Every so often I come back and watch this video of Kid Kelly.....before seeing this I never realized how much work and talent went into being a DJ....its not just sit there, play some records and talk a little. Weird to watch this now seeing how young he is, in his prime...and so much time has passed now. Only learned tonight, after wondering what he was up to now, he was VP of Pop Programming at Hits 1 on SiriusXM but left in 2020.
Me too . This was real and the best. z100 is awesome. I’m from England UK , USA radio is the best stunning audio crystal clear sounds the pace is my vibe full of energy
@@Globalrealestateadvisor i do i listen to radio daily it has the best radio edit cuts, early versions, original promo, and jingles, im from England UK and USA has the best radio network, Jingles and crystal clear HD Audio.
Back when Radio had real talent. Kid makes it look so easy, every break every segue are tight as hell. From 89-98 I worked in central California radio. Since I worked on the west coast I never heard of him til my PD gave me some airchecks to listen to. Amazing to say the least, Best night Jock ever!
I actually lived in NYC from 88-90. He rocked! Scott Shannon on the Morning Zoo was great. If you want a classic, check out Broadway Bill Lee on Hot 97 from 1988. He is formerly of KPKE here in Denver...and sounded better on Hot103 (the did a frequency swap, the used to have a top of the hour ident that went "From the toh, toh, toh, top of the World Trade Center. 103.5 WQHT NY...hoh, hoh, Hot 103." It would make your hair stand up. Here is the Hot 97 scope. I actually was listening THIS VERY NIGHT in NY rush hour traffic. It literally brought a flood of specific memories of that evening back to me. (I literally had JUST returned from a vacation in the UK, the night before.) Soooo cool! ruclips.net/video/8rW_JMXxWOw/видео.html
This is around the time the American style arrived here in the UK. At City FM in Liverpool we had the same jingles from JAM and so did lots of our local stations. Total buzz still to see radio done like this.
Song list: Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way Faith No More - Epic Sweet Sensation - Hooked On You Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory 2 In a Room - Wiggle It Mariah Carey - Vision of Love Keith Sweat - Make You Sweat Go West - King of Wishful Thinking Cynthia & Johnny O. - Dreamboy/Dreamgirl Nelson - Love and Affection Bobby Brown - My Prerogative DeeLite - Groove Is In The Heart Black Box - Everybody Everybody The Romantics - What I Like About You Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Janet Jackson - Black Cat ("3 Snaps Up" Version) The $10,000 contest songs: Bobby Brown - My Prerogative Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence Mariah Carey - Vision of Love ??? Seduction - Heartbeat Billy Idol - Cradle of Love ??? ??? Wilson Philips - Hold On ???
Dying format? This is when radio is New York City was awesome! And this format continued on for several years. It wasn't until about 1993 or 1994 that someone got the crazy idea of transforming this great Top 40 (CHR) station into some kind of alternative rock station. I immediately stopped listening. Didn't start tuning into Z-100 again until about 1996 when they went back to their Top 40 format. Although by then I was a really big fan of 103.5 KTU, so I only listened to Z-100 periodically.
@@derekblaustein6013 yes … Z100 was suffering from a huge slide in revenue while the ratings erosion began in 1991 as Top 40 had entered a very weak period. Retrospectively it may sound good to our ears today but Malrite had to sell to Shamrock and by 1996 Z100’s ratings - pre-Elvis Duran - were at historic lows. Britney and the boy bands rescued it.
@@adamjacobson2449 It always sounded great to my ears! From 1983 to 1993. Those were the years I mainly listened to Z100. I don't think it was just Britney and the boy bands that saved Z100. I think it was that they finally dropped that weird alternative rock format that they had for a few years, and brought back Pop music, dance music, R&B, hip-hop and all the mainstream hits.
@@derekblaustein6013 And yet, Morrissey's "The More You Ignore Me (The Closer I Get)" was a song that was emblematic of how Z100 reinvented itself in 1994 because it's revenue was hemorrhaging and Top 40 was extremely challenged. Moving back to mainstream Top 40 was a decision fueled in many ways by "92.3 K-Rock" going Alternative with Howard Stern as the morning anchor, and to better position 103.5 KTU, which was going to become a sibling to Z100. In 1996 KTU was a huge No. 1, while Z100 had sunk to a new low. By 1998 it was a whole new era of success for Z100.
Radio was fun to listen to back then. It was very entertaining how dj's used to get creative. Now everyone sounds the same, very cookie cutter formats.
Arbitron listed this station's positioning statement without spaces so it would fit. "Z100NEWYORKSHITMUSICSTATION". When I read it, I thought it was Z100 New York Shit Music Station.
Top 40 was thr commonly used term for any station that played mostly the top 40 and a few recurrent tracks and breaking the new tracks. CHR because more of an industry term that came into vogue after the split of Top 40 into CHR and Hot AC. By the way, Hot Adult Contemporary is like taking the edgier stuff out of the playlist and appealing to women ages 25-49.
And interesting to see him using it with the foam OFF and subbing w/a pop filter. Most of the PD's I worked for woulda had heart attacks if they saw me doing that...ya know, "messing" with THEIR equipment...lol
@@rrsounds That makes sense. Anywhere I've worked, us jocks did not touch or change ANYTHING w/the equipment. The bosses knew that if they gave an inch, well.........
Like to hear listeners off lines. Very interesting ! Small call small game ! Good idea ! Thanks a lot but we don't do that in France, we think that listeners have are to say they are important to say "poor" live. my listeners were more than 4.9 milllions in A radio called Nostalgie in France; important
No, actually they barely control anything at all! Almost everything nowadays is computerized and pre-programmed. That's why some radio stations in America are now even entirely automated. Even when you hear a DJ's voice, they are sometimes pre-recorded sound clips that are recorded in advance at a centralized location, and then played by a computer programs at certain times. Other times it's a DJ broadcasting live, but it's sometimes being aired in one city and then simulcasted to many other cities throughout the country. There are still many stations that have their own staff of on-air personalities but there isn't much they need to do as far as selecting or playing the music or controlling the station.
Every so often I come back and watch this video of Kid Kelly.....before seeing this I never realized how much work and talent went into being a DJ....its not just sit there, play some records and talk a little. Weird to watch this now seeing how young he is, in his prime...and so much time has passed now. Only learned tonight, after wondering what he was up to now, he was VP of Pop Programming at Hits 1 on SiriusXM but left in 2020.
PURE DJ TALENT. That was back in the day when there were real DJ's running their own boards. I miss those days.
...Me too! Today nobody listen Radio for hits anymore
Me too . This was real and the best. z100 is awesome. I’m from England UK , USA radio is the best stunning audio crystal clear sounds the pace is my vibe full of energy
@@Globalrealestateadvisor i do i listen to radio daily it has the best radio edit cuts, early versions, original promo, and jingles, im from England UK and USA has the best radio network, Jingles and crystal clear HD Audio.
Yup. Good music and talks sense.
Back when Radio had real talent. Kid makes it look so easy, every break every segue are tight as hell. From 89-98 I worked in central California radio. Since I worked on the west coast I never heard of him til my PD gave me some airchecks to listen to. Amazing to say the least, Best night Jock ever!
I actually lived in NYC from 88-90. He rocked! Scott Shannon on the Morning Zoo was great. If you want a classic, check out Broadway Bill Lee on Hot 97 from 1988. He is formerly of KPKE here in Denver...and sounded better on Hot103 (the did a frequency swap, the used to have a top of the hour ident that went "From the toh, toh, toh, top of the World Trade Center. 103.5 WQHT NY...hoh, hoh, Hot 103." It would make your hair stand up.
Here is the Hot 97 scope. I actually was listening THIS VERY NIGHT in NY rush hour traffic. It literally brought a flood of specific memories of that evening back to me. (I literally had JUST returned from a vacation in the UK, the night before.) Soooo cool!
ruclips.net/video/8rW_JMXxWOw/видео.html
Here is that Hot 103 scope with Broadway Bill Lee. ruclips.net/video/IzIYwD68xD8/видео.html Don't you miss the time when jocks had talent?!?!
Also LOVED George McFly doing Nights on B96 in Chicago back in the day!
FANTASTIC,.. I'M FORTALEZA BRASIL 🇧🇷
@@MJCLAXDEN Wow Hot 103.. That was a long time ago! Before they moved to Hot 97!
This is around the time the American style arrived here in the UK. At City FM in Liverpool we had the same jingles from JAM and so did lots of our local stations. Total buzz still to see radio done like this.
completely agree with ya. exciting and just grips ya ears & brain to listen. love radio like this.
I used to listen to Z100, as a kid growing up in the 80's, fun times! 😁♥️♥️
I love your Pillsbury Doughboy, sitting at the controls! 🤗♥️♥️
I'd honestly watch this all day.
Before hittin the big Apple Kid Krockett used to rock the Queen city on WKSE kiss 98.5 in Buffalo....the number one hit music station
Love watching those kick tone lights on those 99b's.
What a talent...could listen to this all day...
Broadway bill and kid Kelly the best
Why don’t we get radio like this anymore?
Love how the phones are ballistic
and this guy is still using "carts"....Wow!.....Most stations put those in the trash years ago! This is the real way to DJ!....Congrats!
Keith Reese this was from back in 1990 or 1
@@davewaldron6512 I was using carts up to 05 for FX and talk beds
DAYYYYUM!!! So good!!!
Also, I am a huge fan of Phil Collins. He is awesome.
Song list:
Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way
Faith No More - Epic
Sweet Sensation - Hooked On You
Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory
2 In a Room - Wiggle It
Mariah Carey - Vision of Love
Keith Sweat - Make You Sweat
Go West - King of Wishful Thinking
Cynthia & Johnny O. - Dreamboy/Dreamgirl
Nelson - Love and Affection
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
DeeLite - Groove Is In The Heart
Black Box - Everybody Everybody
The Romantics - What I Like About You
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Janet Jackson - Black Cat ("3 Snaps Up" Version)
The $10,000 contest songs:
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Mariah Carey - Vision of Love
???
Seduction - Heartbeat
Billy Idol - Cradle of Love
???
???
Wilson Philips - Hold On
???
Wow, this was great!👍🏻😁
Miss working with you Kid Kelly. The only guy who could figure out top 40 at a horrible time for a “dying” format
Dying format? This is when radio is New York City was awesome! And this format continued on for several years. It wasn't until about 1993 or 1994 that someone got the crazy idea of transforming this great Top 40 (CHR) station into some kind of alternative rock station. I immediately stopped listening. Didn't start tuning into Z-100 again until about 1996 when they went back to their Top 40 format. Although by then I was a really big fan of 103.5 KTU, so I only listened to Z-100 periodically.
@@derekblaustein6013 yes … Z100 was suffering from a huge slide in revenue while the ratings erosion began in 1991 as Top 40 had entered a very weak period. Retrospectively it may sound good to our ears today but Malrite had to sell to Shamrock and by 1996 Z100’s ratings - pre-Elvis Duran - were at historic lows. Britney and the boy bands rescued it.
@@adamjacobson2449 It always sounded great to my ears! From 1983 to 1993. Those were the years I mainly listened to Z100. I don't think it was just Britney and the boy bands that saved Z100. I think it was that they finally dropped that weird alternative rock format that they had for a few years, and brought back Pop music, dance music, R&B, hip-hop and all the mainstream hits.
@@derekblaustein6013 And yet, Morrissey's "The More You Ignore Me (The Closer I Get)" was a song that was emblematic of how Z100 reinvented itself in 1994 because it's revenue was hemorrhaging and Top 40 was extremely challenged. Moving back to mainstream Top 40 was a decision fueled in many ways by "92.3 K-Rock" going Alternative with Howard Stern as the morning anchor, and to better position 103.5 KTU, which was going to become a sibling to Z100. In 1996 KTU was a huge No. 1, while Z100 had sunk to a new low. By 1998 it was a whole new era of success for Z100.
Radio was fun to listen to back then. It was very entertaining how dj's used to get creative. Now everyone sounds the same, very cookie cutter formats.
Oh the good old days!
Hammer couldn't fill a meadow now, let alone the Meadowlands
In all my years in radio, I've never had anyone to answer my calls 🤔
Luxury 😂
When Z 100 was listenable
This has to be 1990
1:40 that song is stuck in my head since stern played this clip
"Hooked On You" by Sweet Sensation (lead singer: Betty Dee)
Always has been and will always be a Thrill!!!!
Excellente prestation 👍👍👍
What's this..."radio" they speak of?
It was a sad era when top40 radio started hiring disc jockeys that sounded like they were 12.
6:14, anyone a clue which song it is ?
High energy radio needs to return..............Radio has DIED
Kid Kelly radio hall of fame. Text 200 to 96000
Brilliant!
Hey I remember when “my name is” by Eminem came out when you did the interactive 9 @ 9 you made a spoof song based off it “hi my name is kid Kelly”
I really love this video! It is so awesome exclamation I love listening to you. You are so funny and you make me laugh in a good way!
that dude knows his shit. sounds like a kid...oh, now i get it
Arbitron listed this station's positioning statement without spaces so it would fit. "Z100NEWYORKSHITMUSICSTATION". When I read it, I thought it was Z100 New York Shit Music Station.
Where is he now
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can someone explain if there is a difference between CHR and Top 40 ?
CHR means Contemporary Hit Radio. The term CHR is mostly used in the radio biz, and Top 40 is mostly used among general music fans.
Top 40 was thr commonly used term for any station that played mostly the top 40 and a few recurrent tracks and breaking the new tracks. CHR because more of an industry term that came into vogue after the split of Top 40 into CHR and Hot AC. By the way, Hot Adult Contemporary is like taking the edgier stuff out of the playlist and appealing to women ages 25-49.
Nice one Kid!
Love the SM7
And interesting to see him using it with the foam OFF and subbing w/a pop filter. Most of the PD's I worked for woulda had heart attacks if they saw me doing that...ya know, "messing" with THEIR equipment...lol
@@marketweis This was an engineering decision, not a DJ decision, LOL! (I was CE at the time)
@@rrsounds That makes sense. Anywhere I've worked, us jocks did not touch or change ANYTHING w/the equipment. The bosses knew that if they gave an inch, well.........
Super Kid Kelly
Thank you Kid Kelly.
I LOVE Kid Kelly!!!!
Isso é fazer rádio. Formato copiado pela Transamerica no Brasil nos anos 90. 👏👏👏
90s
That pop filter looks absolutely putrid
The greatest boss jock ever
Like to hear listeners off lines. Very interesting ! Small call small game ! Good idea ! Thanks a lot but we don't do that in France, we think that listeners have are to say they are important to say "poor" live. my listeners were more than 4.9 milllions in A radio called Nostalgie in France; important
Anybody know the voice on the $10,000 promo at 5:09?
I could wrong but I believe it's Brian James
It was Mitch Craig. Both Mitch and Ernie Anderson were the main ID voices of Z100 during this time period.
The Brasil i Love You!!
I dont believe so
Do Dj’s on the radio still control everything like this now?
no everything is now computer based and run by a program... DJ's still can control the volume POTS but most everything fires automatically now
No, actually they barely control anything at all! Almost everything nowadays is computerized and pre-programmed. That's why some radio stations in America are now even entirely automated. Even when you hear a DJ's voice, they are sometimes pre-recorded sound clips that are recorded in advance at a centralized location, and then played by a computer programs at certain times. Other times it's a DJ broadcasting live, but it's sometimes being aired in one city and then simulcasted to many other cities throughout the country. There are still many stations that have their own staff of on-air personalities but there isn't much they need to do as far as selecting or playing the music or controlling the station.
Amazing technically. But I can barely understand what he's saying. I love hi-enetgy radio, but he's a bit too fast!
Lol