"Dusty Street, the radio disc jockey who shot to popularity in Southern California while working at KROQ-FM, died Saturday in Eugene, Ore. She was 77.
“We have lost one of our own. Dusty Street has passed away after 77 joyous trips around the sun. And yes, Dusty Street was her real name,” SiriusXM Deep Tracks, Street’s most recent employer, shared Sunday in a Facebook post.
“Dusty was one of the first female rock jocks on the West Coast, working at KMPX and KSAN in San Francisco from 1967 through 1978 before heading to Los Angeles, where she held court in the evenings from 1979 through 1996 on KROQ. ... We are heartbroken, Fly Low Dear Friend and Avoid the Radar.”" LA Times
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“We have lost one of our own. Dusty Street has passed away after 77 joyous trips around the sun. And yes, Dusty Street was her real name,” SiriusXM Deep Tracks, Street’s most recent employer, shared Sunday in a Facebook post.
“Dusty was one of the first female rock jocks on the West Coast, working at KMPX and KSAN in San Francisco from 1967 through 1978 before heading to Los Angeles, where she held court in the evenings from 1979 through 1996 on KROQ. ... We are heartbroken, Fly Low Dear Friend and Avoid the Radar.”" LA Times
Dusty Street, longtime KROQ voice and pioneering female DJ, dies at 77
Radio DJ Dusty Street, who gained fame in Southern California through her long stint as an on-air talent for KROQ, died Saturday at age 77.
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