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Frank Allan Frank Allan is America's number one top radio Disc Jockey. Born and raised in Brooklyn N.Y. Frank came up in a household where he was exposed to all kinds of music. But growing up with the neighborhood kids on the block, musical peer pressure set in, and to be in with the in crowd he was only allowed to listen to R & B. It wasn't that much of a big deal becuase he enjoyed R & B music as he does today, but in private he would go home and turn on his radio and listen to R & B, Popular music, Rock, Oldies, Gospel, Broadway Musicals, Jazz, Classical and anything that would tickle his fancy. He particularly loved listening to the disc jockey's as they called them back in those days. Jocko Henderson, Jack Lacy, Pete Meyers (Mad Daddy), Hal Jackson, Tommy Smalls (Doctor Jive), Frankie Crocker, Enoch Gregory (The Dixie Drifter), Cousin Brucie, Murray The K. and countless others, all from the 50s and 60s. But the one that really knocked him out was a man who came out of Cleveland Ohio to New York City, Moondog Alan Freed. Frank always said, "This is the man I wanted to be, He's the reason why I got into radio. I studied him like a book. When my mom wouldn't let me stay up late on a school night, I would turn on the radio next to my bed, turn to WINS at low volume, and listen until I fell asleep. Alan Freed was like the Frank Sinatra of disc jockeys, everyone followed him. Alan didn't do a lot of production on his show, he didn't have to. He would occasionally ring that cowbell, pound on that telephone directory, singalong a few bars of the record at the end, mention the name of the record and the label it was recorded on, read off dedications, and back to the music. I still get chills up and down my spine when I listen to his old air checks. As far as I'm concern, there wasn't a disc jockey back then that could match him. And till this day I haven't heard anyone that could match him now". Frank really didn't appreciate the variety of music, and musical talents fully until he entered college where he majored in music. Frank got fascinated with the trumpet and decided to buy one at a local pawn shop for $50.00. He played in the college orchestra and the neighborhood rock band. While in college, he discovered a radio station in one of the buildings. He immediately joined, continued his musical studies, but put his trumpet playing on hold and became a college radio disc jockey. And as they say, the rest is history. Frank says, "radio like anything else changed over the years, and more changes are on the way for better or worse. As far as quality air personalities go, they're a few still around. The rest either have never been given the chance, have retired from the business or are in radio heaven". Frank is presently the host of an oldie show of the 50's, 60's and 70's called Music Beat.