Rathaus Succumbs To Cancer Sirius Satellite Radio’s Chris Rathaus, 63, died of Cancer in Hospice in New York this week. Rathaus was best known for his audio production skills. He was awarded the IRTS Worldwide Gold Metal for best audio production in 1998.
He started his career as Chris Randall at WPTR/Albany, NY and then moved to legendary WKNR “Keener 13”/Detroit. Rathaus is rumored to have started the legendary “Paul McCartney is dead rumor, which he passed to Roby Younge at WABC/New York.
From Detroit Rathaus became production direction and then assistant program director at Westinghouse’s KDKA/Pittsburgh. He then became program director of WOWO/Fort Wayne in 1974 and later moved to program WDAE/Tampa.
Rathaus then formed audio production companies MediAide and Studio C in Tampa. He was also the host of a nationally syndicated talk show called “The Rat House” syndicated on 100 stations through the Sun Radio Network in Clearwater, FL.
Rathaus later moved to Beasley’s WQAM/Miami, and Clear Channel’s WRMF-WJNO/West Palm Beach. He was also the producer of Radio Ink’s “Radio Ink Live” audio series.
He left Palm Beach for the Internet radio start-up RadioCentral in San Francisco prior to being hired at Sirius.
Sirius Satellite Radio’s Chris Rathaus, 63, died of Cancer in Hospice in New York this week. Rathaus was best known for his audio production skills. He was awarded the IRTS Worldwide Gold Metal for best audio production in 1998.
