Bill Drake Has Passed Away

[Mark Watson]

  It's been posted on Radio-Info.com that Bill Drake passed away Saturday in 
California at age 71. Drake's best known for his Top 40 format that he put 
on the air at KHJ and later on WRKO and other RKO General stations. He also 
teamed up with Gene Chenault to create Drake-Chenault, which produced 
jungles, automated radio formats and "The History of Rock & Roll" 48 hour 
special that first aired in 1969, and still airs occasionally on WODS and 
other stations.

  I was unable to find an obit on line, but found this entry on Wikipedia, 
updated to reflect his passing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Drake

Mark Watson


Mark Watson