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Jocko Henderson
American radio disc jockey, businessman, and hip hop music pioneer
Douglas "Jocko" Henderson (March 8, July 15, ) was an American radio disc jockey, businessman, and hip hop music pioneer.
Early life
Henderson grew up in Baltimore, where both of his parents were teachers.[2]
Radio broadcasting
Henderson began his broadcast career in at Baltimore station WSID, and in began broadcasting in Philadelphia on WHAT.[3] He hosted a show called Jocko's Rocket Ship Show out of New York radio stations WOV and WADO and Philadelphia stations WHAT and WDAS from to , which was an early conduit for rock & roll.[4] He was known for a distinctive style of rhythmic patter in his radio voice, which he had learned from a Baltimore deejay, Maurice "Hot Rod" Hulbert.[4] This fast-talking jive was exemplary of the style of Black Appeal Radio, which emerged in the early s after black urban stations switched to playing be