Liquid Todd
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DJ Liquid Todd (Todd Wilkinson) is a radio DJ and producer based in New York City. He hosts the "Altered State" show Friday nights, 1-3am on 103.5 WKTU and works on several channels at Sirius Satellite Radio. Todd previously hosted the long-running "Solid State" show on 92.3 K-Rock (WXRK) in New York which aired on Saturday nights from 1997-2005. Solid State ended when K-Rock shifted formats to a more classic rock-based sound in April 2005. (WXRK flipped to talk/rock hybrid Free FM in January, 2006 and changed its call letters to WFNY.)
[edit] History
"Liquid" Todd Wilkinson started his radio career as an intern at WDRE on Long Island. His first full-time job was at Channel Z (WCHZ-FM) in Augusta, Georgia in 1992 where he served at Production Director for less than a year before moving up to Boston to take over the same job at 101.7 WFNX. At WFNX, DJ Todd became Liquid Todd and launched "Spin Cycle" a show that is still on the air. Todd was promoted from Production Director to Assistant Program Director and was serving as the station's Acting Program Director when he left in early 1997.
On April 7, 1997 Liquid Todd launched "Solid State" on K-Rock which became internationally known as a trailblazing radio show featuring many forms of electronic music. In 2002 Todd won the award for "Best Radio DJ" at the Dancestar American Dance Music Awards in Miami - an award he was nominated for every year the awards have been held. His second DJ mix CD, "Solid State" (2002) was also nominated for "Best Compilation" in the Dancestar World Dance Music Awards in London.
In May 2005 Todd and co-host Steve "El" Covino launched the successor to "Solid State" when "Altered State" debuted Memorial Day Weekend on 103.5 WKTU in New York.
At Sirius Satellite Radio Todd spins, consults and helps program two channels - Boombox and Chill." He also programs and hosts an underground rock show called "Zeros+Ones" which airs from 10pm-Midnight Monday nights on "Left of Center" (channel 26).
Liquid Todd has performed live all over the world and frequently tours with DJ Paul Oakenfold in North America. He lives in New York City in the East Village. You can find out more about Liquid Todd on his website: http://www.liquidtodd.com.
Outside of his music-related endeavors Liquid Todd dreamed up the idea for Street Treats, Inc. (www.streettreats.com) - a doggie treat vending company which received a flurry of media attention following the publication of a story on the front page of the New York Daily News website (and in the paper) in March of 2005.
