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Taylor-Marshall-Green is the current Station Manager and Loud Rock Director of WUSC 90.5 FM at the University of South Carolina. He hosts Hard Time Loud Rock Radio, Monday nights from 10 to midnight.
YBFREE.com: How many years have you held these positions?
Marshall-Green: Four Years DJing (three with Hard Time), three years as Loud Rock Director and Station Manager since last April.
YBFREE.com: When did you decide you wanted to be a DJ?
Marshall-Green: When my detention supervisor in high school told me I had a radio name.
YBFREE.com: What are your job responsibilities?
Marshall-Green: As a DJ I am responsible for operating the board tightly, abiding by all FCC and WUSC policies and following WUSC's music policy, non-Top 40.
YBFREE.com: How did you get this job?
Marshall-Green: (I) Trained for four weeks and worked hard to get the opportunity before other people-I still ended up at the 4-6am on Friday mornings, go figure?
YBFREE.com: Describe your educational career. What in your educational career inspired you or has helped you with your current position as a DJ?
Marshall-Green: I musically educated myself not to fall for mainstream shit. And brought that with me into the studio.
YBFREE.com: How does one become a radio DJ?
Marshall-Green: Different stations have different policies for obtaining a job as a disc jockey. Some you apply for with experience, some want you fresh-mainly University stations.
YBFREE.com: Are there any special classes or tests on has to take to become a DJ?
Marshall-Green: Each station has different methods of training a DJ and or testing a DJ. Some are FCC (Federal Communications Commission) oriented. Most are equipment oriented-sitting with current DJs-but all are unique to the format that the station broadcasts by.
YBFREE.com: What classes would you recommend for a person aspiring to become a DJ?
Marshall-Green: Radio classes. Audio classes. Music history classes. Life's classes.
YBFREE.com: How competitive is the DJ market?
Marshall-Green: Commercially it is competitive-given the market. At a University the competitiveness falls under the rating of the station, 1-6, but is not NEARLY as competitive as commercial radio.
YBFREE.com: What are your suggestions for those who want to be DJs?
Marshall-Green: Passion for the medium as an art, musical knowledge, having something to say and diversity in the format; talk or music.