- Pierre Robert
William Pierre Robert (born
August 1 ,1955 ) is a radiodisc jockey who, since 1981, has been a highly popular on-air personality for 93.3FMWMMR in Philadelphia, one of the nation's most recognized rock music stations.He is known as WMMR's most identifiable personality, and is often described as a
hippie by many locals. Robert is also famous for addressing his listeners as "citizens", as well as saying "Great day in the morning!".Robert also holds significant stature in the American rock music industry, where he is held in high esteem by many rock musicians and groups, many of whom have granted Robert rare interviews and appeared in person on his program.
Radio career
Pierre Robert (pronounced "row-BEAR") began his radio career at 94.9
KSAN-FM , one of the country's first progressive rock stations, in his hometown of San Francisco. When KSAN changed its format to an Urban Country & Western style in the early 1980s Robert assumed the on-air name "Will Robertson" for a brief period of time.Not long after, Robert moved to Philadelphia where he joined WMMR.
Robert has had many positions at WMMR, which include mornings, overnights and middays. His current time slot is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. though his program frequently runs longer (an anomaly explained as "Pierre Standard Time.")
Features of his show include the "Coffee Break Music Marathon", "Pierre's Planner" and the Work Force Blocks where he plays 3 to 4 song blocks of a particular artist based on listener requests.
Robert also features the "Vinyl Cut", where he plays a track from one of the many vinyl records in the WMMR archive.
He is also known to play all 18 minutes and 20 seconds of the Arlo Guthrie's "
Alice's Restaurant " multiple times during his annual Thanksgiving day broadcast.Robert has admitted that he does not follow Philadelphia sports. He typically refers to all Philadelphia sports teams as "The Boys in Blue" regardless of the actual team colors.
Throughout the first 25 days of November 2006, WMMR paid tribute to Pierre for his 25 years of service to the station.
External links
* [http://www.wmmr.com WMMR Website]
* [http://www.wherephiladelphia.com/story2.cfm?sid=205 Pierre Robert Interview Article]
* [http://www.citypaper.net/articles/072596/article002.shtml "Philadelphia City Paper" article on Robert from 1996]
* [http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=3116 "Philadelphia Weekly" article on Robert's 20th anniversary with WMMR]
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