Jerry Hoyt

Weekdays 8PM - Midnight
Operations Manager at the new 94.7 Fresh FM

Here are a few things you might want to know about him…

Professional Background: He is a 13 year radio veteran, who first knew he wanted to be a “DJ” at 5 years old! He started his radio career in the Norfolk, Virginia area, and has experience on-air with numerous music formats, sometimes working at three different stations in one day! After doing evenings on an oldies station, and then evenings on a classic hits station, he moved to the Washington D.C. area in 2003, where he started out first at the now defunct Z104, and has spent his last six years at CBS Radio.

Home Town: Norfolk, VA, with a brief (3 year) stay in Newport, RI while my dad was in the Navy, and then spent the rest of my youth growing up in Virginia Beach, VA.

Sign: Gemini

Marital Status: He’s single ladies!

Kids: None, yet.

First concert: Other than seeing countless Navy show bands growing up, my first real concert was a Janet Jackson show.

Favorite food: Burgers

Name one tune that’s in "Recently played" on your iPod: “One Step At a Time” by Jordin Sparks

Favorite movie(s) of all time: The Hunt for Red October, A Few Good Men, The Graduate, Star Trek II, any James Bond flick.

Favorite Song of all time: So many to choose from, I’d have to say “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers

Favorite artist(s) and/or group(s) of all time: Journey, Janet Jackson, Sade

Favorite Books: Too many to name, most recently would be “The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro” by Zachary M. Schrag

Current hobby: Photography.

Other hobbies: Listening to music, watching auto racing (GO MARK MARTIN) and taking long drives in his 1984 Mercedes Benz 300D.

Favorite childhood memory: A trip with my Dad and brother to my paternal grandmother’s house in Barnes, WI (just outside of Hayward) in 1985, for two weeks for a family reunion. But…this family reunion was fun.

What makes you laugh? Unexpected, unplanned moments of comedy.

Favorite TV Shows? WKRP in Cinncinati, Star Trek, Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs. Cats or dogs? Had a Saint Bernard growing up named Brandy, and a cat named Ms. Kitty, so both!

What celebrity crushes did you have as a teenager? Valerie Bertinelli, Heather Locklear, Belinda Carlisle, Lisa Bonet.

Latest accomplishment: Being part of the team that signed on Fresh FM, and being instrumental in returning WHFS to the DC airwaves. The legendary DC rock station WHFS was moved to Baltimore back in 2005. After a format change in Baltimore, it became necessary to find WHFS a new home.

On June 10, 2009 we relaunched WHFS on the secondary digital channel of 94.7 as HFS.

You can listen one of two ways: online at whfs.com or by listening on an HD Radio. HFS is one of many new stations across the country that uses HD Radio™ Technology to be able to offer listeners more channels. Listeners with a new HD Radio receiver can find the station by first tuning to 94.7, then tune up one notch to 94.7-2. The upgrade to a digital receiver can cost as little as $79 with products in all categories to include tabletop radios, aftermarket car radios, home entertainment tuners, and more.

Portable HD Radio receivers are available for less than $50 and the Zune HD with HD Radio is available in stores. There are also 13 auto manufacturers engaged to include HD Radio™ receivers in over 70 car models. For more information visit hdradio.com.