 It was consistently the top-rated show in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale media market and had been since his Miami debut in 1976.Although he was not syndicated nationally or even regionally, "Talkers" magazine, the trade publication of talk radio, ranked Rogers at Number 15 on its 2006 list of the 100 most important personalities in the business.Rogers died at the age of 68 at the Vitas Hospice at Florida Medical Center in Broward County, Florida.