""The introduction of both "The Milt Grant Record Hop" on local television [in 1956] and disc jockey Don Dillard's "Record Club" program on local airwaves via WDON were important milestones for local rock and roll.Both men brought rock music into homes of thousands and became local legends for bringing national stars to the Washington, D.C. area and raising record hops to heights of popularity never before attained.