About Tawn Mastrey
Tawn Mastrey (August 20, 1954 – October 2, 2007) was an American disc jockey, music video producer, one of rock radio's top media personalities. She hosted a daily show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hair Nation Channel 23, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific time. Mastrey was heard nationally on Westwood One Entertainment's Absolutely Live High Voltage every other week. Mastrey hosted, wrote, produced and syndicated her own radio specials, RockZone and Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Happy Hour, through Mastrey Productions, Inc. She did voice-overs, owned her own video production company, Ladies In Production Services, and wrote a cookbook, Eat This. Beginning Aug. 20, 2024, Tawn Mastrey Estate is proud to rebroadcast some of her shows presented by Cabal Records on Facebook. Breaking "Roxanne" By The Police There is also evidence that with Tawn Mastrey as music director, KSJO was the first commercial station to add the import single of "Roxanne" by The Police. Mastrey hosted MTV's stringer reports when the cable TV music channel first launched. After first being played on KSJO's Sunday evening new wave Outcasts Hour, the single was added by Tawn and first played by Paul "The Lobster" Wells on his regular shift in 1978.
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