Personal Life
Perkins was born Robert Ellis Perkins on December 6, 1933. He credits his love for radio to his father who repaired radios as a hobby when he was young. There was always a radio on in the house and the foundation for Perkins' involvement with radio as a media was established then. He got his first job in radio during a trip to visit his two brothers in Detroit in 1964. Perkins wandered into the station at WGPR-FM and got a position as on-air DJ an Announcer. He has attended two different White House News Conferences - one each in the presence of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Perkins was born and raised in South Philadelphia and currently lives in Glenside, Pennsylvania with his wife Sheila.
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