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Gary "The Wagman" Wagner (born July 8, 1950) is a disc jockey, radio personality and host of radio show, ''Nothin’ But The Blues'' on radio station KKJZ 88.1 in Long Beach, California. The show is broadcast every Saturday from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM, and Sunday from 2:00 PM until 7:00 PM PST. KKJZ (88.1 MHz FM, KJAZZ) is a non-commercial public radio station in Southern California broadcasting from the campus of California State University, Long Beach. == Career == Wagner entered radio broadcasting in 1965 at the age of 15 by volunteering at station KASK in Ontario, California. While still in school he also worked at local stations KSPC, KACE, and KREL. After graduating from high school at Chaffey High School in Ontario, he got a job doing the all-night shift for KYMS in Santa Ana, California. 18 months later he was working at Los Angeles radio station KNAC in 1969 when he was called into the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam. While in Vietnam, Wagner worked at a 50,000 watt radio facility used by the army for tactical purposes. Upon returning from Vietnam, Wagner moved to Illinois and worked at several radio stations there including WTAO, WJKL, WROC, and WYFE. In 1979, while working at the progressive rock radio station WJKL, in Elgin, Illinois, he interviewed musician Muddy Waters〔 and became a fan of the musical genre of American blues. In 1992 Wagner was brought to Long Beach radio station KLON, now KKJZ to host ''Nothin’ But the Blues''. In 2001 Wagner resigned as the host of ''Nothin’ But the Blues'' over a dispute with KLON station management over fundraising practices.〔(Bluesploitation ), OC Weekly, May 17, 2001〕 He returned as host of the show in 2009 when management of the radio station was taken over by Global Jazz.〔http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/28/entertainment/et-jazz28〕 From 2006 until 2011 Wagner was an instructor in Radio Broadcasting and faculty adviser for Long Beach City College radio station KCTY. Wagner was thanked in 2011 by the college for his role in building the student radio station.〔http://www.kctyfm.org/kctyfm-radio-assoc-thanks-wagman〕 In 2012 the station’s management Global Jazz, cut a full day from the blues program.〔http://www.randomlengthsnews.com/wagner-delivers-nothin-but-the-blues/〕 Management believed the mission of the station is jazz, rather than Blues. During his 2012 summer pledge drive, Wagner successfully led an on the air revolt to bring back the Saturday show. Listeners overwhelmingly stepped up to demonstrate their commitment to the Blues and the additional day of blues programming was reinstated. He is a member of the Blues Foundation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Wagner (disc jockey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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