lee rogers - Inducted 2011

Lee Rogers has worked in the radio business for more than 40 years. His first job in the Country format came in 1970 at KBAM in Longview, Wash. His career includes stops at KMPS (Seattle, Wash.), K102 (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.), WQIK (Jacksonville, Fla.) and KCBQ (San Diego, Calif.). For the last 13 years, Rogers has held the job as operations manager and morning show host at Portland, Oregon's KUPL. Combining his Country radio career with his love of live music, Rogers has toured and performed with artists including Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Don Gibson, Keith Whitley, Minnie Pearl, Dwight Yoakam and Charlie Daniels.