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| About Neci |
 I have
been a DJ for what seems like forever. I started at my college radio station, WCVT in
Towson, Maryland. I knew at age 3 that I wanted to earn my living being a dj and playing
music. I used to watch music shows on television, and I remember how much fun the people
were having dancing and listening to music. I attribute my love of music to my dad
who used play jazz and the latest r&b songs at home. He used to groove to the music by
shaking his head to the beat, and his whole body would get involved in the music. I guess
that is where I get my physical involvement in the music from. Anyone who knows me knows
that I always judge whether a song is good by whether it makes me shake my head.I went on to become a club jock at a place called the Hippo in Baltimore. I started by doing lights for my friend and mentor, Ernie Dunda, and soon taught myself to beat mix, this at a time when there were only a hand full of female dj's anywhere in the world, let alone the United States. I took pride in that fact. I still do as there are a handful ( if that many ) African -American female rock jocks on the radio. I went on to play at the biggest clubs in Baltimore, Cignal, ( which was an all nite club in Baltimore that afforded me the pleasure of playing for people like Tu-Pac and Josh Charles who went on to become famous people. ) I got a job spinning at Girard's thanks to Oprah Winfrey who mentioned to club owner Jerry Herling that I was her favorite dj... I often wonder if Oprah remembers that? I played at several smaller clubs in the Baltimore area, The Depot, The Rev, and lastly The Club Midnight, each place with its own charm and crazy people. I remember them all with fondness.  My first commercial radio job was at a WEBB, an AM station in Baltimore. I used to mix music live on the air when no one else was doing it. My boss was impressed when he found out what I was doing. People would call and ask for certain mixes of songs that only I had because I was doing it live.  I then went on
to work at WHFS and the rest
as they say is history. I have met some of the coolest people on the planet there.
HFS has been a part of my life for so long, its like walking and talking. For almost seven
years, I did a show on Sunday night called the "Reggae Splashdown". It was a
show filled with the riddims and vibes of reggae, ska, and steel drum music; a
fitting way to end a weekend I always thought, especially during the summer. I also hosted
a two hour show called "The Local Music Program" that featured nothing but music
from the DC, Baltimore and Virginia areas. I used do the overnight show and I
dubbed my show the " Third Shift Overnight Radio Show from Hell", but
since the recent changeover at HFS from 99.1 FM to 105t The Fan, I am
still there a lot at night and weekends and during the daylight hours which is very weird
since I have been doing late night for so long, but hey, I know, its only rock and roll,
but I like it...Didn't someone famous say that???
Now that WHFS is no longer on the
FM dial, I have been trying to keep my hands in the music arena the best
that I can. For almost a year the was the only jock on HFS2, the HD channel,
but that has moved on as well and sadly I am not doing that anymore. Radio
as I know it, ( as WE know it) has changed so much. There are so many DJs
that I know that are out of work. The fact that I am still involved in
any capacity is a shock to me. I hope someday to get jack into radio as a
jock because as someone else with a heavy voice once said, " This is my
destiny!".
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