The 1970s Los Angeles radio staple suffered a heart attack. By Christy Piña Associate Editor Jim Ladd, the famed rock radio disc jockey in 1970s Los Angeles who went on to host a show on SiriusXM, has ...
Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in the emergence of FM rock radio in Los Angeles, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 75. Ladd's death was announced Monday by Meg Griffin, an on ...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Jim Ladd, the disc jockey and producer who championed classic rock for decades and interviewed many of the rock era's top artists in his Los Angeles studios and during stints at ...
You may stream your music today, but pop and rock radio in South Florida used to rule the airwaves. Local DJs were celebrities in Miami. We woke up to Tanner in the Morning and went to sleep with Mark ...
The legendary voice of soulful nights didn't just build an audience; he built a community. They gathered recently in Riverside to celebrate him and the music he shared.
AUSTIN, Texas — For nearly three decades, Dave Jarrott was the king of morning radio in Austin. Tens of thousands of listeners stuck in their cars on their way to work or school looked forward to ...
A song that gets extensive radio play is almost guaranteed to be a hit. However, not every song that becomes a hit–even those that go to No. 1–will be remembered in the decades to come. In fact, ...