Simon Bates

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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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DJ most famous for presenting the mid-morning slot on Radio 1 from 1977 to 1993, including the lachrymose true-life love story slot ''Our Tune'' (which he now does as a syndicated slot for commercial local radio). During his time there he was also a regular host of ''Top Of The Pops''.
 
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Nowadays hosts the morning show (weekdays 8am-noon) on Classic FM.
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DJ most famous for presenting the mid-morning slot on Radio 1 from 1977 to 1993, including the lachrymose true-life love story slot ''Our Tune'' (which he later did as a syndicated slot for commercial local radio). During his time there he was also a regular host of ''Top Of The Pops''.
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After Radio 1, he had stints on Classic FM, Smooth Radio and Radio Devon, and still does voiceovers for Channel 5 clip shows.
== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==

Revision as of 10:49, 17 September 2022

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Biography

DJ most famous for presenting the mid-morning slot on Radio 1 from 1977 to 1993, including the lachrymose true-life love story slot Our Tune (which he later did as a syndicated slot for commercial local radio). During his time there he was also a regular host of Top Of The Pops.

After Radio 1, he had stints on Classic FM, Smooth Radio and Radio Devon, and still does voiceovers for Channel 5 clip shows.

Trivia

He was also the friendly face of the BBFC's film classification system, turning up at the start of pre-recorded videos to explain what "PG" means.

Web links

Official site (requires Flash)

Radio Rewind's profile of Simon Bates

Wikipedia entry

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