disc jockey

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Hackman also volunteered to be a disc jockey and read the news on the military radio station.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

Wright was a radio innovator, who has been credited with helping "to redefine the role of a disc jockey" after introducing his lively, Zoo-format shows to Radio 1 in the 1980s.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

Mister Cee, a disc jockey who was an integral figure in New York City’s booming 1990s hip-hop scene and was an early champion of the Notorious B.I.G., has died.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024

He credited disc jockey Poppa Stoppa, whose real name was Clarence Hayman, as coming up with the nickname the “Frogman,” which mimicked Fats Domino’s moniker the “Fatman.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Between songs the disc jockey kept shouting to the vets that they were heroes.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge