RJ’s Early Broadcast Career

RJ in high school Robin’ best rock singer award

RJ, 14, in his freshman year at Upper Darby High School.
He appeared on Dick Clark’s Bandstand each weekday (left)
Robin with trophy she won from WIBG for best female vocalist
in a rock band (right)


Local celebrities

Local celebrities

RJ from his days at The Groove. Photos from Dorothy Manners’
celebrity gossip column that appeared in the Daily News


XPRS Coverage Billboard artic

The XPRS radio coverage map. The station once carried RJ’s radio
show (left). A copy of a Billboard article on RJ’s TV Dance show. WBTB TV-68
was the first TV station outside the Philadelphia area to syndicate the program


RJ Disco USA and TV 29 ad

Map of cities where RJ’s Disco USA was aired (left)
along with a local ad for the show, which had been seen on WTAF TV-29


Art Museum steps, 1994

RJ covering a news story from the steps of the Philadelphia Art
Museum in 1994. RJ had moved back to Philadelphia and bought several
low-power TV stations, one of which had its transmitter on One Liberty Place
before it was moved to the Mellon Bank Tower. Both buildings are visible
in the background.


Transmitters in San Francisco

Radio and TV transmitters on Mount St. Bruno and Mount Sutro, 500
feet above the rest of San Francisco. When RJ lived there, he would drive up the
mountains to the KTSF TV-26 studios each day to do his TV show


Other Pages
RJ’s Visit with David Cassidy
RJ at the Bandstand Reunion
RJ’s Hollywood Cafe
RJ’s Life in Pictures
The Hollywood Years
RJ and Company
Additional Information
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