… How do you come in on a successful program and say ‘we can make it successful’? …
When RKO gave a consulting contract to Drake-Chenault in 1967, it included one of the first progressive-rock (or underground) stations in the country, WOR-FM.
Rosko (Bill Mercer) resigned in an on-the-air protest. An aircheck of his resignation exists elsewhere on this site. Rosko died of cancer on August 1, 2000.
Several days after his resignation from WOR-FM, Rosko was interviewed by Pete Fornatale at his college radio station WFUV-FM (Fordham University). Pete later became a fixture at WNEW-FM. As of 2001, he had a Saturday evening show on public radio station WFUV, where he was followed by Vin Scelsa.
Pete Fornatale passed away at the age of 66 on April 26, 2012.