William (Rosko) Mercer
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William Roscoe Mercer (1927–2000), better known to millions of radio listeners simply as Rosko, was an American
radio stations
that primarily broadcast to white audiences.
His first job for a large
AM
stations.
In the early 1980s, he joined 92.3
disco music
era, for an evening program. He started and ended each show with the greeting "This is Rosko. I sure do love you so."
Mercer died of cancer on August 1, 2000.
References
- ^ "KBLA Hikes Power; Bows New Personnel", Billboard. February 27, 1965. pp. 50, 51. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ Station Breaks", Record World. April 17, 1965. p. 19. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
External links
- [1] Rosko's Obituary in The New York Times
- [2] One-hour aircheck purportedly from WNEW-FM, December 1970 (Airchexx.com)