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Al Cocchi one of the legends of the entertainment industry in the New Jersey metropolitan area. He began is radio career in 1977 at WSOU-FM, the 2,000 watt college radio station of Seton Hall University. His next endeavor was a cable radio station in Bloomfield, NJ in 1980 called WAVP. Al discovered this station by flipping thru the channels on cable and heard that they were looking for DJs. Al was sick in bed with a fever but went there to continue his entertainment career. The owner of that station was also a manager at Bloomfield's cable tv channel. There Al got interested in TV and in 1984, created Video Spotlight, the second longest running music entertainment show in New Jersey, remaining on the air for fourteen years. The show featured the latest music videos along with celebrity interviews and celebrity guest DJs. Some of the musicians that appeared on the show include Paul McCartney, Jon BonJovi,MC Hammer, The Scorpions, Tesla, and a few hundred more. While on TV, Al returned to radio and in 1985, being the nightime DJ for WRAN in Dover, NJ, the station owned by Cousin Brucie of WABC fame. He also was the weekend DJ and main afternoon fill-in DJ for Clearchannel Radio WNNJ in Franklin NJ in 2004. With internet radio becoming very popular in 2002, Al created Future Now Radio, which later became Cyberstormradio. The station's format is only NEW rock from modern/alternative rock musicians. Using his programming expertise, Al took the station from zero listeners in 2002, to 1.2 million listeners which it has at present. If all that wasn't enough, to further his experience in the entertainment industry while being on radio and TV. Al managed several bands ans served as booking agent and publicist for them as well. Al continues at present as a DJ on Cyberstormradio.com and in niteclubs and at private affairs,