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Posted: Sunday, 04 October 2009 11:42AM
'Rock n Roll' Radio Legend Jim Nettleton Dies at 69
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by KYW’s David Madden
Cancer has claimed the life of longtime Philadelphia radio personality Jim Nettleton at the age of 69. Here is a look back at the career of one of the original “Boss Jocks” of the glory days of rock 'n' roll radio in Philadelphia.
Mixing personality in with more music put Nettleton’s WFIL team over Wibbage in one of the greatest radio faceoffs ever.
There was Hartford, New York, and Tampa, but it’s his Philadelphia work for which Nettleton will be best remembered. It included stints at WOGL and WPEN, although his first stop was his fondest, as he recalled at a reunion three years ago:
“It was the best experience of my radio life; worked with, probably, the most talented group of people that I think ever had gotten together in one spot.”
Ironically, his last on-air gig was down the shore -- a recorded morning show for a re-created “Wibbage.”
A memorial service for Nettleton was set for Friday evening, October 9th, at the Alloway Funeral Home, 315 East Maple Avenue in Merchantville, NJ, from 6 to 8pm.
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