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Radio's Dennis Erectus suffers heart attack

Former KOME host Dennis Erectus suffered a massive heart attack on Thanksgiving and remains unconscious at the San Mateo County Medical Center, All Access reports today. Erectus, aka Dennis Netto, was one of the radio industry’s earliest shock jocks. He worked for legendary San Jose station KOME in the 1970s, was fired, rehired in the 1980s and fired again in the early 1990s. More recently he has ben at KBAY and KEZR. All Access quotes KBAY/KEZR program director Dana Jang as saying, “I first started working with DENNIS in 1977 AT kome. He is one of the more creative air personalities I’ve ever worked with. He took mass-media and tied it into the music and the content of his show. All his friends — current and former employees — are wishing the very best in his recovery.”

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