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

He was stationed in China where he worked as a radio operator, which led to later work as a disc jockey.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

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

One of the Big Creek janitors, Ed Johnson, was the disc jockey, and Roy Lee said he had one of the best record collections this side of American Bandstand.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam