Bob Dyer 1998 |
For a whole generation of Michigan baby boomers, Bob Dyer was a
cultural icon.
Dyer, a WKNX-AM Saginaw, disc jockey, was one of the first
in the country to introduce The Beatles to the airwaves. And with Dick Fabian,
he brought the music home, hosting dances throughout the region with performers
including Simon and Garfunkel.
Dyer, who with Fabian was named in June 2013 to the Michigan
Rock and Roll Legends’ Hall of Fame, died Sunday morning, according to mlive.com.
He was 85.
He was 85.
“Bob was very special to me,” said Fabian, who came to WKNX
from Lansing
because he loved the Beatles. “He welcomed me in, and we became instant
friends. We were more than business partners; we had a lot of respect for each
other.”
Born in Toledo , Ohio , Dyer came to Saginaw
in 1950, back when Little Jimmy Dickens’ Down Home Boys was the house band in
the second-floor WKNX studios.
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