TAMPA – Their real names are Daniel Mogg and Brock Mangus, but while they’re on air, you shall refer to them as “DJ Mogg” and “DJ B-Rock”.
Both juniors at the University of Tampa, Mogg and Mangus host the show The Friday Night House Party on WUTT radio.
This house party is unlike most others, however. With the help of the UT turntables and some appliances of their own, Mogg and Mangus mix your favorite radio hits live in the studio.
Mogg described their tunes as “house music,” but clarifies that prospective listeners should not be alarmed by the overused term.
“Some people are turned off by the term ‘house music’ and they think it’s like hardcore and techno and stuff like that. But really, what we try and play is like upbeat remixes of radio hits,” explained Mogg.
Their play list includes such popular artists as David Guetta, Ke$ha, Tiesto, Pitbull, and Akon.
The hosts originally thought of starting the show on blog talk radio, but realized Tampa’s own radio station would be a more convenient way to get their music heard.
Mogg said the purpose of doing the show is not for his own personal gain, but rather for the fans that tune in.
“Obviously it would be awesome to do it for a career, but for now it’s a lot of fun, especially if we get more listeners. [It’s really] all about the fans,” said Mogg.
When tuning in to House Party, don’t just expect live mixing. While the hosts do mix the majority of the show, they take a break to talk about upcoming concerts and events.
As for caller requests and comments, DJ’s Mogg and B-Rock have that covered as well.
“We’ll have some people call in on the phone and get some requests or maybe [talk about] the places that people are going on that particular night,” Mogg said.
Taking phone calls is a good start towards accomplishing their goal of creating a stir with House Party.
“Our goal is to try and build a small following, get people excited about it this semester and then next year really take it to the next level,” Mogg said. “We said on the show a couple weeks ago that our ultimate goal would be to DJ a Dayglow.”
If you like originality and excitement and need some beats to listen to before or during a party, then you are the perfect audience member for this show.
“This is hopefully something different for the students. It’s live mixing music, high energy and hopefully it can be much better than just hitting ‘play’ on an iPod,” said Mogg.
To listen to The Friday Night House Party, tune in every Friday night from 9 to 10 p.m. on 1080 WUTT-AM or stream it online at wutt.ut.edu. As long as you’re on campus, you can also find it on cable channel 95.
Daniel Feingold can be reached at dfeingold@ut.edu.