Jon Solomon (born April 19, 1973) is an American radio DJ. He has been the host of "Jon Solomon's Annual 25-Hour Holiday

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" at WPRB in Princeton, New Jersey, since 1988, when he was fifteen years old. Solomon's weekly three-hour radio program broadcasts on Wednesdays on WPRB. Each week's show features a live performance, and more than 200 bands have appeared on this show since 2001. ''Philebrity'' called Solomon "the closest thing the Philly indie rock scene has to a

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". Solomon lives in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.

Record labels

One of Solomon's record labels, My Pal God Records, put out recordings by

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, Del Rey, The Embarrassment, Eyeball Skeleton, Ex Models, The French Kicks,

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, TW Walsh,

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, Dianogah, and

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. Comedy Minus One is Solomon's current record label which has released albums by Bottomless Pit, The Karl Hendricks Trio, Obits, Oxford Collapse,

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and Tre Orsi.

Other activities

Solomon hosted the '' Philadelphia City Paper'' podcast "Local Support", a program that featured the music of artists from the

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, and was the founding editor of the Princeton Basketball News, a web site about the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team.

References

External links

Official Web site

My Pal God Records Web site

Comedy Minus One Web Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Solomon, Jon American radio DJs 1973 births Living people People from Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey Place of birth missing (living people)