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“Jed The Fish” Gould, the quirky, influential Los Angeles radio DJ who lorded over Kroq-fm’s drivetime slot for 34 years, died Monday of lung cancer at his home. He was 69. The news was announced on his Instagram page and social media.

“The world lost one of its most unique and brilliant personalities,” the Ig post reads in part. “The world will never be the same.”

Born Edwin Jed Fish Gould III on July 15, 1955, he joined the Pasadena-based Kroq in 1978 as its musical director while punk rock and new wave were gaining momentum. He moved to the night shift in 1979 and was a big part of the station’s “Roq of the ’80s” push early in that decade. He moved to San Francisco in 1985 to join Kqak-fm for three months before doing a brief weekend stint at Bay Area rival station Krqr before returning to Kroq and taking over the 3-6 p.

Jim Ladd, the famed rock radio disc jockey in 1970s Los Angeles who went on to host a show on SiriusXM, has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 75.

Ladd’s on-air colleague at the satellite radio service, Meg Griffin, shared the news of his death on Saturday on its Deep Tracks channel, which the two worked on together. The station plays album-oriented rock that the freeform DJ was known for during his decades-long career.

He first gained nationwide recognition when he hosted the hourlong, nationally syndicated show Innerview at Kmet in Los Angeles. The first of its kind, it aired weekly on more than 160 stations from the 1970s to the late ’90s and offered an in-depth look at music from the artist’s perspective. Ladd sat down with legends like Led Zeppelin, the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees, John Lennon and Aerosmith, among many others.

Ladd’s long...

Jim Ladd, a celebrated free-form radio DJ who is widely considered the inspiration for Tom Petty’s 2002 album and single “The Last DJ,” died Dec. 17 of a heart attack. He was 75.

Since 2012 Ladd has hosted a live, daily free-form show on Sirius Xmu’s “Deep Tracks” channel; his friend, fellow Sirius DJ Meg Griffin, announced his death on Monday while guest-hosting Ladd’s show.

Prior to his tenure at Sirius Xmu, Ladd spent decades as one of the most familiar voices of rock radio in Los Angeles. Born Jan. 17, 1948 in Lynnwood, California, Ladd got his start in radion in 1969 on Long Beach radio station Knac, moving to Klos in Los Angeles 2 years later. In 1974 he moved again to LA’s Kmet, where he remained until 1987.

During those years he also launched his acclaimed syndicated radio show “Innerview.” He was laid off along with all other staff when Kmet changed formats...

Jim Ladd, the longtime Los Angeles FM deejay known as “The Lonesome L.A. Cowboy” who had hosted a SiriusXM show for 12 years and was the inspiration for Tom Petty’s album The Last DJ, died early Sunday morning of a heart attack at his L.A. home. He was 75.

His death was announced today by fellow veteran DJ Meg Griffin, who hosted Ladd’s SiriusXM Deep Tracks show in his place today. Griffin said his wife Helene Lodge-Ladd had asked her to announce the news at the start of his show that aired live weekdays from 2-6 p.m. Pt. It was Ladd’s first national program.

“I am so sorry for the shock that just hit you as you are listening right now,” Griffin told listeners. “He never stopped caring. He delivered the truth. He lived for the music.”

“As I have always done throughout my career, I will...

Call it blood on the Deep Tracks.

This week, SiriusXM announced a series of changes to its lineup of music channels. The additions include channels devoted exclusively to the oeuvres of Kelly Clarkson and John Mayer, one made up of old-school Latin music, and one each focusing on R&b and hip-hop hits from the 2000s and 2010s. To make room, some pre-existing channels were moved to new slots up and down the dial.

Although these types of tweaks happen every so often at SiriusXM, tell that to the devoted followers of Deep Tracks,...

Slash has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The former Guns N' Roses guitarist attended a ceremony outside the Hard Rock Cafe in Los Angeles on Tuesday (10.07.12) for the unveiling of the 2,473rd star where he was feted by friends including Charlie Sheen, music producer Robert Evans and radio host Jim Ladd. The London-born musician said: ''I've been a part of the Hollywood fabric for a long time and to actually be appreciated by the city of Hollywood is a huge, huge honour. And so I want to thank everybody for this; it's unbelievable. ''This is...

Slash has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The former Guns N' Roses guitarist attended a ceremony outside the Hard Rock Cafe in Los Angeles on Tuesday (10.07.12) for the unveiling of the 2,473rd star where he was feted by friends including Charlie Sheen, music producer Robert Evans and radio host Jim Ladd. The London-born musician said: 'I've been a part of the Hollywood fabric for a long time and to actually be appreciated by the city of Hollywood is a huge, huge honour. And so I want to thank everybody for this; it's unbelievable. 'This is a really special acknowledgement ... it's the coolest thing you could ever get.

As The Beach Boys gear up for their 50th anniversary reunion tour, SiriusXM will get the good vibrations happening a little early. The band – featuring original Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine along with longtime members Bruce Johnston and David Marks – will play an exclusive intimate show for SiriusXM subscribers April 19, five days before the tour kickoff. The show is part of the satcaster’s Artist Confidential series, which also will feature the SoCal band in conversation with Jim Ladd, who joined SiriusXM this year after more than 40 years as an FM deejay in Los

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After four decades on the airwaves and six weeks on the sidelines, Jim Ladd is moving to the satellites. SiriusXM has hired the revered Los Angeles DJ to do a nightly “freeform” show on the satcaster’s Deep Tracks channel starting in January. The four-hour live show will be Ladd’s first national program. For the Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, it’s a match made in rock ’n’ roll heaven. “As I have always done throughout my career, I will be choosing all my own music,” Ladd said. “I will be playing everything I want — from Pink Floyd to Tom

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