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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The recent death of Robert C. Allen III, the AM-radio personality born Robert Alianiello, was a reminder of the power of broadcast stations in the transistor radio era. Figures such as Galen Fromme, ...

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 ...

Here's where those wacky Australian disc jockeys made their mistake posing as Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth … and tricking a London nurse into giving private information about pregnant Kate ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A moving, musical tribute to "The Blues Man" Pervis Spann. Family and friends gathered Wednesday to remember the legendary Chicago disc jockey. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray took us inside.

For more than a year, Capitol Hill has witnessed a parade of musicians and radio disc jockeys lobbying over proposed legislation that would require radio stations to pay performers when their songs ...

John W. Farrell Jr., one of Buffalo’s leading FM radio disc jockeys during the heyday of album rock in the 1970s, died unexpectedly Monday in his Kenmore apartment. He was 63. Born in Buffalo, he ...

David Partin won $100 worth of gas and agreed to let local radio disc jockeys Richard Dixon and J. Willoughby name his unborn son. It was a contest for the most interesting item to trade the radio ...