Schoolgirl Amber Jacobs has made a future career for
herself earlier than most – after becoming the world’s youngest DJ
aged just six.
The youngster, from Pershore, Worcs, has a 30-minute weekly slot
on her dad’s radio show on internet station TBFM Online, where
listeners tune in from around the globe.
Amber commands the playlist, cues tracks and talks between
records ‘like a natural’ according to her father Steve.
And while you’d expect the youngster’s musical tastes to centre
around Justine Bieber and One Direction, Amber’s
favourite tunes instead come from Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie.
The schoolgirl, known on the decks as ‘DJ AJ’, is looking to
enter the Guiness world Record books later this month
when she hosts her own show as the youngest ever queen of the
airwaves.
She will have her own slot on October 28 at a charity event in
Evesham, Worcs, which will help raise money for Acorns Children’s
Hospice.
Amber said: “I really enjoy playing my favourite songs and
listening to bands I like.
“I like being in control of the desk and playing with the
controls. I play rock music – I like it way more than anything
on the X Factor.”
Dad Steve said: “She first started about six months ago – I was
working at the station doing my own show.
“She used to sit in with me and she really wanted to have a go.
So I started letting her help out and now she has a half hour slot
during my show.
“During her section within the show she has full control. She
chooses the music, cues the tracks and speaks inbetween songs.
“She mostly talks about music, her favourite bands and what
she’s been up to at school with her friends.
“Our show has a few thousand listeners tuning in every week. We
have regular listeners from Scandinavia, Australia and
America.
“She really likes rock music and her favourite artists are Ozzy
Osbourne and Rob Zombie.
“She genuinely enjoys doing the show. She dances around in the
studio and has a lot of fun.
“The feedback has been brilliant – absolutely phenomenal. She’s
a natural. If anything she talks too much!
“But when she’s not live on air, she’s just a regular
six-year-old girl and likes watching SpongeBob Square Pants.”
