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The Story of Pop Radio: 3: Roll Over Beethoven

BBC Radio 1
on BBC Radio 1 England

Noel Edmonds presents a six-part series tracing the development of pop music broadcasting, with recollections from influential DJs and rare archive recordings.

Alan Freed and the US radio revolution.

Brian Matthew, David Jacobs and Jimmy Savile recall the British response to Rock 'n' Roll, including Saturday Club, Pick of the Pops, and the Teen & Twenty Disc Club on 208 and the Light Programme. Radio Caroline sails onto the air, leading the pirate radio armada.

Contributors

Presenter:
Noel Edmonds
Interviewee:
Brian Matthew
Interviewee:
David Jacobs
Interviewee:
Jimmy Savile
Researcher:
Brian Thompson
Writer/Producer:
Trevor Dann
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Radio 1 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967.

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