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Former KROQ DJ Jed the Fish, Who Spent Nearly 35 Years at the Iconic Radio Station, Dies at 69
Iconic KROQ DJ Jed the Fish, who spent nearly 35 years at the iconic radio station, dies at 69.
Gould first joined KROQ in 1978, when it was still a tiny, struggling FM station in Pasadena, breaking punk rock, alternative and new wave bands before anyone else — and continued there for decades, departing in 2012 after years as its afternoon jock. TV, movies and now the sorts of attitudes and intensities displayed online owe much of their processes to KROQ… Any music lover who grew up in SoCal will tell you KROQ was their buddy for much or most of their lives. As Jed the Fish, Gould’s on-air personality was known for a wicked, off-beat sense of humor and a variety of loud, cackling laughs.
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