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Pierre Robert Passes at 70

Shocked... just shocked... he was the soundtrack for so much of my life.

Thankful for the fact that we had 40+ years of him, somehow, getting to be 100% himself on WMMR. I mean, he was always the ultimate square peg in the round hole of rock radio, but wore that badge proudly on his sleeve and did it his way. Saying it's the end of an era doesn't come close to doing him justice...
 
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I am surprised that there are not more comments here. This news is just horrific and gutting. To anyone who has ever spent time in Philadelphia, Pierre was the soundtrack to our lives. He not only was an expert when it came to rock music, he lived the lifestyle. He exemplified rock in the city. He was that one guy who came of age in the '60s that never had to grow up. He got to do what he loved, and to use the cliche, he never had to work a day in his life.

Pierre also never had to change with the times. He was the one personality who was so larger than life that his bosses - and the listeners - never could make him conform to changes in radio. PPMs did not change him. Like Howard Stern, he never had to conform to set hours. He got to be himself - personality and all - when radio was trying its best to eliminate personality.

It is also cliche, but I will say it. There will never be another like Pierre Robert.
 
I’ve never been an avid WMMR listener however I was listening on the day the Vinyl Cut was born. Pierre was playing a CD that started skipping but instead of just moving on to the next CD, he opened the mic and waxed nostalgic about the good old days of vinyl. He then cued up a record live on the air (swooshing sounds purposefully included) and proceeded with the show. He was quite the master of entertaining his audience.
 
I had the great pleasure of meeting Pierre back in 2018 down in Atlantic City. I was interning at my first radio station (WMGM) and we were broadcasting from radio row at the Hard Rock. He was sat next to us, and I took the chance to introduce myself to him, and take a quick photo. He was incredibly kind and happy to see a young kid trying to get started in radio.
 


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