Bob Barry

Bob Barry
Inducted: 2001

A legendary rock-n-roll disc jockey, Barry enjoyed a near 30-year career on Milwaukee's radio dial at WOKY-AM, WEMP-AM, WISN-AM and WZTR-FM. During the mid-1960's when the Beatles dominated rock-n-roll and he was the dominant rock-n-roll DJ in Milwaukee at WOKY, he became known as "Beatle Bob" after he was featured prominently with the Beatles during their only appearance in Milwaukee and he introduced them to a star crazed crowd. He began his career at WTKM radio in Hartford in 1957, moved to the Milwaukee radio scene in the 1960's, enjoying such popularity that at one time he competed against himself, hosing his rock-n-roll show on WOKY and the WITI-TV Evening Movie in the same time periods. He retired from broadcasting in 1992. During his career he received numerous industry awards, chief among them designations from Billboard magazine as Top 40 Air Personality of the Year and International Personality of the Year in 1975.