Jed the Fish

Edwin Fish "Jed" Gould III (born July 15, 1955), known to radio listeners as Jed the Fish, is a disc jockey who hosted afternoon drive on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles,[1] from 1978 to 2013. His tenure at KROQ lasted 35 years. From 1994 to July 2013, Jed hosted the nationally syndicated show Out of Order.[2][3] 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 two hours long and is syndicated by Dial Global.

Awards: Gould won Billboard's Major Market Alternative Radio Personality of the year in 1998 and 2000 (in 1999 his co-workers Kevin and Bean took home the prize). He won Album Network's All Stars award for Virtuallyalternative Radio Personality in 1999 and 2000.

As of 2012 Jed the Fish is currently an air personality at radio station KCSN.[4]

Awards

In 1997 and 1999, Jed was awarded the Billboard Air Modern Rock Personality of the Year award.[1]

In 1998, Jed received an award for the Radio & Records Local Modern Rock Personality of the Year.[1]

Other media

References

  1. 1 2 3 Barrett, Don. "Top 10 Los Angeles Radio People of 2004".
  2. ↑ "Out of Order show website". Westwood One. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Jed the Fish Bio". Westwood One. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  4. ↑ "KCSN". KCSN. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-13.


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