Rodney Bingenheimer
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Rodney Bingenheimer is an influential American disc jockey and music promoter, best known for championing emerging rock and punk bands on Los Angeles radio station KROQ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rodney Bingenheimer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1795043 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rodney Bingenheimer Context triple: [Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Rodney Bingenheimer]
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A.
Hal Blitman
Hal Blitman was a professional basketball coach best known for leading the American Basketball Association’s Miami Floridians.
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B.
Tom Garfinkel
Tom Garfinkel is a sports executive best known for leading the business operations and strategic development of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and their home stadium.
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C.
Rich Kleiman
Rich Kleiman is an American sports agent and entrepreneur best known as Kevin Durant’s longtime business partner and co-founder of the sports and entertainment company Boardroom and the investment firm Thirty Five Ventures.
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D.
Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein
Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein was an American mobster and contract killer associated with New York's organized crime underworld in the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Mickey Sutphin
Mickey Sutphin is known as one of the former wives of famed American television and radio host Larry King.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rodney Bingenheimer Target entity description: Rodney Bingenheimer is an influential American disc jockey and music promoter, best known for championing emerging rock and punk bands on Los Angeles radio station KROQ.
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A.
Hal Blitman
Hal Blitman was a professional basketball coach best known for leading the American Basketball Association’s Miami Floridians.
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B.
Tom Garfinkel
Tom Garfinkel is a sports executive best known for leading the business operations and strategic development of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and their home stadium.
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C.
Rich Kleiman
Rich Kleiman is an American sports agent and entrepreneur best known as Kevin Durant’s longtime business partner and co-founder of the sports and entertainment company Boardroom and the investment firm Thirty Five Ventures.
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D.
Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein
Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein was an American mobster and contract killer associated with New York's organized crime underworld in the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Mickey Sutphin
Mickey Sutphin is known as one of the former wives of famed American television and radio host Larry King.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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human ⓘ music promoter ⓘ radio disc jockey ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American rock scene
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Los Angeles music scene ⓘ |
| basedIn |
KROQ-FM
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surface form:
Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedAs |
influential American disc jockey
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legendary Los Angeles DJ ⓘ |
| employer |
KROQ-FM
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SiriusXM ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
punk rock promotion
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radio broadcasting ⓘ rock music promotion ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave music
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punk rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Rodney ⓘ |
| hasPart | radio show Rodney on the ROQ ⓘ |
| hasRole |
on-air host
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talent scout for new bands ⓘ |
| influenced | Los Angeles alternative rock radio ⓘ |
| knownFor |
championing emerging punk bands
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championing emerging rock bands ⓘ influencing the Los Angeles music scene ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | radio ⓘ |
| name | Rodney Bingenheimer self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early airplay for many new wave artists
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helping break many bands on U.S. radio ⓘ supporting British punk and glam rock acts in the U.S. ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco
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Rodney Bingenheimer’s SiriusXM show ⓘ Rodney on the ROQ ⓘ |
| occupation |
club owner
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disc jockey ⓘ music promoter ⓘ radio personality ⓘ |
| positionHeld | club owner of Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | FM radio broadcasting ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| station | KROQ-FM ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rodney Bingenheimer Description of subject: Rodney Bingenheimer is an influential American disc jockey and music promoter, best known for championing emerging rock and punk bands on Los Angeles radio station KROQ.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.