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“Jed The Fish” Gould Dies: Influential KROQ DJ For 34 Years Was 69
"Jed The Fish" Gould, the influential Los Angeles radio DJ who lorded over KROQ's drivetime slot for 34 years, died April 14 of lung cancer at his home at 69.
“ Jed The Fish ” Gould, the influential Los Angeles radio DJ who lorded over KROQ-FM’s drivetime slot for 34 years, died Monday of lung cancer at his home. He moved to San Francisco in 1985 to join KQAK-FM for three months before doing a brief weekend stint at Bay Area rival station KRQR before returning to KROQ and taking over the afternoon-drive slot. As the band’s ubiquitous hit “Basket Case” began with the lyric, “Do you have the time to listen to me whine?,” Gould used the scratching-vinyl sound effect, cut the record off, yelled “No!” and moved on to the next song.
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