Bob Perkins, a legend of jazz radio at WRTI and beyond, dies at 91

[rostasi]

Perkins

[felser]

R.I.P.  WRTI (Temple University) is local to us, so spent hundreds of hours listening to him.

[tranemonk]

Jazz legends extend to non-musicians like him... I have three jazz stations programmed into my phone, WRTI, WBGO and KCSM. All mean a ton to me. RIP Mr. Perkins.

[felser]

1 hour ago, tranemonk said:

Jazz legends extend to non-musicians like him... I have three jazz stations programmed into my phone, WRTI, WBGO and KCSM. All mean a ton to me. RIP Mr. Perkins.

Wish you could have experienced the 1970's-1990's golden age of WRTI, when it was 24-hour jazz, had the revolutionary "Freedom Sounds" format playing the great music, and then later had great on-air personalities like Harrison Ridley Jr. ("Alrighty, yes indeedy") and Kim Berry playing serious jazz.  The past 25 years, where they split the programming between jazz and classical, and sought for a more "popular" mix of jazz, have actually been a pretty big disappointment to me, and I seldom listened in, though my wife still continues to often tune in while cooking dinner.