Influenced by the Top 40 sounds of the ’60s and ’70s, Doug Lauzon began pulling records for the local radio stations. He got his own start by taking two home stereos and DJ Friday night CYO Dances. By 1980 he had his first radio gig on WOKW Brockton, MA. Doug was then hired to do the 12 to 2 slot at WBZB in North Carolina before moving back to Plymouth, MA where he landed his first morning show as a co-host on WMSX Brockton, MA.
During this time he branched out and started a successful mobile DJ business catering to clubs, boat tours, and some of the most popular wedding venues in southern New England.
He left the morning show on WMSX to spin oldies at WCEG Middleboro, MA and eventually shifted to Cape Cod where he hosted a show on WKPE and performed for the crowded beaches on the weekend.
Doug moved on to WDIS in Norfolk, MA where Doug Lauzon in the Morning was developed. After his tenure at WDIS he returned to WMSX Brockton to host a morning show and spent the afternoons hosting a news show on WBET. Doug spent the weekends playing the top hits for Cape Cod and spinning dance tunes at Cape COD’s largest night club.
A little older, but no less quiet, Doug still hosts Doug Lauzon in the Morning in addition to events and shows across the South Shore and Cape Cod. His radio career has taken him to Gaineville FLA, and Dumas TX, When not on the air Doug Lauzon enjoys traveling to some of his favorite Gulf Coast Beaches, Nashville, Vegas and the mountains and shores of New England
I grew up in the awesome neighborhood of Noe Valley in San Francisco. Went to St. Paul’s then on to City College of San Francisco then off to SF State. I am a third generation dj and always knew broadcasting was for me. Before working with Sarah & Vinnie at Alice - KLLC (the first time)- I worked at KCBS Radio and KGO-TV. I worked with S&V for five years then I went to KZQZ before leaving the Bay Area and going to the Fresno/Visalia area. It was there that I did a morning hip hop show then a midday classic rock show. After a few years, I went to Sacramento and worked at 107.7 The End. I finally made my way back home and Co-hosted with Don Bleu on Star 101.3.
And then...I did news and traffic for several radio stations around the Bay before coming back to CBS-and jocking at MOVIN 99.7...I was back in the building and little did I know I would end up where it all started…back with Sarah & Vinnie!. After ten years, it was time for a new challenge.
Currently, I do segments for KOFY TV-20 and voicetrack a show for Hall of Fame Music Radio.
I am married to a wonderful man and we have a sweet Chihuahua named Ella. What I enjoy most is working—all right-what I enjoy most is sleeping and watching the worst television shows. I love most of the dumb reality shows-all the Bravo programs along with the TLC shows. I enjoy a little adventure: boxing class, indoor rock climbing class, zip lining and stand up paddle boarding and even aqua zumba! I love concerts like Elton John, Hall & Oates, The Eagles as well as hitting up Outside Lands and Bottlerock. The other thing I really love doing is cooking. It’s a peaceful hobby.
Every afternoon long time radio veteran Jeff Speck brings you the hits. Jeff's radio career spans all over southwestern Pennsylvania. He has landed a home playing the songs that bring back the memories at Hall of Fame Music Radio. Join him every afternoon from 2 to 6 ET. mp1
The year was 1962. The scene was my kitchen. I heard something coming from atop of the refrigerator. Never really heard it before but I knew I was hooked. It was a radio playing music and I was hooked. I asked my dad to take me to the record store to buy my first 45’s, Go Away Little Girl by Steve Lawrence and Ruby Baby by Dion.
Then I discovered American Bandstand and it solidified my passion for music. Growing up in Philadelphia didn’t hurt, where, at the time some of the best music was heard on the great WIBG and WFIL. I knew then that I wanted to be a DJ, entertain and play
music. In 1974, I attended broadcasting school and landed a job working in the mail room at WCAU-TV and radio where I continued to learn about the broadcast media with the hopes of catching a break in a major market in the US. But fate had other plans.
In 1977, I was offered a position at CBS Records to work in the mail room and learn the music business. I progressed through the ranks…mail room to merchandiser to sales. In 1986, I was offered the opportunity to move to the Washington, DC region to manage a
sales territory and I have been in Maryland ever since. This was by far the BEST job anyone could have!
In 1989, I realized my dream as I took over as an on-air host for a local pro wrestling talk show on WMET. In 1993, when the show ended,and another so host developed the show for TV and debuted on Public Access TV in Montgomery County,
Md and Washington, DC in 1994. This show ran on air for 20 years before ending in 2014. In 2003, I came back to radio, hosting a show on WYRE playing the great music of the 40’s through today.
From 1975 through 2016, I was also a mobile DJ, working weddings, corporate events, family fun nights and everything in between. I also managed to spend time in a wedding band from 1979 to 1984. So, you see, entertainment and music were in my blood.
I am now retired from radio sales and am extremely excited to currently work with the talented individuals at Hall Of Fame Music Radio and bring my passion for the music of my youth, the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s to the airwaves. So, as you see, my passion has been entertaining people via various forms for over 40 years, keeping the music alive. And I hope to do the same for the Hall Of Fame listeners
I always wanted to be a radio announcer for as long as I can remember. It first started when I heard an air-check tape (reel to reel) of my father working for a small AM station in Western Pennsylvania, once I heard that I was hooked. After graduation from Mars Area High School in Mars, PA. (45 miles east of New Castle), I attended California University of PA. (I chose California because I could get on the radio immediately).
After graduation I worked for WLSW FM - Scottdale/Pittsburgh PA., then for over 20+ years, I worked at WMBS AM Uniontown, WASP AM/FM Brownsville, PA., and The New Sound of Oldies - WJPA FM Washington, PA.
You can hear me every Monday to Thursday on Hall of Fame Music Radio from 10 pm to 2 am for The Night Show.
1940s & ’50s Rhythm & Blues
At the end of the Second World War, economics forced the big bands to trim their once great size and thus, the Jump Blues combo was born. Between 1946-1954, rhythm and blues laid the tracks for what was to become Rock n’ Roll. So how come, 70 years later, this vibrant and influential music is still so unknown to so many?
Matt The Cat is going to change that with the radio program, “Juke In The Back.” These were the records that you couldn’t hear on the jukebox in the front of the establishment. To hear all this great 1950s rhythm & blues, you had to go to “Juke In The Back.”
1940s & ’50s Rhythm & Blues
At the end of the Second World War, economics forced the big bands to trim their once great size and thus, the Jump Blues combo was born. Between 1946-1954, rhythm and blues laid the tracks for what was to become Rock n’ Roll. So how come, 70 years later, this vibrant and influential music is still so unknown to so many?
Matt The Cat is going to change that with the radio program, “Juke In The Back.” These were the records that you couldn’t hear on the jukebox in the front of the establishment. To hear all this great 1950s rhythm & blues, you had to go to “Juke In The Back.”
Music from that time when rhythm and blues and rock and roll were emerging but hadn't yet become a predictable formula. A time when musicians were listening to and incorporating these exciting emergences into their own style of music. We focus on music that is difficult to categorize. C&W sounds like rockabilly and rockabilly sounds like R&B which sounds an awful lot like rock. That's the sweet spot for the music on the show and, sure enough, that's where the New Orleans sound is centered.