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2. Disc jockey - Wikipedia

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   Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who mix music from other recording media such as cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names ...

3. Dick Clark - Wikipedia

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   In 1952, Clark moved to Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he took a job as a disc jockey at radio station WFIL, adopting the Dick Clark handle. [14] WFIL had an affiliated television station (now WPVI) with the same call sign, which began broadcasting a show called Bob Horn's Bandstand in 1952.

4. History of radio disc jockeys - Wikipedia

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   Nat D. Williams was the first African American disc jockey on WDIA in Memphis with his popular Tan Town Jamboree show. African American radio DJs found it necessary to organize in order to gain opportunities in the radio industry, and in the 1950s Jack Gibson of WERD formed the National Jazz, Rhythm and Blues Disc Jockey Association. The group ...

5. Radio personality - Wikipedia

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   Radio personalities who introduce and play individual selections of recorded music are known as disc jockeys or "DJs" for short. Broadcast radio personalities may include talk radio hosts, AM/FM radio show hosts, and satellite radio program hosts, and non-host contributors to radio programs, such as reporter

6. Pierre Robert (DJ) - Wikipedia

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   William Pierre Robert (born August 1, 1955) is a radio disc jockey is a highly popular on-air personality for 93.3FM WMMR in Philadelphia, one of the nation's most prominent rock music stations. He has been with WMMR since 1981. Robert is WMMR's most identifiable personality, and is sometimes described as a hippie by locals. Robert is known for ...

7. Alan Freed - Wikipedia

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   Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey. [1] He also produced and promoted large traveling concerts with various acts, helping to spread the importance of rock and roll music throughout North America.