radio djs

ROMEO MORAN gathered six of the best young radio DJs in one room and made them break down the artistry in filling dead spaces on air and figuring out the most creative ways to play other people’s music.

A SHOW OF HANDS— in the age of Spotify, SoundCloud, torrents, and YouTube, does anyone still listen to the radio?

If you’ve been hooking up to your aux in your car stereo all this time, then you might be surprised to nd out that a lot of people still tune in. Radio, in some ways, is like print—stations and DJs have been told, over and over since the advent of television, that the medium is dying. They’ve been hearing this for years, but it didn’t really die when people said it was going to die.

It’s really easy to take radio for granted when we conveniently have music on demand, but the format is still kicking, whether you switch between AM and FM, and it will continue to do so as long as the next generations still listen. We were curious about how the industry was adapting to new forms of media popping up all the time, so we rounded up six young DJs to pick their brains. If you’re always tuned in, you might be familiar with the names DJs Debbie Then, Katz Salao, Jam Alas, Stan Sy, Tino Faustino, and Renzo Magnaye, and they’ve got a lot to say about the business they love. (And if not, then we hope this gives you a reason to after you read it.)