{"id":260153,"date":"2025-10-30T05:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/260153\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T05:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:19:08","slug":"philadelphia-radio-dj-pierre-robert-wmmr-legend-dead-at-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/260153\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia radio DJ Pierre Robert, WMMR legend, dead at 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime radio DJ Pierre Robert, a staple across the Philadelphia airwaves for almost half a century, has died. He was 70.<\/p>\n<p>Robert, pronounced \u201cRo-Bear\u201d was found dead at his home on Wednesday, according to his station, WMMR\u2019s parent company Beasley Media Group.<\/p>\n<p>No foul play is suspected in his death, but further details were not released.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Robert in the WMMR studio. The longtime Philadelphia disc-jockey died on Oct. 29, 2025. Pierre Robert\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have heavy hearts today,\u201d Beasley Media Group CEO<a href=\"https:\/\/wmmr.com\/2025\/10\/29\/pierre-robert-philadelphia-radio-icon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Caroline Beasley said.<\/a> \u201cPierre\u2019s unwavering love for music and his deep connection with listeners made him one of radio\u2019s most enduring and beloved voices. He will be greatly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert, born William Pierre Robert, was raised in California and got his start as a radio DJ on San Francisco\u2019s KSAN rock station before heading east.<\/p>\n<p>His legendary career with WMMR spanned over 44 years, beginning in 1981 and became a constant voice for listeners in southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Delaware and parts of Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPierre Robert Show\u201d broadcast daily from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays with his famous welcome, \u201cGreetings, Citizens.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He covered all things rock \u2018n\u2019 roll from the classics to local talent.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Robert and Jon Bon Jovi before a concert. Jon BonJovi\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Robert shared a photo of himself on Instagram on Oct. 26, 2025. Pierre Robert\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>In one of his final Instagram posts on Sunday, Robert shared a photo of himself reading a book and drinking a coffee on a park bench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSunday afternoon in Philly in my beloved Rittenhouse Square, with a great book, a cup of La Colombe, watching the world lazily drift by\u2026 pretty close to perfection!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pierrerobert933\/p\/DQSaIH6Dsir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fellow disc jockeys Preston Elliot and Steve Morrison, who opened WMMR\u2019s morning ahead of Robert with the \u201cPreston and Steve Show,\u201d remembered their \u201cdear friend\u201d after his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWMMR was his pulpit, and he preached the gospel of rock n\u2019 roll, and gave us all common ground to dance on,\u201d the duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQZ6dtNkZpU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wrote on Instagram.<\/a> \u201cIn good times, his optimism was infectious, and on tough days, his words offered familiar comfort to every Good Citizen.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPierre opened his arms to anyone [sic] wanted to come along for the ride, insisting that WMMR is Everything That Rocks! And he lived it,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Bon Jovi joined the chorus of tributes that poured in for Robert, remembering him as a lover of music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we lost a great friend. Someone who truly LOVED music. All types of music. Someone who loved musicians. Not just famous ones, or chart toppers. He admired local artists and tomorrow\u2019s rising stars,\u201d Bon Jovi wrote on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Jon Bon Jovi paid tribute to Pierre Robert after his death. Jon BonJovi\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Robert was a longtime staple on Philadelphia radio. Pierre Robert\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLivin on a Prayer\u201d singer mentioned the DJ is the \u201cloneliest man in showbiz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis voice helped the hungry and the homeless, and he did it because he cared\u2026 About you, about me, about making the world a little kinder wonder filled place to live\u2026\u201d Bon Jovi wrote. \u201cHis memory will live with us as it will with all of the people he touched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all lucky to have him as a guide to his musical galaxy And I was lucky to have him as a friend..<br \/>Thank you Pierre..\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Robert had signed a contract extension with WMMR in January 2024, solidyfying his career in Philadelphia for several years, until his shocking death.<\/p>\n<p>WMMR suspended its regular programming Wednesday to mourn Robert\u2019s death. No replacement has been named by the station.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Longtime radio DJ Pierre Robert, a staple across the Philadelphia airwaves for almost half a century, has died.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216,3234,2085,3813,12249,194],"class_list":{"0":"post-260153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-radio","13":"tag-rock-and-roll","14":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}