A day for disc jockeys

December 28th annually is Disc Jockey Day, ディスクジョッキーの日. In English we most commonly say DJ (deejay) for a disc jockey. The date is the death anniversary of Goro Itoi (1921-1984), a pioneering Japanese DJ who was active in late-night radio broadcasts.

The idea for creating a day for disc jockeys  was proposed by Osamu Ueno (1930-2002) of Radio Press, and was established by an agency for radio DJs and personalities that trains disc jockeys and produces programs.

The idea of the anniversary was to promote the work of disc jockeys. However, it looks like officially this anniversary ended last year. In such a case, it is removed from the list of anniversaries on the Japan Anniversary Association's list. If the organisation behind it reaffirms the anniversary can be made live again. i hope they do It, as it is nice for the work of DJs to be recognized.