Emperor Rosko

Whether you know him as Le Président or Boscoe or even Michael Joseph Pasternak. For the last six decades, Emperor Rosko has brought spontaneous energy to radio station across the globe. From beginning his life in the United States - he went onto achieve a career on stations from Radio Caroline, Radio Luxembourg, Radio Monte-Carlo and achieved National stardom on BBC Radio 1. 

In the first episode of this final series, Rosko sits down with Luke to talk about his life on the radio, from developing the bug whilst his Dad was producing films, to joining radio station in the American forces. Before acquiring his licence to work on radio stations, broadcasting in French on Radio Monte Carlo and Radio Luxembourg and getting fired for playing Dancing in the Street during the Student riots. Joining Radio Caroline and how Derek Chinnery recommended him for Radio 1. Becoming a national name with the station and why after nearly 10 years he decided to head back to the states.

You can find out more about Rosko by visiting his website here: https://www.emperorrosko.net/

Also you can hear airchecks and shows of Rosko on both Radio Rewind, a site dedicated to Radio 1 material: https://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/rosko_page.htm

And the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: https://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsq2r.htm

Plus a collection of Airchecks at Aircheck Downloads: https://aircheckdownloads.com/audio-search?term=rosko&sort_bef_combine=relevance_DESC