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journalist, interviewed Rofe for their newspaper, "Stan Rofe has achieved his notoriety by being outspoken, honest, occasionally bitchy emotionally erratic, and a top disc jockey, intensely involved in the pop world." Rofe also guested on TV music programs,
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Rofe moved to 3KZ in 1955. He took up an afternoon trial slot combining popular music with listener's requests; he presented "Call up KZ", which required listeners to identify recordings. Phil Gibbs, 3KZ's program manager, had Rofe call night
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and branded their single, "Anthem", as a "joke" – he wagered with Brett that it would not reach 3UZ's top 10, and lost. The group responded with a re-written version of "God Save the Queen" as "Anthem for Stan". His last column for
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issued a single, "When Stan Was the Man", in homage "I grew up listening to on 3KZ... was the best disc jockey in
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who set the trend in the 1940s. To rehearse being Banks, Rofe would use kitchen pots for reverberation effects; these rehearsals occurred for years as his mother encouraged his aspiration for a radio career.
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for eight years, then moved to 3UZ, before returning to 3XY as music director in the 1970s. Rofe became a gossip news columnist and adviser for teenage popular music newspaper,
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