James William Ladd [2] (January 17, 1948 – December 17, 2023) was an American disc jockey, radio producer and writer. He was one of the last notable remaining freeform rock DJs in United States commercial radio.

Dec 19, 2023 · DJ Meg Griffin announced Ladd's death Monday on SiriusXM in the time slot of Ladd's weekly show on the Deep Tracks satellite channel. Ladd, who lived in the Hollywood Hills, suffered a heart...

Dec 19, 2023 · Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in the emergence of FM rock radio in Los Angeles, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 75. Ladd’s death was announced Monday by Meg Griffin,...

Dec 18, 2023 · LOS ANGELES - Iconic radio personality Jim Ladd has died at 75. The news of Ladd's death came as his colleagues from SirusXM Deep Tracks channel announced on the air that the longtime radio...

Dec 19, 2023 · Jim Ladd, the Los Angeles radio icon who went on to champion rock music on SiriusXM's Deep Tracks for over a decade and inspired Tom Petty's "The Last DJ," died Sunday at the age of 75.

Dec 19, 2023 · Ladd, who lived in the Hollywood Hills, died after suffering a heart attack, DJ Meg Griffin announced on SiriusXM on Monday in the time slot of Ladd’s weekly show on the Deep Tracks satellite channel.

Dec 29, 2023 · Jim Ladd, a maverick Los Angeles disc jockey who helped pioneer free-form FM radio in the 1970s, and who went on to become a rock institution and an inspiration for Tom Petty’s song “The Last...

Dec 18, 2023 · Jim Ladd, the famed rock radio disc jockey in 1970s Los Angeles who went on to host a show on SiriusXM, has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 75.

Dec 19, 2023 · Jim Ladd, who hosted a show on SiriusXM's Deep Tracks channel, passed away on Sunday, SiriusXM reports. Check out tributes and more here.

Jim Ladd, a well known veteran LA radio DJ has interviewed Roger Waters and Pink Floyd on many occasions, since the late seventies. Having become personal friends with Waters, in 1987 he became an integral part of Roger Waters' Bleeding Hearts Band.