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

  1. ^ "KBLA Hikes Power; Bows New Personnel", Billboard. February 27, 1965. pp. 50, 51. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  2. ^ 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)