Debunking the Myths about Radio DJs

DJs know a lot of celebrities: Truth or Lie?

This may be the indication over the air during interviews but for the most part, singers and rappers are very private people who only let certain people that they have known and trusted FOR YEARS in their inner circles. This is for good reason, everybody is often trying to get next to them because of their status and they have to be wary.

The bigger a DJ and a station are the more likely he or she is to have contact with singers and rappers off the air because the relationship is beneficial to both but more than often DJs may know a lot of celebrities but they are not personal friends with them. Some successful DJs learn this the hard way when they take a fall and are no longer on the air.

The radio station is central in building a radio announcer’s career and contacts and when that’s gone so are the contacts. This is an incredibly harsh lesson for all new DJs in the industry (and many old ones) to learn but the industry is a business first that’s based on relationships BECAUSE of business. For the most part singers and rappers hit the station to promote their latest song or CD and that’s it just like actors do the TV circuit to promote a new movie. While many DJs may not like to admit it, they are often just the middlemen or the liaison between the artist and the fans. How they use that role determines the stars and the middlemen.