yep! The the folks from Drake showed up!
Ellis, these WOR-FM clips are interesting. I always thought that KMPX here in San Francisco was the first freeform station in the country, (April 67), but it looks like WOR-FM beat them to the punch. Maybe my dates are off?
I don't know if OR-FM was the first, but the were early to the game.
I wonder why "the powers that be" decided to switch the format at WOR-FM from Freeform to Top 40.
Christopher Howell Because the freeform ratings were only so-so, and they wanted to get better ratings, attract more listeners to make more money.
And Billy "Rosko" Mercer wasn't buying it as an excuse, right?
Christopher Howell He thought they were doing something special, and wanted it to continue. Shortly after this, he continued to do his thing at NEW-FM.
Well... "specialty" didn't get more listeners or more money at all. In the radio business, EVERYTHING costs money. To make money, you need on-air time for ads, commercial sponsors, and music that people want to listen to in the interest of the public.
I guess Rosko was just too stubborn for change.
C O N T R O L
Yeah, ol' Drakey boy was about to make WOR-FM another Boss "cookie cutter." WOR-AM was established in the New York market with such institutions as "Rambling With Gambling," and RKO, to their great credit, wouldn't let Drake touch it. So he got WOR-FM to play with. Rosko decided he was having none of that and walked out. No "Gospel According to Drake" for him. That took balls.
WOR-AM could've been "The Big Seven-Ten, WOR". My customized jingle.
Same old story: Idiot consultants screw up a great station.
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Why?