In an over 50-year career in radio, most of it at album rock stations in Los Angeles, Jim Ladd fought to be able to play the music he liked when he wanted to as album rock radio moved away from its pioneering "free form" days to tighter researched playlists, often going head-to-head with his bosses and listeners and inspiring Tom Petty to write his song "The Last DJ" as a tribute to him--after getting laid off from KLOS (in his second stint there) in 2011, he spent the last twelve years of his life at SiriusXM with a nightly live show on the Deep Tracks channel, getting the sort of freedom he rarely got elsewhere:
https://www.dailynews.com/2023/12/18/jim-ladd-legendary-dj-for-kmet-and-klos-dies-at-75/ A tribute from radio consultant Fred Jacobs, who had his battles with Mr. Ladd over the years (including his refusal to play Elton John songs): https://jacobsmedia.com/there-goes-the-last-dj/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2284ff90-de83-4549-aa12-4b2a15161b5bn%40googlegroups.com.
