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1. Known as 'America's Oldest Teenager', this former disc jockey took over a local Philadelphia dance show in 1956 and turned it into 'American Bandstand'. He operates his own production company, which gave us 'Bloopers and Practical Jokes', among other shows.
2. Beaumont, TX disc jockey J. P. Richardson wrote 'Running Bear' for his friend Johnny Preston and performed his own song, 'Chantilly Lace' into the music charts. His nickname was ___________ ?
3. Allison Steele was a pioneer of late night progressive rock radio and was the subject of a song by Jimi Hendrix. Her radio name was ______ ?
4. He was known as the 'Fifth Beatle' and reigned through the 1960s and 70s as one of the most popular DJs in New York.
5. The self-proclaimed 'King of All Media' in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this controversial jock played himself in his own motion picture biography.
6. A former disc jockey turned actor, he made his mark as a vainglorious news anchor at a Minneapolis TV station.
7. Considered by many to be the best morning man in the history of Top 40 radio, he was elected to the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1994, four years before his death.
8. Real name Robert Weston Smith, he epitomized the 1950s disc jockey, particularly with a cameo appearence in the film, 'American Graffiti'. Who is he?
9. He was a classical announcer before becoming one of rock's great ambassadors as host of the Moondog Shows. He was credited by some with the first use of the term, 'rock and roll'.
10. In Larry Lujack's autobiography, 'Superjock', he mentioned that anyone wanting to become a disc jockey should be hit over the head with this Harry Chapin song:
11. This Armed Forces Radio deejay was popular among soldiers in southeast Asia and was the subject of the Barry Levinson film, 'Good Morning Vietnam'.
12. Possibly the best example of a rode-hard weary deejay was Howard Hessman's character from 'WKRP in Cincinnatti'. What was his REAL name?
13. The 'Big Daddy' was a pioneer of progressive rock in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 1960s and 70s. He is one of the first three Disc Jockeys in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
14. In 1970, deejay Barrett Hansen began playing whimsical novelty records at KPPC in Los Angeles. Hansen is better known by the nickname ____________ ?
15. The 'I-Man' currently ranks with Stern and Limbaugh with aproximately 15 million listeners daily across the nation. He describes his talk show at WNBC as, 'a talk show, but I talk'.
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