Disc Jockey Hall of Fame 2022-2023 Inductees Steve "The Hitman" Williams, and the late Kenny K Waters WMNF 88.5 FM is proud to announce that on-air hosts Steve “The Hitman” Williams and the late Kenny ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Ron Riley, legendary WLS disc jockey, joined ...
Jacques Kelly recently remembered the ’50s and ’60s when local radio disc jockeys such as Johnny Dark and Maurice “Hot Rod” Hulbert were celebrities, but at first playing predominantly white and Black ...
He also hosted such music-centric TV shows as '9th Street West' and 'Hollywood a Go Go,' and showed up on Elvis' 'Clambake.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Sam Riddle, the popular Los Angeles “Boss ...
NEW ORLEANS — We can all remember the voices behind the mic of our favorite radio disc jockeys but not often the face. In the later 40’s, there was one smooth voice that would not only change the New ...
National DJ Day is commemorated on Jan. 20 every year to celebrate the work of amateur and professional disk jockeys. A 1941 Variety Magazine first published the term disc jockey, which famous radio ...
In 1959, according to Chris Borden and Bob Sinclair, whether you liked it or not, ‘jocks’ were here to stay. Disc jockeys, that is. As more radio stations switched to a news, talk and music format, ...
When George Reccelle was growing up in McKeesport in the 1950s, he listened to legendary Pittsburgh disc jockey George “Porky” Chedwick on the Homestead radio station WAMO and fell in love with the ...
Radio disc jockey and on-air personality Pierre Robert, who established himself as a Philadelphia fixture during his four-plus decades on the air, died on Wednesday. He was 70. Robert (pronounced ...
Where have all the DJs gone? Perhaps it is because the proliferation of music streaming services, iPhones, computers, laptops and tablets have made so much music instantly available without benefit of ...