Posted on 01/31/2013 8:24:36 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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Lee Rodgers was great. RIP.
That is a very nice tribute.
Along with Rush...
HE WAS THE GREATEST...!!!
I freaking LOVED that guy! A genius! He’d start his show-prep for his 5 am start from MIDNIGHT.
A workhorse, and extremely funny..!! Only Rush is on his level.
I’ve heard them all, and this guy WAS TOTALLY AMAZING..!!!
He’d respond to my email on a regular basis, too. GREAT GUY!!!
Very sad. :(
He and Mel -AMAZING TEAM....! (his replacement is a complete duffs)
Just damn. He was great.
A shame. Rest in Peace.
RIP Lee Rodgers.
He grew up poor as hell in Tennesee, and he was a pilot. A world traveler...
He was cantankerous but funny, and when he did any interview he knew the guests background cold and his book solidly —none of that Larry King, “I didn’t read your book..”-b.s.
Just sharp as a whip, that guy. Very, very principled.
He was the salt, and Mel was the sugar —an amazing team.
Lee was terrific, RIP Lee
I used to wake up to Lee and Melanie when they were on KSFO. They were great. May he rest in peace.
When they let him go, I tried to find him his next gig —only now can I see the full picture, and why he might have suddenly gone, back then.
When he quit, I stopped listening to morning drive —it was never the same without him.
I’m SO SORRY to hear this. I just forwarded to a bunch of people.
RIP Uncle Ree!
There are few radio personalities in his league.. and even fewer worth listening to since he left the air.
I can hear him now, joking about his travels. He is and will be missed.
He was the greatest. KGO went downhill after he was no longer there. A man of substance. He was a no nonsense interviewer.
Not KGO—KSFO!!!!!!!!!!
He was a real A-Hole-but I loved him.
One of the more odd interviews... The infamous Turkey Tugger interview...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO19VncInYo
Wow! That is a real loss. He was one of the last who was a true journalist. He obviously prepared for every interview, and asked insightful and probing questions of his guests. He didn’t let people slide with B.S. answers.
He was one of the few things I missed leaving California.
God speed Lee Rogers.
A few Lee-isms...
“We are soooooooo screwed.”
“What is wronnnng with you people?”
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