About Bob Rogers (DJ)
Robert Barton Rogers OAM (3 December 1926 – 29 May 2024) was an Australian disc jockey and radio broadcaster. He was noted for introducing Top 40 radio programming to Australia in 1958, on 2UE. Before his retirement in October 2020, Rogers presented the six-hour Saturday evening Reminiscing program on Sydney radio station 2CH. He had previously presented The Bob Rogers Show on weekday mornings. His broadcasting career lasted 78 years. == Early life == Rogers was born on 3 December 1926 to British parents and raised in Donald, Victoria. His father had been a junior butcher before becoming a farmer. He used to help his father round up the sheep and catch the lambs before slaughter. == Career == Rogers began his career as a panel operator for 3XY in Melbourne in 1942. Moving onto a Hobart station, he worked six days a week as a radio announcer, including presenting racing on Saturdays. Soon, Rogers was given permission to start a Sunday afternoon music program, playing new records given to him by American sailors. Rogers resigned and started a similar music program on Brisbane's 4BH in 1950.
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