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This is a list of radio stations in Kingston, Jamaica. These are 16 radio stations in Kingston. FM Stations ... Sports, Reggae Music NewsTalk 93 FM: 93.7 MHz: News ...
On 9 July 1950, a commercial license to operate as a subsidiary of the British Rediffusion Group was issued to the Radio Jamaica and Rediffusion Network. Initially only four medium-wave, signal transmission sites broadcast throughout the island. In 1951 wire radio service was established from a central broadcasting station.
The song is a "playlet," a word Stoller used for the glimpses into teenage life that characterized the songs he and Lieber wrote and produced. [4] The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager's response ("yakety yak") and the parents' retort ("don't talk back") — an experience very familiar to a middle-class teenager of the day.
Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica), [1] better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s. He commented, "Deejays were closest to the people because there wasn't any kind of establishment control on the sound systems". [2]
Reggae Sounds, derived from jamaican sound system is a term use to describe a group of reggae Disk jockeys in Kenya who provide entertainment mainly by hosting reggae related events and shows, first gained popularity in the 1990s with notable groups such as Omega Sounds, King Lions Sounds, Livity Sounds, Jahmbo Sounds, King Jahmbo Sounds and Shashamane Intl being among the first to be formed.
In October 1990, he began presenting a reggae show called The Sunshine Show on BBC Radio 1 on Wednesday nights. [3] On 3 January 1993, Gray took over the Sunday lunchtime slot previously presented by Alan Freeman. He was the first black presenter with a regular daytime slot on the station. [4] Gray died in Jamaica in March 2022.
The record was picked up neither by blues nor by country radio stations, each of which seemed to think it sounded too much like the other. "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" was one out of only two records Yelvington cut for Sun. In 1955 he released a single, "Yakety Yak" (not the same tune as "Yakety Yak" by The Coasters), on competitor Meteor Records.
Owen Gray, also known as Owen Grey (born 5 July 1939), [1] is a Jamaican musician. His work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been credited as Jamaica's first home-grown singing star. [2]