Oedipus (DJ)

Oedipus (DJ)

Oedipus (real name Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. Oedipus’s radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s college station WTBS (today WMBR). He gained notoriety by starting the first Punk rock radio show in America, introducing Punk and New Wave to Boston and to the country.[1]

In 1977, Oedipus convinced WBCN to hire him as an announcer to bring his cutting edge sounds to the airwaves.[citation needed] In 1981 he was named Program Director, a position he held until he left in 2004.[2][3] Under his tutelage, the station was recognized as an industry leader in breaking new music and received countless awards for its successes. Multiple Billboard, FMQB, and Gavin Report award recipient for best Program Director of the Year, Oedipus hosted the acclaimed “Nocturnal Emissions” program for over 25 years, delivering the most provocative new tracks every Sunday night.[citation needed]

Oedipus has his own foundation, the Oedipus Foundation, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Mobius (an artist-run center for experimental work in all media), Stop Handgun Violence, Mass MIC (a first amendment organization), and The Technology Broadcasting Corporation of MIT. He is a member of the Board of Mentors for Community Servings, an organization that feeds Boston-based families with acute life-threatening illnesses, a participator on the board of advisors for the Boston Music Awards and a member of the Board of Overseers for the Huntington Theatre Company.[4]

Oedipus hosted a Christmas Eve show, annually. He kept that tradition alive in 2009 and 2010 by hosting his Christmas Eve show from WFNX, 101.7 FM, Lynn MA and 92.1 FM in New Hampshire and Maine.

Oedipus hosts a website called "The Oedipus Project." The site has new music nearly every day, as well as information and insight on the music industry. It can be found at Oedipus1

References

  1. ^ Arnold, Gina (1993), Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana, p. 24.
  2. ^ Boston Globe
  3. ^ FMQB
  4. ^ [1]
  • Milano, Brett (2007), The Sound of Our Town (a History of Boston Rock & Roll), “Oedipus, College Radio, and WBCN: We Want the Airwaves”

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