Jim Ladd, the famed rock radio disc jockey in Seventies Los Angeles who went on to host a present on SiriusXM, has died after struggling a coronary heart assault. He was 75.
Ladd’s on-air colleague on the satellite tv for pc radio service, Meg Griffin, shared the information of his passing on its Deep Tracks channel, which the 2 labored on collectively. The station performs album-oriented rock that the freeform DJ was identified for over the course of his decades-long profession.
He first gained nationwide recognition when he started internet hosting the hour-long, nationally syndicated radio present, Innerview, at KMET station in Los Angeles. The present, which was the primary of its type and aired weekly on over 160 stations, ran from the Seventies to the late Nineties and supplied an in-depth take a look at music from the artist’s perspective. Ladd sat down with legends like Led Zeppelin, the Seashore Boys, the Bee Gees, John Lennon and Aerosmith, amongst many others.
Ladd’s lengthy profession and dedication to music made him very well-liked amongst artists. Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters requested him to be part of his 1987 album Radio Ok.A.O.S., on which he performed a insurgent DJ. He ended up becoming a member of the artist for the album’s world tour and starred in three music movies for it.
He additionally served because the inspiration for Tom Petty’s hit 2002 music “The Final DJ,” which detailed a disc jockey who stood as much as administration at radio stations, which Ladd was identified for.
Ladd started his profession at KNAC, a small Lengthy Seashore rock station, in 1969, earlier than shifting on to L.A. station KLOS two years later. He made his method to KMET in 1974, staying there till 1984 when he returned to KLOS briefly earlier than going again to KMET and later finishing one other run at KLOS from 1997 to 2011. He joined SiriusXM in January 2012 for its dwell, every day, freeform music present on the Deep Tracks channel.
His work didn’t cease with radio, nevertheless. He performed an all-night DJ in Say Something and his music was featured in movies like Tequila Dawn, Rush, She’s Out of Management and Defendor.
Ladd’s survivors embody his spouse, Helene.
