LANDING ON THE PLANET ROCK. A MULTIFACETED ELECTRONIC-TECHNO DANCE MUSIC ADVENTURE. DANCE ALL-NIGHT.
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The Electrifying Mojo (born Charles Johnson in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American radio personality. He is a disc jockey based in Detroit, Michigan whose on-air journey of musical and social development shaped a generation of music-lovers in Detroit and throughout southeastern Michigan and Canada and was of importance to the development of Detroit techno.[1][2]
He is recognized for having introduced many artists into the Detroit radio market, including Prince, The B-52's, and Kraftwerk,[3] and was occasionally thanked on-air by the artists for his support of their work. Prince granted Mojo a telephone interview[4] following a sold out birthday concert at Cobo Arena on June 7, 1986, during an era when Prince rarely if ever granted interviews. He was visited in the studio by The B-52's and The J. Geils Band with the latter thanking him for playing "Flamethrower" from their album Freeze Frame.[5][6]
HistoryEdit
Mojo's seminal radio show ran from 1977 through the mid-1980s, and while broadcast on stations marketed toward the African-American market, his programming was a combination of soul, funk, new wave, hip hop, and rock.[7] He also wrote music, sometimes under the name "C. J. Surge".[8]
After serving in the Air Force, Johnson attended the University of Michigan in the mid-1970s where he began broadcasting on the University radio station and then on Ann Arbor station WAAM (at the time a popular Top 40 station). In 1977, he began broadcasting on WGPR (107.5) in Detroit and soon gathered a diverse audience attracted to his "genre bending" format. Moving to WJLB around 1982, Mojo gained additional listeners at the more easily found 97.9 frequency and billboards throughout Detroit touted the "Landing of the Mothership" at 10:00 every night.
Mojo moved to WHYT (96.3) in 1985 and then WTWR-FM in Toledo, Ohio after a management turnover at WHYT in 1987, until 1990, when he accepted an offer to return to the Detroit airwaves at WMXD. At this time, Mojo began doing remote broadcasts, driving around Detroit, talking to people in the city, while his Production assistant Wendell Burke kept the music going at the studio.
In the mid-nineties, Mojo went back to WGPR. Musically, this included shows focused on single themes, such as symphonic music by black composers, a survey of the jazz and symphonic music of Duke Ellington, and one alternating the music of Billie Holiday with spoken excerpts from her autobiography. He, as before, frequently played recordings in their entirety.
In an unusual arrangement, Mojo was purchasing his air-time from WGPR and then finding his own sponsors for the show. His two primary sponsors at this time were a Mr. Fofo's Deli and and The Vev Tripp State Farm insurance agency.
He also dedicated airtime to reading excerpts from his 500-plus page book, The Mental Machine (ISBN 0-9639811-1-0), a work of poetry and prose about community and societal ills.
The late 1990s brought Mojo to WCHB for a stretch in 1998. - Hudba
The whole Hood Roar when Mojo kicked it off in the
MoJo was the baddest man in the land!!!! Detroit 313
Man, I remember when Mojo was landing the Mother Ship and put on Stick'Em! I jumped out my bed and called my friend Mutah Brock and said, man turn to 93 GM, Mojo off the hook! I was in the 8th grade and that was the first time the Fat Boys was introduced. That was a great night I'll never forget. Mojo made radio feel like you were on a journey. 🍺😎👍
I love the Wizard Too 🔥🔥
Yes! It was an out of the world experience. He took you places other than your home. A vacation.
Mojo introduced me to a lot of great music in my young years on WJLB. Afrika Bambaataa, Kraftwerk, Prince… My 1st Breakdancing crew was the Electrifying breakers. A nod to the best!
We was Kano 💪🏾
The one and only electrifying Mojo Flatout dope
I loved the Wizard Too 🔥🔥
The Guardian of the Night is a Policy Man (Numbers).
Mojo introduced me to techno. He had a fascinating late nite show back in the day.
Mojo I have a idea about something you have thats ready to roll the music world.❤Techno and more!!!!!!
Classic
Really great sounds, and beats! Would like to try my hands at it!! Sounds very creative!!!!
My Dear ONE and ONLY Electrifying MOJO...from ME to YOU...The Rolling Stones WILL be performing in the D on Monday 11/15. That means Mick Jagger WILL be just hanging out in the Detroit area, sometime THIS weekend. Please, please, please...PLEASE!!!! By ANY means necessary...make Detroit REMEMBER exactly who YOU are!!!!!!
Hi, does anyone know who owns the rights to these recordings?