Jed the Fish

Jed the Fish

Edwin Fish Gould III or Jed Gould III (born July 15, 1955), known to radio listeners as Jed the Fish, is a disc jockey on KROQ in Los Angeles,cite web|title=Top 10 Los Angeles Radio People of 2004|first=Don|last=Barrett|authoremail=db@thevine.net|url=http://www.vpop.net/~laradio/bestLARP2004.htm] currently on the air from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.

Jed also hosts a nationally syndicated show called "Out of Order". [cite web|url=http://affiliates.westwoodone.com/music/jedfish-bio.asp|title=Jed the Fish Bio|accessdate=2007-09-27|publisher=Westwood One] It is a countdown of the most popular alternative rock songs in the country, but, as the name implies, the songs are not played in numeric order. "Out of Order" is 2 hours long and is syndicated by Westwood One. His vocal delivery is distinctly Californian. His on air persona is similar to the "valley girl" style of speech popularized in Southern California in the early 1980's.

Awards

In 1997 and 1999, Jed was awarded the Billboard Air Modern Rock Personality of the Year award.

In 1998, he received an award for the Radio & Records Local Modern Rock Personality of the Year.

Trivia

*Jed The Fish is shown on the cover of Reel Big Fish's album, Turn The Radio Off

References

External links

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* [http://www.kroq-data.com/dcdkroq-jed/index.asp Jed's Catch at KROQ]


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