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Radio disc jockey / selector role
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Jamaican radio borrowed its music presenters from the dance rather than the other way round: the radio disc jockey inherited the selector's judgement — what to play, when to pull up, how to ride a rhythm with talk. The line from dance selector to radio personality runs through most of the island's famous broadcast names.
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Radio DJs were culture brokers
Radio personalities translated sound-system energy into broadcast routines: dedications, pull-ups, countdowns, interviews, dubplates, request lines and national catchphrases.
Stance: announcer as neutral host vs selector/gatekeeper