Aside from Rofe's radio work he sponsored weekly dances at the Preston Town Hall from September 1960. He worked at 3KZ broadcasting from the Trades Hall building in Carlton for eight years, then moved to 3UZ, before returning to 3XY as music director in the 1970s. Rofe became a gossip news columnist and adviser for teenage popular music newspaper, "Go-Set", in February 1966, while still at 3UZ. David Martin Kent described how his "popularity on the radio ensured further reasons to buy and read paper." Whilst Rofe supported local artists his "critical editorial like columns sought to prompt Australian pop musicians to do better." Fellow gossip columnist at "Go-Set" was Ian Meldrum.