User:Billy T. (Thompson)/sandbox

Billy T. is an American D.J. and On-Air Radio Personality from Detroit Michigan. He started his career after hanging out with a friend (Gerald McBride) who was working on the radio, and suggested he go to the local radio school (Specs Howard School Of Broadcast Arts). After graduating He got his first job at (Black Owned)radio station WGPR 107.5 FM. He was the overnight jock 12mid-6am he called it Billy T. in the D.M.Z.(Def Music Zone) it was an instant hit. The show consisted of mostly Hip-Hop and House Music, which was very popular at that time. Billy T. was the first On-Air D.J. to play Hip-Hop on the radio in Detroit. He broke such artist as Public Enemy, Eric B. and Rakim, KRS-ONE, Tribe Called Quest, DeLaSoul, and many more from the early era of Hip-Hop. After his success on WGPR Program Director (Steve Hegwood) Called him to His next Job at WJLB 98 FM, where he did a show called The Rap Blast, again breaking ground by introducing the new artist of the time, Notorious BIG, The Fugees, and Outkast. While working the weekends at WJLB it was fun but it wasn't enough, Billy T. became the drive jock, and took a job in Flint Michigan working for P.D.(Ross Holland) as the evening jock 6pm-10pm on WDZZ  92.7 FM, while still doing the weekend Rap Blast at WJLB as well as live club remotes for the station, Needless to say Billy T. was a very busy man. After working both stations for about a year he got a call from the station manager and program director of the legendary jazz station WJZZ 105.9 FM, they were about flip the station to Hip-Hop and R&B, and he wanted Billy T. to hold down the 6pm-10pm evening shift. As always Billy T. was able to control and create his own brand of engaging and entertaining radio. After two years of great music, friends, and fun, the station was sold and it was time for Billy T. to move on once again, his next stop Vegas Baby... So Billy T. loaded up the Honda and hit the road, he landed at radio station KCEP 88.1 Las Vegas, Nevada. He started as Afternoon Drive and working in the programing dept. it wasn't long before the Music Director left the station and Billy T, was primed to step into that position. After a few more years the Program Director moved on, and Billy T. assumed those duties also, so now he was P.D.,M.D. and Afternoon drive, and he was loving it. Vegas was a great place to live and work, the night life, the sunshine, the casinos, hey lets face it...it's Vegas Baby. Well after a nine year run at KCEP things changed and like they say all good things must come to an end, after leaving the station Billy T. hung around Vegas for a while doing odd jobs until he decided it was time to go home...so he loaded up the Nissan and headed back to Detroit.... Before going back to radio he took time to work on the 2012 Campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama. So finally it was time to get back in the game and Billy T. landed at Radio One Detroit cluster working on 105.9 kiss, Praise 102.7 and 1200am and that's where we are now...it's good to be home.