14 Facts About Emperor Rosko

Emperor Rosko was influenced in his career choice by Los Angeles disc jockeys Lord Tim Hudson at KFWB and Wolfman Jack at XERB the Mighty 1090.

Emperor Rosko then moved to Europe and hosted sponsored programmes in France and Andorra.

Emperor Rosko joined Radio Caroline, a pirate radio station broadcasting from a ship off the coast of Britain, in April 1966.

Emperor Rosko was often joined on air by his mynah bird Alfie.

In January 2023, it was announced that Emperor Rosko was to re-join Radio Caroline.

Emperor Rosko moved to the UK in 1968 and from 1970 presented Radio 1's Friday Roundtable, in which new records were reviewed by a panel of guests.

Emperor Rosko stayed with Radio 1 until September 1976, when he left for America to rejoin his father, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease.

When Emperor Rosko returned to Europe, he was heard via recorded shows on Radio Luxembourg.

From October 2001, Emperor Rosko was heard on the now defunct Classic Gold Digital, and REM.

Emperor Rosko ran his own soul station "Rosko Radio" for Internet broadcaster Live365, which aired its final broadcasts in December 2007.

On 11 April 2009, Emperor Rosko presented a three-hour show within a BBC-sponsored commemorative broadcast from the lightship LV18 berthed at Harwich.

Since then, Emperor Rosko has been heard regularly on the internet broadcaster Big L International.

In 2018, Emperor Rosko joined the line-up for the new United DJs DAB and online radio station.

Emperor Rosko was the inspiration for the Philip Seymour Hoffman character "The Count" in the comedy film The Boat That Rocked, known as Pirate Radio in the United States.