User:Wikip rhyre/Dick Pike

Dick Pike was a disc jockey and general manager who turned WNOP-AM (740) into an eccentric and quirky station loved by local jazz devotees and artists.

Career
Pike worked most of his career at WNOP, a jazz station with studios in Newport, KY for most of its lifetime. When Pike returned as GM, he instituted the Jazz format with his personal record collection.

Death
Dick Pike died Aug. 16, 2003 at Woodcrest Manor Care Center in Elsmere.