Bill Drake

Costs Drake (given birth to Philip T. Yarborough) was the most effective radio programmer from the past due ’60s and ’70s. A disk jockey who acquired done displays in Atlanta, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, and Stockton, California, by 1961, he and his firm, Drake-Chenault, continued to consult and generate shows for a lot more than 300 r / c in america. Their syndicated every week displays included the Robert W. Morgan-hosted Best 100 from the Sixties as well as the Golden Years as well as the Golden Many years of Nation: 1956-1970, created and hosted by Bob Kingsley. Their unique programming included an enormous 35-hour radio documentary, THE ANNALS of Rock and roll & Move, hosted by Drake in 1969, and an up to date, 52-hour, edition in the middle-’70s. Starting his disk jockey profession at Atlanta radio train station WAKE in 1961, Drake continuing to spin discs after shifting to California quickly later on; he was employed as an application specialist by Lester Chenault of RKO General’s LA train station, KHJ. Devising a file format, where they increased the amount of information performed each hour and lessen announcers’ chatter, he helped KHJ to be the dominant train station in southern California. When he duplicated his achievement at KGB in NORTH PARK, Drake-Chenault’s potential was cemented. Originally predicated on the top ground of 8399 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Canoga Recreation area, CA, Drake-Chenault was bought from 1986 to Wagontrain Businesses, and relocated to Albuquerque, NM the next summer.