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American disc jockey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edwin Jed Fish Gould III (born July 15, 1955), known to radio listeners as "Jed the Fish", is a disc jockey who hosted afternoon drive on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles,[1][2] from 1978 to 2012. He interviewed alternative acts such as Brian Eno, David Bowie, Sting, and Elvis Costello.[citation needed] An early supporter of new wave and alternative bands, Jed the Fish is reputed to have been the first US DJ to play Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, and the Pretenders[citation needed], helping KROQ establish itself as an influential radio station of the 1980s and 1990s.[3]
Jed the Fish | |
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Born | Edwin Jed Fish Gould III July 15, 1955 |
Career | |
Style | Disc jockey |
Country | United States |
Jed the Fish began his radio broadcasting career while being a student at Casa Grande High School in Casa Grande, Arizona. He earned his First Class Radiotelephone Operator License in 1971 at age 16, programming and hosting a radio program targeted at the "youth market"[4] on KPIN-AM.
From 1994 to July 2013, Jed hosted the nationally syndicated show Out of Order.[5][6] Out of Order is two hours long and is syndicated by Dial Global.
From 2012–2018 Jed the Fish was also an air personality at radio station KCSN,[7] where he programmed his own show.
In 2018, he became a DJ at Los Angeles' KLOS.[8]
In February 2019, Jed the Fish joined the Roq of the 80s lineup on KROQ HD2 station on radio.com (now audacy.com) on Sundays from 6pm to midnight PST.[9][10]
In addition to his on-air work, Jed the Fish produced the Southern California punk band El Centro debut album in 1995[11] and the remix track “Thing” on Meg Lee Chin’s[12] Junkies and Snakes in 2000.
In 1997 and 1999, Jed was awarded the Billboard Modern Rock Personality of the Year award.[1]
In 1998, Jed received an award for the Radio & Records Local Modern Rock Personality of the Year.[1]
Jed the Fish was awarded Billboard's Major Market Alternative Radio Personality of the year in 1998 and 2000 (in 1999 his co-workers Kevin and Bean received the award).[citation needed] He won Album Network's Alternative All Stars award for Virtuallyalternative Radio Personality in 1999 and 2000.[citation needed]
In 2004, he tied for 8th place along with former 102.7 KIIS-FM DJ Rick Dees as one of LA Radio's top ten most influential radio people described as “amazingly inventive” and "the best pure disc jockey in Los Angeles".[13]
In 1994, Jed the Fish purchased a 1894 Queen Anne Victorian estate home in Pasadena, California. The estate was featured in Lucille Ball's 1968 film Yours, Mine, Ours.[14]
Jed the Fish is a graduate of USC's Annenberg School of Journalism with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1978.[citation needed] He is also a drummer, sitting in on drums for John Dolmayan during the KROQ Weenie Roast performance of System of a Down in 2002.[15]
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