When is National Disc Jockey Day?
Friday January 20thEach year, National Disc Jockey Day honors the DJs who play the music and spinning the records. On January 20th, the annual observance takes place.
For short, a disc jockey, or DJ for short, is a person who plays recorded music, whether on the radio or at a club or an event.
The first disc jockey was an experiment on the airwaves. Ray Newby, sixteen-year-old Ray Newby, was a student under the guidance of Charles "Doc" Herrold at Herrold College of Engineering and Wireless in 1909, 1909. Before the word disc jockey even existed, He had one of the first records over the airwaves.
Radio broadcasters around the country were soon replicating what started as an experiment from the Garden City Bank Building, where the college was located in San Fernando, California, was soon being replicated by radio broadcasters around the country. Newby's first television show, music, and entertainment live broadcasts.
It wasn't until 25 years ago that radio commentator Walter Winchell coined the term disc jockey.
