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Who Are Some Of Your Favorite DJ's From The Past and Present?

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R.D.P.

Mine would include:

The ones that ever graced the halls of WALX Radio here in Selma.
The ones that ever graced the halls of the old WMRK here in Selma.
Mr. George Henry from Dixie 100 here in Selma.
The ones that ever graced the halls of the old WBAM in Montgomery.
The ones that ever graced the halls of the old WVOK In Birmingham.
The ones they have at WHPH in Clanton.
Ms. Margo from WKLF in Clanton.
When she was on, Ms. Linda Sammons from WINL in Demopolis.
The ones they have at Moody Radio South and WLBF in Montgomery.
Myself!
Rick and Bubba.
Ronnie Bruce and the entire broadcast team from WDJC in Birmingham.
Mr. Dan Elemdorf from Redeemer Radio in Olivebridge New York.
The ones they currently have at Q 96.1 FM, Lite Rock 100.5 FM and soon to be News Talk 93.1 FM in Montgomery.
The fellow that does the voiceovers for 104.9 FM The Gump in Montgomery.
The ones they have at The River 101.5/97.5 FM Montgomery.
Still impressed with Larry Morris and Jamie Wallace from here in Selma. (As of this post, they still carry the local election returns on WHBB and WDXX.)

R.D.P. <><
 
My Personal mentors/Hereos

Larry stevens from WHHY/WMXS

Bill "Birdman" Thomas former WHHY PD

Bill J. Moody WBAM/WQLD

The Skipper from Q96.1/ WXFX The Fox

Nikki Stewart WHHY/WBAM

Karen Rite WHHY

Dr. Sam WBAM/WLWI

Bear O'Brian WBAM

Don "The Hitman" Hart WLWI
 
I hate to admit this, but I never really found any DJs to admire. By the time I came to appreciate their talents I was on into talk radio. If we can expand this to include all radio personalities and not just music jocks, I'd say Don Geronimo, Neal Boortz and Ken Hamblin were talkers I've admired for one reason or another. The only "local" personality I really jibe with these days is Richard Dixon on WAPI-FM.
 
My favorite Talk DJ's Include:

The ones carried on WAPI FM Birmingham
The ones carried on soon to be WACV FM Montgomery
...And Of Course, the Head of the Republican Party El-Rushbo

R.D.P. <><
 
Some of my favorites and mentors would be:

The late Richard Froemke (on air as Bob Richards), who did news and sports, first on WTNT-AM 1270 Tallahassee and later at WTAL-AM 1450, where we met and became lifelong friends.

Wayne Hodges on WOMA-FM 94.9 in the 1970s

Meredith Braswell, who used the on air names of Dale Mitchell and Mike Evans on WLOR-AM 730 in Thomasville, WMEN-AM 1330 in Tallahassee and WOMA-FM 94.9 in Tallahassee. He also worked for WTAL at one point before I was there.

The late Vic Swan of WONS-AM 1410 and others

Jaxon Riley of Albany, GA., now on WKAK K-Country 104

Tom Derzypolski, on air as Tommy Dee at WTAL - he was my first radio boss.

I'm sure there are/were others, but these really stand out to me.
 
Zach said:
I hate to admit this, but I never really found any DJs to admire. By the time I came to appreciate their talents I was on into talk radio. If we can expand this to include all radio personalities and not just music jocks, I'd say Don Geronimo, Neal Boortz and Ken Hamblin were talkers I've admired for one reason or another. The only "local" personality I really jibe with these days is Richard Dixon on WAPI-FM.
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I'm kinda the same way except I did have one DJ that I appreciated.

Past favorite DJ would be Coyote J from the 107.7 The X era. That era is when I heard the most from him because of The X's then flamethrower signal.

Current favorite "local" talk radio personality would be Steve West from 101.1 WYDE. I don't agree with all of his politics, but I like how calm and collect he is. Plus, his show doesn't stay on politics all the time.
 
BlueWanderer said:
Past favorite DJ would be Coyote J from the 107.7 The X era. That era is when I heard the most from him because of The X's then flamethrower signal.
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Oh wow, I'd forgotten about him. First time I heard him he was doing oldies on 102.5 back when it first got on the Tuscaloosa tall tower, I believe. It was also the first time I'd heard a jock get really interactive with the music, inserting SFX and other odd things into the songs. Hearing him later with his alternative show on The X threw my brain for a loop.

He played some really off the wall, non-mainstream music then, so yeah, I guess I could say I admire him as well for plugging away at his own show for so long.
 
Zach said:
BlueWanderer said:
Past favorite DJ would be Coyote J from the 107.7 The X era. That era is when I heard the most from him because of The X's then flamethrower signal.
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Oh wow, I'd forgotten about him. First time I heard him he was doing oldies on 102.5 back when it first got on the Tuscaloosa tall tower, I believe. It was also the first time I'd heard a jock get really interactive with the music, inserting SFX and other odd things into the songs. Hearing him later with his alternative show on The X threw my brain for a loop.

He played some really off the wall, non-mainstream music then, so yeah, I guess I could say I admire him as well for plugging away at his own show for so long.
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Actually, Coyote was on 102.5 in their days as Top Z-102. My memories of him go back to the days of Top 40 on 96-ERC in the mid to late 70's. He may have been one of the best at his craft back then.
 
Zach said:
He played some really off the wall, non-mainstream music then, so yeah, I guess I could say I admire him as well for plugging away at his own show for so long.
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The last I've checked, his Edge show is retired. It had a brief resurgence on Rock 99.5 WZRR a few years back. At that time, I had to listen online because WZRR signal was pretty much non-existent on the outskirts of the Huntsville market.
 
KW and Wendy from WOOF FM and Mix 96.9 and anyone who ever graced the falls of woof and Mix 103
 
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