Brian Beirne (born November 7, 1946 in

San Mateo, California San Mateo ( ; ) is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula. About 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco, the city borders Burlingame to the north, Hillsborough to the west, San Francisco Bay and Foster C ...

) is a DJ who had a decades-long tenure at KRTH-FM aka K-EARTH 101 in

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ...

. He lived in West Salem, Oregon starting in 1957, and graduated from

South Salem High School South Salem High School is a public high school in Salem, Oregon. It was built in 1954 as the second public high school in the city. After South Salem opened, the former Salem High School was renamed North Salem High School. History South Salem ...

in 1964. He is known as "Mr. Rock N' Roll", which is his registered trademark, and is considered one of the foremost historians on

rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...

. Beirne's Los Angeles career lasted almost three decades, representing the longest continuous stint in FM radio history. Beirne was the voice of K-EARTH 101 during the

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days and reached legendary status as a top-rating midday personality in the

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market for 27 years - a record-setting achievement in FM radio. His radio career, spanning 40 years, also included stints in San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, and Sacramento, among others. On January 18, 1991, Beirne was honored with a star on the

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. Beirne retired from KRTH-FM on December 15, 2004. He has continued to host and produce rock and roll shows around the country.

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1946 births Living people American radio DJs Radio personalities from Los Angeles People from San Mateo, California People from Salem, Oregon {{US-radio-bio-stub