DJ's

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I listen to an awful lot of radio. Awaken to NPR and listen to intermittently during the day as allows,mostly for the news,great interviews and takes on culture and the arts, but also great classical and jazz. music. I also listen to a couple of listener supported radio stations. One is out of Tulane University(WTUL) and is manned primarily by students. (At one point in the 1970's did a brief stint myself on a very late night/early a.m. show).
I also listen to another station,listener supported as well,WWOZ which is dedicated to New Orleans music although,not exclusively.
There are a number of DJ's on this station that I have come to "know" in both radio land and the real world.All with their own particular brand of radio personality and panache. One or two of them I listen to fairly religiously. Regular listeners are often treated to great anecdotes about some of the musicians featured as New Orleans musicians are as well known for their antics as well as their music. I have also been able to contribute some stories of my own having been around the New Orleans music scene for a long time.
Wanted to start a thread on this for some time and have some humorous stories to tell however,will refrain from for the moment.
Would be curious to hear other radio listeners experience in listening whether personal as my own are or otherwise.Past or present as well.
Please chime in.

[Kimby]

When my husband and I were courting, back in the mid-70's in Madison, Wisconsin, we listened (and snuggled) to a jazz radio show that we were able to pick up from Milwaukee, DJ'd by Ron Cuzner, who signed on at midnight, welcoming listeners to "the dark side of [insert day and date].

Just googled him and found he died too young about 6 years ago. Read the bios and tributes to him at:
speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?t=205

BTW, we had friends from Milwaukee who were planning their wedding in the days before amateur DJs spun discs at weddings and they wanted to book a great band. They called up Ron Cuzner and asked his advice on what area band would spice up their reception. They were not disappointed with his suggestion.

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Nice story Kimby.

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There was a traumatic moment when I was in university in Los Angeles. There was a fantastic radio station called KPPC that we all listened to, probably because it was extremely subversive. Naturally, they played the music that we liked, but they also trashed their corporate sponsors. I remember such things as a soda that Coca-Cola had put out called 'Simba' which contained grapefruit juice, and they would unmercifully make fun of the ridiculous commercials that they would have to play.

Then one morning, I woke up to the radio and everything was different. The music was different, and the DJ's were different and they were saying things like "no need to call the station; I don't know what is going on either."

In a few days, it became clear that every member of the staff had been fired overnight and replaced by different people. It was small comfort that KPPC went from #1 of the "college" stations down to the bottom. I loved that station, and no other station has ever replaced it in the United States for me.

The (brief) story of KPPC is here. Jeff Gonzer and Outrageous Nevada, I will never forget you.