Since the early days of radio broadcasting, the disc jockey or DJ has been an essential part of radio, not just playing records but serving as an intermediary between the listening audience and the stars of popular music. Disc jockeys enjoyed the most...

Radio announcers who play music, or discs, are often called disc jockeys. They introduce records, commercials, news, and public announcements that are aired at a radio station. While on the air, disc jockeys comment on the music, weather, news, and...

A disc jockey or DJ is a person who selects and plays prerecorded music for an audience. There are several types of disc jockeys. Radio DJs introduce and play music that is broadcast on AM, FM, shortwave or digital radio stations. Club DJs select and...

When Charles Laquidara of WBCN took on The Patriot Ledger of Quincy for publishing his address, it added some spark and fun to the local radio scene. The Globe pulled TV reporter Jack Thomas off summer reruns to cover the showdown and to...

Schlock-talk jocks: A local talk-show tout either became or pretended to be livid recently when a public custodian called the schlockmaster and his two allies and questioned their courage. The host began yelling and screaming. You could hear the drool frothing about....

The radio station disc jockeys who hosted an on-air water-drinking contest knew drinking too much water quickly could be fatal but dismissed the concerns with juvenile jokes, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed Thursday by the family of a contestant.Jennifer Lea Strange, a mother...

The family of a woman who died after drinking nearly two gallons of water in a radio station's on-air contest filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Thursday against the station and dozens of its employees.The lawsuit alleges that KDND-FM, DJs and other employees were negligent in failing...