Hello, my name is Kenn Bradley. I've had the Party Line Mobile Disc Jockey Service since 1984. I was a radio disc jockey from 1980 to 2001.
I started in radio at the age of 15 at K-G-E-N in Tulare, a full service country station. That is when I worked in my first night club, The Town Hall Club & Restaurant. From there I worked at various station's, K-Q-I-Q / K-Q-Y-Z, full service Top-40, (my first F.M.station). Then I went to DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix in the technical program. Upon returning to the valley I hooked up with K-N-T-N, another full service Top-40 station. While there Americom II bought the station and changed it to K-Fresno, an oldies but goodies station. I remained there for 5 years. It was at this time I started my disc jockey service and started working at a night club called Faces. I was head D.J. at Faces for two and a half years. While there I refined my mixing capabilities. I then went to a night club in Fresno called Tequila Pete's, and occasionally working at Willikers, doing an oldies night in conjunction with the oldies station. After 5 years at K-Fresno, working in night clubs and operating the Party Line, I decided to refine my talents, and pursued a full time position in radio. K-Fig picked me up as an overnight person. After several months I was promoted to the 6 pm - 11 pm shift. After two years at K-Fig, K-Jug had an opening for the 7 to midnight shift. I asked for it and got it. When I left K-Jug I was the assistant AM program director, music director and morning host on Classic Country AM 1270.
When I first started the Party Line I had a couple of crates of albums, some cassettes and
quite a few 45's. Now the Party Line boasts over 1,800 compact discs and over 28,000 songs. In my colleagues' opinion, I have the most extensive music collection in the valley.My music ranges from Classical, to the Big Band Era, Hit Parade, Oldies, Classic Country, Today's Country, Classic Rock, the 70's, Today's Top-40, Today's dance tracks, to Mexican (Cambia, Rancheras, Boleros & Mariachis) Hawaiian, Armenian, Chinese, Portuguese and Jewish. I also have Waltz and Polka's.
When people ask what kind of music I have, I say "It's a lot easier to name the styles I don't have." Then I simply ask what kind they like and name a few big names in that particular style.
Out of the 40 to 50 dances a year I do, about 60 to 70 percent are wedding receptions, I also do wedding ceremonies. The other percentage of parties I do each year include Christmas parties, class & family reunions, school functions and special events, such as fairs, retirement parties and more. To put it in a nut shell, I have music for any reason, season or occasion.