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San Francisco News Legend Jo Interrante Dead at 78


Jo Interrante
Jo Interrante

Sad to report that KFRC/San Francisco news legend Jo Interrante died Saturday, April 15 after a long tillness. She was 78. Interrante began her radio career as a newscaster on KNUS and KVIL in Dallas. From there, she moved to RKO's legendary KFRC/San Francisco, where she was eventually promoted to News Director. In the late 1970s, when the RKO Radio Networks launched, Interrante was named its inaugural VP of Programming.

During the 1980's Interrante teamed with Rob Sisco and established IS Inc., to produce the weekly artist profile series MusicStar and The Hot Ones, hosted by John Leader and Dave Roberts. The company also launched and produced John Leader's "Countdown America" and "Countdown USA" that was hosted by Leader and Dave Sholin. Interrante was also an executive with ABC Radio based in Dallas until 2009.

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