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It’s sobering to realise that Alan Freeman has passed away. This was the man that gave us ‘Pick of the Pops’ on the Light Programme and later Radio 1.
It’s sobering to realise that Alan Freeman has passed away. This was the man that gave us ‘Pick of the Pops’ on the Light Programme and later Radio 1.
It’s quite sad to know that he passed away a broken man crippled by arthritis and living in a nursing home. Oddly, you kind of imagine that such a radio legend would be living in a luxury country estate somewhere.
I suppose he was the grandfather of the cheesy DJ upon whom so many others based their ‘acts’ and presentation styles, and who Harry Enfield’s Smashy and Nicey were ultimately laughing at. So, in a way he was the first real ‘performing’ radio DJ in the UK, and a pioneer of his time that didn’t sound like a rip-off of the 60s American style of radio DJ. In a sense he was unique and was therefore emulated, and that’s a very good thing.
Which of today’s crop of new radio presenters will eventually pass away with such a legacy?
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