How to Use disc jockey in a Sentence

disc jockey

1 of 2 noun
  • His dad, a disc jockey, passed away before his son spoke his first words.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The show’s disc jockey told them that listeners loved the song.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Volunteers swayed to lively tunes spun by a young disc jockey.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Austin found jobs — bartender, disc jockey — but none of them amounted to much of anything.
    — Freep.com, 25 Oct. 2020
  • So, to me, an award show without a host is like a radio station without a disc jockey.
    — James Hibberd, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The disc jockeys have created a monster.
    — Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The event will include a water slide, a disc jockey and local marine life will be showcased.
    — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 17 July 2019
  • The sound became a sort of special sauce for disc jockeys citywide, who were playing disco at the time.
    — Katey Ceccarelli, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Spann was the morning drive disc jockey and the play-by-play guy for high school football games on Friday nights.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al.com, 2 July 2019
  • Billboard magazine named him disc jockey of the year for medium-size markets.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The event will include hors d'oeuvres, a three-course dinner, a live disc jockey, raffles, silent and live auctions and an open bar.
    — Staff Report, Aurora Beacon-News, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Her boyfriend, Joseph Hudson, a popular disc jockey, was shot to death a few miles away on the path to a farm.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Wood was a radio announcer and jazz disc jockey and took DeJohnette around to clubs.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Nite, a former Cleveland disc jockey, played an integral part in the process and lays out all the details.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Through the decades, disc jockeys have evolved from background figures to a creative force shaping hip-hop music and culture.
    — Osej Serratos, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Her boyfriend, Joseph Hudson, a popular local disc jockey, was shot to death a few miles away on a path to a farm.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 17 Mar. 2021
  • And then on the other side, my grandma was like the second female disc jockey in the world, and then went on to be an amazing singer-songwriter.
    — Tim Stack, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Police found her boyfriend, Joseph Hudson, a popular local disc jockey, shot to death a few miles away on the path to a farm.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The sequence starts in darkness before James opens the curtains of his hotel room to reveal a disc jockey blasting some tunes at a fan fest on the plaza below.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Burbank also worked as a host and disc jockey in Tennessee and Windsor, Ontario.
    — Dave Clark, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Burbank also worked as a host and disc jockey in Tennessee and Windsor, Ontario.
    — Dave Clark, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • While working as a disc jockey in his early 20s, Engvall was in a nightclub one evening with friends, who urged him to get up on stage and try his hand at stand-up.
    — Nick Clement, Variety, 26 May 2022
  • The Dutch disc jockey, mixer and electronic music producer will do a DJ set as the players in the game warm up on the field.
    — San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Betty White got her first job on camera in 1949 as the sidekick to a former radio disc jockey, Al Jarvis.
    — WSJ, 31 Dec. 2021
  • On Thursday night, about 200 migrants danced in the town square as a disc jockey played reggaeton music from the balcony of the mayor’s office.
    — José De Córdoba and Juan Montes, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Art Laboe, a disc jockey for more than 70 years and one of the first to play rock 'n' roll on the West Coast, died Friday of pneumonia.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The duo also hired a disc jockey named Wes Wallace, who has spun at the club nearly every Friday night since 1991.
    — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The disc jockey, who got his first radio job at 17, went on to fill Southern California’s airwaves for more than 70 years.
    — Esmeralda Bermudezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
  • There was the 11-day, on-air vigil maintained by 98 Rock disc jockey Bob Rivers, who vowed not to sign off until the Orioles won.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Albanese, a keen disc jockey who performs at charity events under the stage name DJ Albo, joked about Takaichi’s renowned interest in heavy metal music.
    — ABC News, 4 May 2026

disc jockey

2 of 2 verb
  • Benson was always more than just a rock radio disc jockey who dropped the needle in the grooves for a few hours and then clocked out.
    — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • While with the Packers, Jim already showed his ability as an on-air talent, doubling as a disc jockey and local sportscaster.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Lyons, who got his start as a radio disc jockey in the 1940s, had begun turning his attention to younger musicians, wondering what his beloved genre held in its future.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Born on April 1, 1960 in Chicago, Runyon’s father was Jim Runyon, a popular radio disc jockey.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Within weeks of Universal’s purchase of KUXL, the station hosted a two-hour rhythm and blues show broadcast on Saturday and Sunday, hosted by the only Black radio disc jockey in town, Rio Pardo.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Joining the Georgia native in Riverside are country musicians Shane Profitt, Lauren Watkins, RaeLynn and disc jockey DJ ROCK.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Jim Hill is celebrating 50 years of Los Angeles sports coverage, marking another milestone in a legendary career that has spanned from professional football player to disc jockey and finally to Southern California's most iconic sportscaster.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026

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