Bill Drake, the legendary radio programmer who revamped Top 40 radio in the 1960s and helped launch highly successful “93/KHJ Boss Radio” in Los Angeles, has died. He was 71. Drake died of lung cancer ...

Bill Drake, 71, a programmer who revamped Top 40 radio in the 1960s and became one of the most powerful men in the industry, died Nov. 29 at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in Canoga Park, ...

Some longtime radio listeners trace the decline in personality on music radio to a man named Bill Drake, who died Saturday at the age of 71. Working for RKO in the mid-1960s, Drake developed a “less ...

Bill Drakes “Boss Radio" format turned KHJ-AM into Los Angeles top station in the 1960s and had similar success nationwide. He slashed commercial time, picked deejays with strong personalities, aired ...