Merrill G. Rosen shaking hands with President Reagan.
MerrillG. Rosen, 82, of Jamestown, N.Y., passed away unexpectedly at 1:41 a.m. Monday, July 25, 2022, in UPMC Chautauqua.
A lifelong area resident, he was born Oct. 18, 1939, in Lakewood, N.Y., a son of the late Jacob “Jack” and Anna Gordon Rosen.
He was a graduate of Southwestern High School and attended Jamestown Community College.
Before his retirement, Merrill was vice-president of James Broadcasting, Trend Broadcasting, and Media One Group, consisting of WJTN, WWSE, WHUG and WKSN radio stations, where he served the broadcasting community in Jamestown for 52 years. He was hired by his friend, Si Goldman in 1961 as an ad salesman working his way up from sales manager to general manager and assuming the vice-president position until his retirement. He truly loved selling advertising, working with Si, and the radio station was…
