William Roscoe Mercer (1927–2000), also known as Rosko, was an American announcer, commercial voice over specialist and disc jockey (DJ). He is best known for his stints on New York's WOR-FM and WNEW-FM in the late 1960s and 1970s.

2000年8月6日 · William Roscoe Mercer, known for decades to New York radio listeners simply as Rosko, died on Tuesday. He was 73 and lived in New York. The cause was cancer, according to his daughter Valerie...

2016年5月25日 · William Roscoe Mercer was born on May 25, 1927, in New York City. After first working as a government clerk and a men’s-room attendant, he began his radio career as a jazz disc jockey at WHAT in Chester, PA. Later he was a DJ at WDAS in Philadelphia and then to WBLS in New York.

The late, great Bill "Rosko" Mercer on "chasing rabbits" after playing White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane on WNEW-FM New York, November 13, 1967

2021年6月21日 · Rosko Mercer was one of the first popular radio personalities on FM radio, initially with WOR and then WNEW in New York City. in 1967, freeform FM or underground radio had a growing audience and was replacing top-40 AM stations. FM had fewer commercials and distinctive DJs, like Rosko.

2024年3月10日 · “Want to take a mind excursion? How ‘bout a little diversion? The hippest of all trips. The return to reality. Well, join me.” With that introduction, William Mercer, or Rosko to free-form ...

Rosko announces that he's leaving WNEW-FM. Rosko decided that life in France might be better than the U.S. so he moved there, but didn't stay very long and would return a few years later on WQIV 104.3.

William Roscoe Mercer, known for decades to New York radio listeners simply as Rosko, died on Tuesday (August 1, 2000). He was 73 and lived in New York. The cause was cancer, according to his daughter Valerie J. Mercer. Mercer was the first black news announcer on WINS in New York and, as Rosko, the first black disc jockey on KBLA in Los Angeles.

I’m listening to Rosko, who had emerged over 1966 as one of the most admired and unique radio personalities on the new FM scene. He had been part of NY’s first progressive rock station – WOR-FM – and I invited him to speak to the students on-campus.

2013年1月26日 · Rosko left WNEW-FM in March of 1971, when he moved to France. He continued doing American radio via syndication, with a show that was virtually identical to his WNEW-FM show, except that there were no mentions of the …