LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Jed “The Fish” Gould, the legendary Los Angeles radio DJ who spent 34 years at KROQ-FM, died Monday of lung cancer, according to reports. He was 69.
“At 6 a.m. on April 14, 2025, the world lost one of its most unique and brilliant personalities,” read a post on the Jed The Fish Instagram. “Jed The Fish passed away in his beloved home, and the world will never be the same.”
KROQ DJ Jed the Fish speaks onstage during day two of the 25th annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum on December 13, 2014 in Inglewood, California.
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for CBS Radio
Gould joined the radio station in 1978 and hosted the afternoon drive. He was named Billboard’s Modern Rock Personality of the Year in 1997 and 1999.
He also hosted the long-running nationally syndicated radio show “Out of Order.”
After leaving KROQ in 2012, Gould worked at KCSN from 2012-2018 and had a brief stint at KLOS in Los Angeles.
Gould was an early supporter of The Smiths, Duran Duran and Depeche Mode, three British bands that built an especially large following in Southern California before other cities caught on.
Plans for a memorial service were not immediately available.
City News Service Inc. contributed to this report.
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