Philly Arsians - Pierre Robert has left the building (RIP)

[Lurch2142]

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/316174/radio-remembers-pierre-robert/

Passed at age 70. He was the voice of Philly radio for 40 years. I remember fondly meeting him at a concert at the Spectrum and he was as good hearted as he was on the radio.

Farewell, good citizen.

 

[SuperDave]

Just saw that. I've been listening to MMR for 30 years, and he was a bedrock fixture the whole time.

 

[Oddabe19]

I've been slightly out of MMR's range for 20 years, but was my primary station growing up closer to Philly. I don't remember many DJs, but remember him for sure.

 

[beeblebrox]

I've been slightly out of MMR's range for 20 years, but was my primary station growing up closer to Philly. I don't remember many DJs, but remember him for sure.

Hard same, except remove the "slightly" from that.

 

[GMBigKev]

Aw damn... Been living in DC for so long - haven't heard him in years.

 

[byosys]

I've been well out of range for years now but still streamed his show whenever I got a chance and loved the positivity and the music. I was always worried every few years that he'd retire but this.....this just hurts.

Thanksgiving will also be different this year; I always turned in for Alice's Restaurant.

 

[BitPoet]

Hard same, except remove the "slightly" from that.

Same here. Dude was a legend. Still coming out of retirement on occasion to do the Thanksgiving shift and play Alice's Restaurant.

 

[Stygianwyvern]

I was stationed at the Shipyard from 1985 - 1987. Pierre Robert is one of 4 DJs throughout my life that I can recall. The other 3 were / are Casey Kasom, Wolfman Jack, and Jonathon Brandmeier (WLUP, Chicago).

I recall him doing a 1/10th second part of a song to "name that tune" at 8:10 every morning. (I was good at that. ) And when he announced the new Talking Heads album in '85. And also that Live Aid was going to be at JFK stadium in Philadelphia, even though everyone thought it was going to be at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Baltimore, MD.

The MMRBQs that I went to, later in life, he introduced the starting acts, and many of them were "nobodies" at the time, including Halestorm.

I also recall him announcing on the radio that "volunteers" were needed to film this video, in Exton. (Where the hell is Sanaxx?) I was there.


View: https://youtu.be/zB1Q-PfUvN0?si=0XkNwLkr8XhAtf-1


RIP, Pierre Robert

 

[byosys]

Digging up this thread to check in on all the Good Citizens who turned in from Philly and afar for Pierre Producers presents Thanksgiving. It's certainly now the same but they did a damn good job honoring Pierre IMHO.

Happy Thanksgiving and welcome home.