Early Career
He chose his last name from among his relatives' surnames, because it rhymed with "WAKE", the station in Atlanta, where he worked as a programmer and disc-jockey in the late 1950s. Later, Bartell Broadcasting, who owned WAKE that he had programmed to number one, transferred him to KYA in San Francisco, which also became number one.
University Graduate Studies: Bill Drake received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music from Columbia University. (Liberal Arts Program).
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