RADIO SHOW OF THE WEEK.Byline: - Fred Shuster``RODNEY ON THE ROQ'' What: Longtime local scene fixture Rodney Bingenheimer Rodney Bingenheimer (pronounced IPA: /ˈbɪŋənhaɪmɚ/), (December 15, 1946 -) born in Mountain View, California, is a renowned Hollywood personality and radio disc jockey on the well-known Los Angeles is always a step ahead on imports and musical trends from across the pond. He features interviews and music. Where: KROQ-FM (106.7). When: Midnight Sundays. Playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. : Coldplay, JJ72, Johnny Marr's Healers, Doves, Badly Drawn Boy Damon Gough (nicknamed Badly Drawn Boy), was born 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England. He is a Mercury Prize-winning indie singer/songwriter. , Placebo. Quote: ``I think the show is popular partly because of the time slot Continuously repeating interval of time or a time period in which two devices are able to interconnect. . It's on very late Sundays, and it gives people a different type of playlist. Eventually, much of the stuff I introduce ends up on KROQ during the day. This gives people an early taste.'' Off the air: Due for release early next year is ``Mayor of the Sunset Strip Mayor of the Sunset Strip is a 2003 documentary on the life of Rodney Bingenheimer directed by George Hickenlooper. It features interviews with the following:
Background: Born in San Jose and raised in Mountain View, Bingenheimer was Davy Jones' stand-in on TV's ``The Monkees.'' Actor Sal Mineo dubbed him ``the mayor of Sunset Strip.'' Bingenheimer opened his first English Disco in 1972. He started at KROQ more than 20 years ago. Taking a stand: ``There's always so much exciting new music from the UK. I still check out the import stores all the time.'' You'll like this if: ... you like KCRW-FM's (89.9) ``Ground Zero'' at noon Saturdays. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Rodney Bingenheimer: ``There's always so much exciting new music from the UK. I still check out the import stores all the time.'' |
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