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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 i

An institution of the airwaves in Los Angeles and beyond, he capitalized on the freedom the FM band offered in the 1970s to blaze his own path.

Jim Ladd, the DJ and producer who championed classic rock and interviewed many of the rock era's top artists in his Los Angeles studios, has died.

Uncle Joe Benson remembers his late FM radio colleague, 'It's very sad.'

Jim Ladd, the longtime Los Angeles FM deejay known as “The Lonesome L.A. Cowboy” who had hosted a SiriusXM show for 12 years and was the inspiration for Tom…

Groundbreaking Los Angeles-based disc jockey Jim Ladd died suddenly Sunday of a heart attack. He was 75.

Jim Ladd, the famed rock radio disc jockey in 1970s Los Angeles who went on to host a show on SiriusXM, has died. He was 75.

Jim Ladd, the longtime FM deejay known who hosted a SiriusXM show for 12 years and was the inspiration for Tom Petty's album 'The Last DJ,' has died at 75.

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.…

Jim Ladd, the Los Angeles radio icon who inspired Tom Petty's 'The Last DJ,' dies at 75. See tributes from the Doors, Grace Slick, and more.