Legendary Female DJ Dusty Street Dies at Age 77

Street, a pioneering force in the radio industry had a career spanning six decades, most notably at KROQ Los Angeles and SiriusXM Deep Tracks, breaking new music and defying gender stereotypes in a male-dominated field.

• Dusty Street, a trailblazing female DJ most renowned for her tenure at KROQ Los Angeles, passed away at the age of 77 in Eugene, Oregon.
• Street kick-started her career in the late 1960s, becoming one of the first female FM DJs in the United States, and played significant roles at radio stations like KSAN, KMPX, KLOS, KWST, and finally SiriusXM Deep Tracks.
• She was a strong influential force at KROQ, frequently introducing new music on the radio, with the station known to be one of the first to play artists like Duran Duran and Depeche Mode.
• Despite facing health issues, Street continued to host shows at SiriusXM for over 20 years, her most recent being Deep Tracks and Classic Vinyl.
• She was known for being outspoken about the freedom of radio programming and critiqued imposed narrow playlists, challenging gender stereotypes in her field and advocating against music censorship.
• Street was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2015, and this year, she partook in the documentary 'San Francisco Sounds: A Place In Time' highlighting popular Bay Area recording artists from 1966 to 1976.

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