Listening to Rihanna earlier this week (not on the radio) plead with the DJ to put the song “pon de replay” and also to “turn the music up” because “all the gyal on the dance floor wantin’ some more” suddenly reminded me that I had not listened to the radio in a while. And the reason is that I could not find a DJ who could put it ‘pon de replay.’
Oh I know Rihanna was referring to a DJ in a club in her song. But clubs are places I very rarely visit. So I would want to use the radio to find my dance music, my exercise jams, daydreaming tunes, music to cook by and to fall asleep with. It has been a learning experience.
Back in the day, there were more ‘Radio Announcers’ than DJs. And back then, the radio was where you could hear English the
