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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.〔 Arnold, Gina (1993), Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana, p. 24.〕 In 1977, Oedipus convinced WBCN to hire him as an announcer to bring his cutting edge sounds to the airwaves.〔''Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana'', by Gina Arnold. Published June 1993, St. Martin's Press ISBN 978-0312093761〕 In 1981 he was named Program Director, a position he held until he left in 2004.〔(Boston Globe )〕〔(FMQB )〕 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, playing new tracks every Sunday night.〔( ''Boston Globe'' July 17, 2009 )〕 Oedipus has his own foundation, The Oedipus Foundation, and is on the Board of Directors of The Technology Broadcasting Corporation of MIT, Stop Handgun Violence and an original member of the Board of Directors for Mobius (an artist-run center for experimental work in all media). He is a member of the Board of Mentors for Community Servings, an organization that feeds Boston-based families with acute life-threatening illnesses, the board of advisors for the Boston Music Awards and a former member of the Board of Overseers for the Huntington Theatre Company.〔()〕 Oedipus hosted a Christmas Eve show annually on WBCN. He has kept that tradition alive since 2009 by presenting his Christmas Eve show on WFNX, and now RadioBDC, The Boston Globe's internet radio station. On Saturday 5 October, RadioBDC posted on their Facebook page that Oedipus would be hosting "The Oedipus Project" on Saturday mornings from 10AM local to noon. Oedipus hosts a website called "The Oedipus Project." The site features new music nearly every day, as well as information and insight on the music industry. It can be found at (Oedipus1 ) == References == : *Milano, Brett (2007), The Sound of Our Town (a History of Boston Rock & Roll), “Oedipus, College Radio, and WBCN: We Want the Airwaves” 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「Oedipus (DJ)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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