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Also Known As deejay • DJ • disk jockey

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radio disc jockey
Archetypal FM radio rock disc jockey Tom Donahue (seated).
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Alan Freed
American radio personality
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Dr. Demento
American disc jockey
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Afrika Bambaataa
American disc jockey, rapper, and record producer
John Peel poses indoors by a window overlooking London, wearing a sweater with a pendant necklace and button, with city buildings visible in the background.
John Peel
British disc jockey
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Kenny Everett
British disc jockey and television entertainer
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Casey Kasem
American disc jockey
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Dick Biondi
American disc jockey
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Dewey Phillips
American radio personality
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Joey Reynolds
American entertainer
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Brian Matthew
British disc jockey
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Frankie Knuckles
American disc jockey and record producer
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B. Mitchel Reed
American disc jockey
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Scott Shannon
American disc jockey
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Frankie Crocker
American disc jockey
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Tom Donahue
American disc jockey
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George Lorenz
American disc jockey
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Jack the Rapper
American disc jockey and publisher
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Larry Lujack
American disc jockey
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Rick Dees
American disc jockey
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Hunter Hancock
American disc jockey