Beloved KROQ DJ Dead At 69; Rocked SoCal For Decades
- Longtime KROQ DJ Jed Gould, known as Jed the Fish, died on Monday at age 69.
- Gould's death followed a recent diagnosis of an aggressive form of lung cancer discovered in early March.
- For 34 years, Jed the Fish influenced KROQ's music direction and Los Angeles radio, championing new wave and punk.
- Megan Holiday, a current KROQ DJ, stated, "He is one of the kindest, funniest and the most unique people that I've ever met."
- Jed's legacy extends beyond KROQ, as he also worked at KCSN and KLOS, leaving a lasting impact on radio.
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KROQ-FM’s Jed the Fish, longtime DJ at the radio station, dies at 69
Radio personality Jed “The Fish” Gould, who for 34 years spun records on the afternoon shift at KROQ-FM (106.7), and whose musical taste greatly influenced the station’s direction as it rose to be a powerhouse in Southern California, died Monday, April 14. He was 69. Gould joined KROQ in 1978, right about the time the station began to embrace the Second British Invasion of punk and new wave music. Gould was already at the front of that movement,…
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