[BC] It's a sad day for radio...

[JIM GRAHAM]

Gene Chenault, half of the programming team Drake/Chenault has died at age 90.
>Bill Drake died four months ago-which means that both of the greatest top 40
 
Glen Kippel said, "They were real innovators -- the like of which we hardly ever see any more."
 
That is so true.  Changing the "positioning statement" is about as far as it goes these days.
 
Jim Graham
jgprods at bellsouth.net

From: Glen Kippel <glen.kippel at gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Dana Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
>Gene Chenault, half of the programming team Drake/Chenault has died at age 90.
>Bill Drake died four months ago-which means that both of the greatest top 40
>programmers (heck, programmers PERIOD!) radio will ever know are dead.

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Wow, that is sad news.  They were real innovators -- the like of which we hardly ever see any more.  RIP.