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Jim Ladd. James William Ladd[ 2] (January 17, 1948 – December 17, 2023) was an American disc jockey, radio producer and writer. He was one of the last notable remaining freeform rock DJs in United States commercial radio.
KMET was a Los Angeles FM radio station owned by Metromedia (hence the "MET" in its call sign) that broadcast at 94.7 MHz beginning on May 2, 1966. [ 1] It signed off permanently on February 14, 1987 after a 21-year run on air. [ 2] The station, nicknamed "The Mighty Met" (among other nicknames), was a pioneering station of the "underground ...
The show was a music interview series that was hosted by Los Angeles disc jockey Jim Ladd. [2] The box set consists of music by the Doors and interviews of the surviving members of the band. Various topics are discussed, even the possibility of singer Jim Morrison being alive and well in Africa. Guitarist Robbie Kreiger answers the question ...
Jim Ladd, veteran Los Angeles rock DJ and host of SiriusXM’s classic rock channel “Deep Tracks,” died Dec. 17 at his home in Los Angeles of a heart attack. He was 75. Ladd’s colleague, DJ ...
Jim Ladd spun vinyl and interviewed rock stars on L.A. stations KLOS and KMET during the heyday of free-form FM radio, and was immortalized on Tom Petty's 'The Last DJ.'
In 1979, Waters met American disc jockey Jim Ladd for a radio documentary on The Wall album, beginning a friendship which remained until Ladd's death in 2023. Ladd was an inspiration as he brought some light into Waters's dim view of L.A. life, initially through listening to the bizarre Fish Report from KMET. Waters became increasingly ...
May 12, 2023 at 9:50 PM. Mary Turner in 2005. (R. Diamond / WireImage via Getty images) Mary Turner, considered the first lady of rock radio in Los Angeles on station KMET-FM, has died. She was 76 ...
His show was routinely the number-one music-based show in its time slot. Ladd left KLOS in October 2011 and joined SiriusXM the following January, hosting daily on the Deep Tracks channel. [32] Jerry Longden, who worked as a DJ from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. from 1972 to 1977, worked with Jim Ladd at KNAC 105.5 FM, Long Beach, California from 1969 to 1972.