Chronicle: Cliff Blake
Chronicle: Industry veteran Cliff Blake died March 16 following a battle with ALS. After 47 years in the radio and records industries, Blake retired as Columbia Dir./Northeast Regional Promotion in 2018 (CAT 11/7/18), only to quickly join Good Company Entertainment in a regional promotion capacity later that year (CAT 12/28/18). Prior label stops include Warner Bros., Republic Nashville and Arista. His radio career included time at WZZK/Birmingham, WMZQ/Washington, KFKF/Kansas City and WOKQ/Portsmouth, NE. No word on sevices, but on March 13, his communty of Dover, NH, held a "Cliffabration" parade in his honor, in which friends and neighbors gathered in a park, then walked past his home holding signs of support. Find tributes from industry friends here.
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