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or disk jockey
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Jed Gould was an influential Los Angeles disc jockey, known as Jed the Fish, who used his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical knowledge to shine a light on artists like the Cure at the groundbreaking New Wave and alternative rock station KROQ-FM in the 1980s and ’90s.
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Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Johnson County mother of two and beloved disc jockey, was killed, friends told The Star after talking with family.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
The former disc jockey, born Winston Conrad Martindale, died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, California, while surrounded by his family, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times reported.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Martindale began his career in show business as a disc jockey in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee at 17 years old.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Johnson County mother of two and beloved disc jockey, was killed, friends told The Star after talking with family.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
The former disc jockey, born Winston Conrad Martindale, died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, California, while surrounded by his family, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times reported.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Martindale began his career in show business as a disc jockey in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee at 17 years old.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disc jockey
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An atmosphere of opportunism and conspiracy coalesced, fed by shock jocks, TikTok psychologists, and citizen-journalist bloggers, who have become characters in the saga, and by Combs himself.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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Nearly every line in the film’s ferociously hilarious first hour is like Jane Austen reborn as a shock jock, until Song runs out of material and starts repeating herself.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Detroit also lost two fumbles last week and gave up 34 points to the Chargers' QB duo of Trey Lance and DJ Uiagalelei.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Boys Noize, an EDM DJ/producer, was announced as the opening act for all dates on the Nine Inch Nails 2025 tour.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Sophie's meeting with Wren is the first in a series of engagements that several members of the royal family are undertaking to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on Aug. 15.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Besides Payton and the Broncos staffers from the Saints family tree, CJ recruited Vance Joseph when VJ was coming out of Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, La.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Disc jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disc%20jockey. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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