Radio head: Dave Lee Travis and friends are still out there

Dave Lee Travis and friends are still out there, discovers Elisabeth MahoneySeveral things happened in quick succession when the news broke that Simon Bates is to join Smooth Radio as breakfast show host in January. The Our Tune theme tune lodged itself in my mind, and wouldn't be shifted.Wafts of radio nostalgia floated over me; it feels as if I heard most of Bates's Radio 1 mid-morning shows, from 1976 to 1993. I hopped in a taxi and David "Kid" Jensen was on Capital Gold, the first time I've ...

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