C.T. Pope
Hello, this is CT from “Friday Happy Hour”. I’ve been a DJ at KAFM from day one when they first opened the doors. I was asked by a co-worker to go down to the new Community Radio Station and use my booming football coach voice and play some of my music and so I did. Campbell Stanton and Susie Cream Cheese were my mentors who showed me how to run the soundboard. I am forever grateful to them. I play a blend of “smooth jazz” and “old school R&B”.
I moved to the Grand Valley in 1978 from Baltimore, Maryland to play football at Mesa College. My music taste was developed over the years growing up listening to R&B from James Brown to Parliament Funkadelic. In the 1980’s I stumbled on to the new sound of “contemporary jazz” now know as “smooth jazz”. It was basically instrumental R&B. I loved it! My DJ experience came from playing music at house parties in Baltimore and I continued that hobby as a student at Mesa College. I never did it for money which is also the reason why I love KAFM. I DJ because I love the music and I love the people who love the music. I’m not a professional DJ but I have an ear for good music.
The highlight of my show when I do “Friday Happy Hour” is what I call “The 5’oclock Jam”. That’s when I play a straight set of get on the floor R&B dance music. Another highlight of my show is at the end when I dedicate a song to my high school sweetheart, my lovely wife. We met in the 10th grade and we’re now in our 60’s still going strong. KAFM is a great representative of the Grand Valley with its diversity in people and its music.
I moved to the Grand Valley in 1978 from Baltimore, Maryland to play football at Mesa College. My music taste was developed over the years growing up listening to R&B from James Brown to Parliament Funkadelic. In the 1980’s I stumbled on to the new sound of “contemporary jazz” now know as “smooth jazz”. It was basically instrumental R&B. I loved it! My DJ experience came from playing music at house parties in Baltimore and I continued that hobby as a student at Mesa College. I never did it for money which is also the reason why I love KAFM. I DJ because I love the music and I love the people who love the music. I’m not a professional DJ but I have an ear for good music.
The highlight of my show when I do “Friday Happy Hour” is what I call “The 5’oclock Jam”. That’s when I play a straight set of get on the floor R&B dance music. Another highlight of my show is at the end when I dedicate a song to my high school sweetheart, my lovely wife. We met in the 10th grade and we’re now in our 60’s still going strong. KAFM is a great representative of the Grand Valley with its diversity in people and its music.
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