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In today's Washington Post, Sunday Source Section, Front Page.
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Capital Hosts
Meet Five Washington Radio DJs Whose Personalities Are as Varied as the Music They Play
By Buzz McClain
Special to the Washington Post
Sunday, July 27, 2008; Page N01
It's easy to be a disc jockey, isn't it? You just blab a bit, put on the song your boss tells you to and take the occasional phone call from a clueless listener. Stardom, baby!
We kid, because we love our deejays. And we mean local deejays, not those syndicated yakkers who try to be all things to everyone and end up having nothing to say to anyone (not to mention that their playlists are computer-generated and they don't take requests). We know that being on the air is demanding work. Getting to the studio by 5 a.m. is a daily grind. And managing to meet the station's "numbers" goals is a terrible burden. But good deejays make us think, make us dance and keep us from driving into the Potomac River on our way to work during morning rush hour or falling asleep on the long slog home in the afternoon.
We caught up with a few of our favorites who not only entertain us with music -- much of it programmed by their own tastes, not by a survey -- but also create moments of illumination and enlightenment in their discussions of contemporary culture. Or not. We like them anyway.
Always wanted to know more about the person behind that voice on the radio? Read on for interviews with five vibrant personalities who keep Washington airwaves from sounding like those from Anywhere, USA.
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