Every so often I come back and watch this video of Kid Kelly.....before seeing this I never realized how much work and talent went into being a DJ....its not just sit there, play some records and talk a little. Weird to watch this now seeing how young he is, in his prime...and so much time has passed now. Only learned tonight, after wondering what he was up to now, he was VP of Pop Programming at Hits 1 on SiriusXM but left in 2020.

PURE DJ TALENT. That was back in the day when there were real DJ's running their own boards. I miss those days.

@Globalrealestateadvisor

3 жыл бұрын

...Me too! Today nobody listen Radio for hits anymore

@bleeuk

Жыл бұрын

Me too . This was real and the best. z100 is awesome. I’m from England UK , USA radio is the best stunning audio crystal clear sounds the pace is my vibe full of energy

@bleeuk

Жыл бұрын

@@Globalrealestateadvisor i do i listen to radio daily it has the best radio edit cuts, early versions, original promo, and jingles, im from England UK and USA has the best radio network, Jingles and crystal clear HD Audio.

This is around the time the American style arrived here in the UK. At City FM in Liverpool we had the same jingles from JAM and so did lots of our local stations. Total buzz still to see radio done like this.

Back when Radio had real talent. Kid makes it look so easy, every break every segue are tight as hell. From 89-98 I worked in central California radio. Since I worked on the west coast I never heard of him til my PD gave me some airchecks to listen to. Amazing to say the least, Best night Jock ever!

@MJCLAXDEN

5 жыл бұрын

I actually lived in NYC from 88-90. He rocked! Scott Shannon on the Morning Zoo was great. If you want a classic, check out Broadway Bill Lee on Hot 97 from 1988. He is formerly of KPKE here in Denver...and sounded better on Hot103 (the did a frequency swap, the used to have a top of the hour ident that went "From the toh, toh, toh, top of the World Trade Center. 103.5 WQHT NY...hoh, hoh, Hot 103." It would make your hair stand up. Here is the Hot 97 scope. I actually was listening THIS VERY NIGHT in NY rush hour traffic. It literally brought a flood of specific memories of that evening back to me. (I literally had JUST returned from a vacation in the UK, the night before.) Soooo cool! kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqaLwayGiNu9f9o.html

@MJCLAXDEN

5 жыл бұрын

Here is that Hot 103 scope with Broadway Bill Lee. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e659u9l9ZpvedJs.html Don't you miss the time when jocks had talent?!?!

@marketweis

3 жыл бұрын

Also LOVED George McFly doing Nights on B96 in Chicago back in the day!

@FortalezaEmCliques

2 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC,.. I'M FORTALEZA BRASIL 🇧🇷

@DBR00

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJCLAXDEN Wow Hot 103.. That was a long time ago! Before they moved to Hot 97!

I'd honestly watch this all day.

What a talent...could listen to this all day...

Broadway bill and kid Kelly the best

I used to listen to Z100, as a kid growing up in the 80's, fun times! 😁♥️♥️ I love your Pillsbury Doughboy, sitting at the controls! 🤗♥️♥️

KID KELLY Z100 NY NUFF SAID

Love watching those kick tone lights on those 99b's.

Before hittin the big Apple Kid Krockett used to rock the Queen city on WKSE kiss 98.5 in Buffalo....the number one hit music station

DAYYYYUM!!! So good!!!

Always has been and will always be a Thrill!!!!

Love how the phones are ballistic

Also, I am a huge fan of Phil Collins. He is awesome.

and this guy is still using "carts"....Wow!.....Most stations put those in the trash years ago! This is the real way to DJ!....Congrats!

@davewaldron6512

6 жыл бұрын

Keith Reese this was from back in 1990 or 1

@alexbrunt897

2 жыл бұрын

@@davewaldron6512 I was using carts up to 05 for FX and talk beds

When Z 100 was listenable

Hammer couldn't fill a meadow now, let alone the Meadowlands

This has to be 1990

Why don’t we get radio like this anymore?

Wow, this was great!👍🏻😁

Radio was fun to listen to back then. It was very entertaining how dj's used to get creative. Now everyone sounds the same, very cookie cutter formats.

Miss working with you Kid Kelly. The only guy who could figure out top 40 at a horrible time for a “dying” format

@derekblaustein6013

11 ай бұрын

Dying format? This is when radio is New York City was awesome! And this format continued on for several years. It wasn't until about 1993 or 1994 that someone got the crazy idea of transforming this great Top 40 (CHR) station into some kind of alternative rock station. I immediately stopped listening. Didn't start tuning into Z-100 again until about 1996 when they went back to their Top 40 format. Although by then I was a really big fan of 103.5 KTU, so I only listened to Z-100 periodically.

@adamjacobson2449

11 ай бұрын

@@derekblaustein6013 yes … Z100 was suffering from a huge slide in revenue while the ratings erosion began in 1991 as Top 40 had entered a very weak period. Retrospectively it may sound good to our ears today but Malrite had to sell to Shamrock and by 1996 Z100’s ratings - pre-Elvis Duran - were at historic lows. Britney and the boy bands rescued it.

@derekblaustein6013

11 ай бұрын

@@adamjacobson2449 It always sounded great to my ears! From 1983 to 1993. Those were the years I mainly listened to Z100. I don't think it was just Britney and the boy bands that saved Z100. I think it was that they finally dropped that weird alternative rock format that they had for a few years, and brought back Pop music, dance music, R&B, hip-hop and all the mainstream hits.

@adamjacobson5700

11 ай бұрын

@@derekblaustein6013 And yet, Morrissey's "The More You Ignore Me (The Closer I Get)" was a song that was emblematic of how Z100 reinvented itself in 1994 because it's revenue was hemorrhaging and Top 40 was extremely challenged. Moving back to mainstream Top 40 was a decision fueled in many ways by "92.3 K-Rock" going Alternative with Howard Stern as the morning anchor, and to better position 103.5 KTU, which was going to become a sibling to Z100. In 1996 KTU was a huge No. 1, while Z100 had sunk to a new low. By 1998 it was a whole new era of success for Z100.

Excellente prestation 👍👍👍

In all my years in radio, I've never had anyone to answer my calls 🤔 Luxury 😂

1:40 that song is stuck in my head since stern played this clip

@derekblaustein6013

11 ай бұрын

"Hooked On You" by Sweet Sensation (lead singer: Betty Dee)

High energy radio needs to return..............Radio has DIED

Oh the good old days!

It was a sad era when top40 radio started hiring disc jockeys that sounded like they were 12.

Brilliant!

Top of the post

Thank you Kid Kelly.

Super Kid Kelly

I really love this video! It is so awesome exclamation I love listening to you. You are so funny and you make me laugh in a good way!

The greatest boss jock ever

Song list: Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way Faith No More - Epic Sweet Sensation - Hooked On You Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory 2 In a Room - Wiggle It Mariah Carey - Vision of Love Keith Sweat - Make You Sweat Go West - King of Wishful Thinking Cynthia & Johnny O. - Dreamboy/Dreamgirl Nelson - Love and Affection Bobby Brown - My Prerogative DeeLite - Groove Is In The Heart Black Box - Everybody Everybody The Romantics - What I Like About You Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Janet Jackson - Black Cat ("3 Snaps Up" Version) The $10,000 contest songs: Bobby Brown - My Prerogative Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence Mariah Carey - Vision of Love ??? Seduction - Heartbeat Billy Idol - Cradle of Love ??? ??? Wilson Philips - Hold On ???

Nice one Kid!

Hey I remember when “my name is” by Eminem came out when you did the interactive 9 @ 9 you made a spoof song based off it “hi my name is kid Kelly”

Love the SM7

@marketweis

3 жыл бұрын

And interesting to see him using it with the foam OFF and subbing w/a pop filter. Most of the PD's I worked for woulda had heart attacks if they saw me doing that...ya know, "messing" with THEIR equipment...lol

@rrsounds

Жыл бұрын

@@marketweis This was an engineering decision, not a DJ decision, LOL! (I was CE at the time)

@marketweis

Жыл бұрын

@@rrsounds That makes sense. Anywhere I've worked, us jocks did not touch or change ANYTHING w/the equipment. The bosses knew that if they gave an inch, well.........

Kid Kelly radio hall of fame. Text 200 to 96000

Arbitron listed this station's positioning statement without spaces so it would fit. "Z100NEWYORKSHITMUSICSTATION". When I read it, I thought it was Z100 New York Shit Music Station.

that dude knows his shit. sounds like a kid...oh, now i get it

Isso é fazer rádio. Formato copiado pela Transamerica no Brasil nos anos 90. 👏👏👏

I LOVE Kid Kelly!!!!

6:14, anyone a clue which song it is ?

The Brasil i Love You!!

@anitabosse

4 жыл бұрын

I dont believe so

90s

What's this..."radio" they speak of?

Where is he now

can someone explain if there is a difference between CHR and Top 40 ?

@DJ_G-Rod

3 жыл бұрын

CHR means Contemporary Hit Radio. The term CHR is mostly used in the radio biz, and Top 40 is mostly used among general music fans.

@traxonwax

3 жыл бұрын

Top 40 was thr commonly used term for any station that played mostly the top 40 and a few recurrent tracks and breaking the new tracks. CHR because more of an industry term that came into vogue after the split of Top 40 into CHR and Hot AC. By the way, Hot Adult Contemporary is like taking the edgier stuff out of the playlist and appealing to women ages 25-49.

That pop filter looks absolutely putrid

Anybody know the voice on the $10,000 promo at 5:09?

@1goeers

Жыл бұрын

I could wrong but I believe it's Brian James

@robynwatts6578

2 ай бұрын

It was Mitch Craig. Both Mitch and Ernie Anderson were the main ID voices of Z100 during this time period.

Like to hear listeners off lines. Very interesting ! Small call small game ! Good idea ! Thanks a lot but we don't do that in France, we think that listeners have are to say they are important to say "poor" live. my listeners were more than 4.9 milllions in A radio called Nostalgie in France; important

Amazing technically. But I can barely understand what he's saying. I love hi-enetgy radio, but he's a bit too fast!

Lol

Do Dj’s on the radio still control everything like this now?

@1goeers

4 жыл бұрын

no everything is now computer based and run by a program... DJ's still can control the volume POTS but most everything fires automatically now

@derekblaustein6013

11 ай бұрын

No, actually they barely control anything at all! Almost everything nowadays is computerized and pre-programmed. That's why some radio stations in America are now even entirely automated. Even when you hear a DJ's voice, they are sometimes pre-recorded sound clips that are recorded in advance at a centralized location, and then played by a computer programs at certain times. Other times it's a DJ broadcasting live, but it's sometimes being aired in one city and then simulcasted to many other cities throughout the country. There are still many stations that have their own staff of on-air personalities but there isn't much they need to do as far as selecting or playing the music or controlling the station.