across one that was playing a good song. After that song completed the DJ came on and said that Michael Jackson had suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital and that he hoped MJ would make a quick recovery, he then said he would play a 5 minute block of Michael Jackson songs just to "encourage" him along... send his "support" so to speak. At that moment the tone was "news like". Calm and hopeful. After that 5 minute of MJ songs completed the DJ said that Michael's condition had worsened and then started to play all MJ songs... you could tell just from the feeling in the air that the tone had changed. I started to flip thru the stations and every minute that went by, one by one they started to report the story and eventually they started to play all MJ themselves. The feeling in the air was now one of deep concern, as it was reported he was in a coma. One DJ at around 6PM stated said "I have a feeling that we will remember this day for a very long time". At around 6:30PM her words proved true. Sitting at the drive thru ATM at the bank listening to the car radio HOT 99.5 reported that TMZ was officially stating that Michael Jackson had died... then moments later Ryan Seacrest made his way onto every Top 40 radio stations nationwide LIVE, confirming Michael's death. All histeria broke out. DJ's got emotional, radio listeners calling in crying... it was unforgettable. After dropping April off shortly thereafter, I rushed to go over Christie's and I picked her up and we went to K Mart and I got some bars of soap and, well here's what I did...
I left that on all night last night driving around the entire island with Christie blasting MJ music, making sure everyone got the message. I went to work today like that as well. I woke up to every station remembering Michael Jackson. All day today on the radio, every station, all you heard was Michael. And that was fine by me. It seemed like the world was celebrating his life. Yes there was mourning... but it was mostly a celebration. It has definitely been a unique and special experience to be a part of history.
"The King of Pop" will live on forever thru his music.
UPDATE 6/27 5:15 PM: As I said yesterday, Michael will live on thru his music... and BOY was I right. Take a look at these screen shots from the iTunes store...
