Jim Ladd, DJ who was a fixture of L.A. rock radio, dies at 75
Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in the emergence of FM rock radio in Los Angeles, died Saturday after suffering a heart attack. He was 75.Ladd’s death was announced Monday by Meg Griffin, an on-air colleague at SiriusXM, where they both worked on the satellite radio service’s rock channels. Ladd has a shift on SiriuxXM’s Deep Tracks channel, which features the album-oriented rock he played over his long career.Ladd was a favorite personality during the rise of rock radio on the FM band in the 1970s,…