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  1. Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue (May 21, 1928 – April 28, 1975), was an American rock and roll radio disc jockey, record producer and concert promoter.

  2. Tom Donahue ignited a radio revolution. Donahue is called is the “Father of Progressive Radio,” and for good reason; he played music from different generations with his own opinions sprinkled throughout the set. His authoritative yet contrarian persona was beloved by San Francisco listeners.

  3. As a Top 40 deejay in Philadelphia and San Francisco, “Big Daddy” Tom Donahue opened his show with a self-spoofing line: “I’m here to clean up your face and mess up your mind.” But it was on the FM band in the late 1960s and ’70s that Donahue changed the face—and sound—of radio.

  4. Feb 26, 2014 · DJ and freeform radio pioneer, Tom Donahue didn’t invent the concept of Freeform Radio, but he certainly put his stamp on it..read his story….

  5. Today on the Rock & Roll is a State of Mind blog we celebrate the late great Big Daddy Tom Donahue (May 21, 1928 – April 28, 1975), who was a renowned American rock and roll radio disc jockey, record producer and concert promoter.

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  6. Aug 3, 2014 · At 8 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 1967, Tom Donahue cracked open the microphone in the KMPX studio at 50 Green Street in San Francisco, firing a figurative shot that would echo across the radio landscape forever. Tom Donahue, immortalized in 1968 by the revered rock photographer Jim Marshall.

  7. Sep 26, 2023 · Tom Donahue is set to host his final morning show on Big WECK (WECK-AM) this Friday, September 29th, marking the end of an illustrious 55-year career in Buffalo radio. Donahue has been...