The Knot Best of Weddings Hall of Fame DJs, featuring current and former broadcasters, venue coordinators, and musicians in the Starved Rock area of Illinois, providing event services such as DJs, Emcees, Photobooths, Day of Coordinators, Musicians and Officiants for weddings, private parties and corporate events.
JC was spectacular! With little time to prepare for our wedding he listened to our every request and made everything very easy and stress free. I wish I could give more than 5 stars. Just thinking about the amazing work these folks put in keeps bringing a tear to my eye (even a week later!). Guys on the Radio nailed it.
JC was spectacular! With little time to prepare for our wedding he listened to our every request and made everything very easy and stress free. I wish I could give more than 5 stars. Just thinking about the amazing work these folks put in keeps bringing a tear to my eye (even a week later!). Guys on the Radio nailed it.
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Guys on the Radio was founded in 2011, but it was the product of a life-long friendship that started long before that. JC 'Phillips' Heerdt met Jon 'Shap' Shapiro back in 1996 at North Central College in Naperville, back when one was a goofy freshman kid from Rock Falls, and the other a weird, skinny kid wearing a train hat from the south suburbs of Chicago, who was entertaining the entire dorm floor with his Atari 2600.
Two signature add-ons can be added to Platinum and Diamond packages with out any additional charges. Diamond package comes with monogram light, and full room uplights (2 sets of uplights.) You can also use a $300 credit towards any premium add-ons (with the exception of videography) as one (or both) of your signature add-ons.
Weddings are a once in a lifetime event, and planning a wedding is a lot of work. It takes a lot of time and energy to see your full vision come to fruition, but what if there was someone to help you bring that vision to life? Sure, your family is there to help. But what about the actual wedding day?
Photo booths and weddings are a perfect match. They are exploding in popularity throughout the country because they are so much fun, and the resulting pictures can be priceless. If you are in any way on the fence about getting a photo booth, DO IT! Our guests had so much fun and these ladies were just wonderful.
We use Adam Jamsa as our lead officiant, when he is available. JC, Serena, and Bobby T are also ordained in the Universal Life Church, and will provide officiant services for your wedding. We custom tailor a script for your wedding, be it a religious, semi-religious, or non-religious ceremony. We have a message on love and trust, and we'll tell the story of how you met.
Reviews (8)
Leslie Lyons
Dec 01, 2021
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From my first phone call with JC, I knew I was going to hire Guys on the Radio to DJ our wedding. Their email reminders and planning website were helpful at pulling out all the info they needed to make the day go smoothly. Upon meeting JC, I knew we made the right choice. He and his team are truly there to make sure you have the best day. He incorporated our eclectic mix of tunes effortlessly throughout the night. They even worked with us through a few quirky requests and made sure it all fit within our timeline. We received many compliments from guests on the music and the dance floor was lively
Rebecca Hamaker Reiser
Feb 20, 2021
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I wish I could give more than 5 stars. Just thinking about the amazing work these folks put in keeps bringing a tear to my eye (even a week later!!) They went above and beyond at each step of the way, especially in dealing with “covid wedding” complications. JC answered a thousand questions for us as we were trying to plan 3 different options for music (depending on what covid restrictions we could end up with...) and then went out of his way to assist us with a Zoom ceremony option (not part of our package). He even ordered new equipment to try and make any little bit of our day easier for
Chris Hernandez
Feb 01, 2020
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Our DJ, JC was great. He was laid back but engaged during our meetings. He was also very helpful with organizing our wedding ceremony and reception. In other words, wedding planning can cause anxiety, and me and fiance (now wife) felt at ease after our meeting with JC. Their online planning system is at first a little overwhelming but JC highlighted the important parts and answered questions. The night of the wedding he did a great job with the music selection and interacting with our guests. He knew how and when to insert himself into the party. Overall, great DJ service that I would recommend
Jackie Castillo
Sep 26, 2019
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Guys on the Radio are by far the best DJ service I have ever heard and I have been to many weddings. Jon Shap especially, took the time to meet with us a few weeks before our wedding at Starved Rock and listened to my vision when it came to sound and absolutely made it come alive! I would recommend them and especially Jon & Bob to anyone and everyone around! They are your go to team when it comes to music, because they feel the crowd and go with what they want to listen and dance to! I also want to shout out Kevin Kramer for doing AMAZING on the acoustic during our cocktail hour! Outstanding jobs
Christina Roberts
Sep 02, 2018
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My husband and I just had our wedding at Starved Rock and had the privledge of having the Guys on the Radio as our DJs. Shap was so incredibly easy to work with and he helped us out so muh with planning our whole day (which we were not expecting from our DJ!). He played every song we requested (including the Pokemon Theme Song since my husband and I are GIANT dorks) and he went out of his way to make sure that nothing we didn't want was played or announced. At one point a guest requested a song that we had mentioned to him in passing that we didn't want played, but hadn't added to the "do not play
Marsha Beran
Jul 10, 2018
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We found Guys on the Radio at the Starved Rock Bridal Expo. We opted for the Diamond package which included a costume monogram, photo montage with 3 dvd copies, and 16 uplights. They also offered officiant services, which we opted for. We wanted JC to officiant our wedding ceremony and MC our event. He did a fantastic job! At the end of the night he had put together a special recording of our first dance song along with lines taken from our ceremony and best man & maid of honor speeches. It was so sweet. They also offer services for stress free set up and tear down with the Sisters. We did all
Amanda Morris
Jan 16, 2017
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My husband and I hired Tommy and Joe from Guys on the Radio to be our DJ's for our wedding ceremony and reception at Starved Rock Lodge and I am SO HAPPY that we did! :) From the beginning of the planning process Jon S. was super helpful in giving me all of the planning tools to pick songs and to upload images for the photo montage. He also got me in contact with our DJ's and we had a meeting a couple weeks before our event with DJ Tommy. I can't say enough about how great it was to work with him! Tommy made sure he understood our style and helped to blend our music with music for some of our older
Laura Kastor
Oct 28, 2016
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