Jim Ladd, disc jockey who was a fixture of LA rock radio in the 1970s, dies at 75
by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times
Dec 18, 2023
3 minutes
Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in the emergence of FM rock radio in Los Angeles, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 75.
Ladd’s death was announced Monday by Meg Griffin, an on-air colleague at SiriusXM, where they both worked on the satellite radio service’s rock channels. Ladd had a shift on SiriusXM’s Deep Tracks channel, which features the album-oriented rock he played over his long career.
“He never stopped caring,” Griffin said after telling listeners that Ladd died at his home near Carmichael, California,
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