Brian Beirne (born November 7, 1946, in
San Mateo, California
San Mateo ( ) is the most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It is part of the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan region, and is located about south of San Francisco. San Mateo border ...
) is an American radio
disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music fes ...
who had a decades-long tenure at KRTH-FM aka
K-EARTH 101 in
Southern California
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. He lived in
West Salem, Oregon starting in 1957, and graduated from
South Salem High School
South Salem High School (SSHS) is a public high school in Salem, Oregon. It was built in 1954 as the second public high school in the city. After South Salem opened, the former Salem High School was renamed North Salem High School.
History
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in 1964.
He is known as "Mr. Rock N' Roll", which is his registered trademark, and is considered one of the foremost historians on
rock music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdo ...
.
Beirne's Los Angeles career lasted almost three decades, representing the longest continuous stint in FM radio history.
Beirne was the voice of K-EARTH 101 during the
RKO
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days and reached legendary status as a top-rating midday personality in the
Los Angeles
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market for 27 years - a record-setting achievement in
FM radio. His radio career, spanning 40 years, also included stints in San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, and Sacramento, among others. On January 18, 1991, Beirne was honored with a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
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.
Beirne retired from KRTH-FM on December 15, 2004. He has continued to host and produce rock and roll shows around the country.
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References
External links
LegendaryShows.comtop40-charts.com article
1946 births
Living people
American radio DJs
Radio personalities from Los Angeles
People from San Mateo, California
People from Salem, Oregon
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