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Bill Drake 'Boss Radio' Inventor Spread Less-Talk Format Across Country
Source:
Michael Ricci
Bill Drakes “Boss Radio" format turned KHJ-AM into Los Angeles top station in the 1960s and had similar success nationwide. He slashed commercial time, picked deejays with strong personalities, aired songs during competing stations news breaks and made sure the hits would keep on coming.
Bill Drake, the legendary radio programmer who revamped Top 40 radio in the 1960s and helped launch highly successful “93/KHJ Boss Radio" in Los Angeles, has died. He was 71. Drake died of lung cancer ...
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