Bobby Reno, a mainstay of New Orleans radio whose career began and ended at WTIX, died Monday. He was 72. In a business not known for its longevity, Reno was one of the most familiar voices on the ...
Dick Biondi, who cheerfully entertained Top 40 radio station listeners in Chicago over six decades, died June 26 at his Chicago home, WLS 890-AM announced Saturday. He was 90. Regarded by some as the ...
Allow a person to reminisce. No, not me. Rather, the person doing the reminiscing, in this case, is Joel Dorn, the reticent and inscrutable producer of Label M. I'm kidding. Joel Dorn isn't reticent, ...
Tuesday marks National DJ Day, a celebration of disc jockeys who have been spinning tunes for more than 100 years. The first instance of music being broadcast over the airwaves occurred in 1909 when a ...
They “seemed to inhabit another world,” writes Ben Fong-Torres of the old Top 40 disc jockeys in “The Hits Just Keep on Coming,” his history of rock radio. “They gave away cash and prizes on the air, ...
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, ...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- Pervis Spann, a disc jockey, concert promoter, nightclub owner, and media entrepreneur who became a Chicago icon over six decades, has died. Spann died Monday of complications of ...
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 ...
Radio personality Johnny “The Duke” Allen, who helped propel hip-hop into mainstream music and started a disc jockey school during his four decades at top radio stations, has died from complications ...
Many of us have heard of DJ Tiesto and David Guetta, two of the famous disc jockeys who produce and mix the hottest music these days. But Blacksburg’s own DJ crew, Boogieburg Soundsystem, is rocking ...