Dave Lee Travis (born in Buxton, Derbyshire on 25 May 1945) also known professionally as DLT, is a British radio presenter, best known for his career on BBC Radio 1. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ...

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Early life

Travis attended Grammar School in Manchester and his first job was as a Graphic Designer. He began his radio career at the pirate station Radio Caroline North, moving later to the south ship. He also spent time presenting the German TV show Beat Club. Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ... The term Pirate Radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmission. ... Radio Caroline is a European radio station that originally commenced transmissions as an offshore radio station broadcasting from a ship anchored off the coast of South East England in international waters. ... For the record label, see Beat Club Records Der Beat-Club was a German music programme that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. ...

Career in radio

Travis's Radio 1 career began in 1968, presenting the 'Pop North' show from Manchester. Then in 1969 he took over a Sunday morning show from 10am-midday. In 1971, he was promoted to the weekday lunchtime show from 11am-1pm, moving back to Sunday mornings in 1973 and also presented the Radio 1 Club on Thursdays from 5-7pm. This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ...

In the 1970s he adopted the on-air nickname of "The Hairy Monster", but changed this to "The Hairy Cornflake"[1] when he started presenting Radio 1's Breakfast Show. [2] Cornflakes in a bowl Cornflakes Boxed, 2007 Corn flakes are a popular breakfast cereal originally manufactured by Kelloggs through the treatment of corn. ...

In 1975 he took over the weekday teatime slot from 4.30-5.45pm (extended to run 4.30-7pm in 1977). He then took over the Breakfast Show from Noel Edmonds in May 1978 and continued in this slot until December 1980. On BBC television, he presented episodes of Top of the Pops in the 1970s and 1980s. Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British television presenter, DJ, executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is more recently known as the presenter of the television gameshow Deal or No Deal. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ...

In 1976, an on-air parody of the US hit "Convoy" (by Laurie Lingo and The Dipsticks) led to a release of the song "Convoy GB" as a single, recorded with fellow DJ Paul Burnett. The song reached number four in the charts and Travis appeared as the song's narrator "Super Scouse" on Top Of The Pops. Convoy is a 1975 novelty song performed by C.W. McCall (pseudonym of Bill Fries) that became a number-one hit in the USA and helped start a worldwide craze for citizens band (CB) radio. ... Paul Burnett (born 1943) is a British radio disc jockey, who began his radio career while in the Royal Air Force in the Persian Gulf in 1964. ... This article is about the accent. ...

His popular quiz "Snooker on the Radio" and in particular the sound effect "quack quack oops" became famous Radio 1 features, and were resurrected for his weekend morning show on Magic Radio. Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. ... Magic is a music radio and (later) a TV brand in the United Kingdom, run by the Emap group. ...

January 1981 saw Travis move to weekday afternoons from 2.30-4.30 pm. Later that year he moved back to the weekday lunchtime slot from 11.30am-2pm, before moving to a Saturday morning show in 1983 from 10am-1pm, then Sunday mornings from 10am-1pm in 1987 taking over both Saturday and Sunday in September 1988.

In 1987, he published a book of his own photographic efforts called 'A Bit Of A Star', which he dedicated to his late father.

Travis spent 20 years presenting the BBC World Service programme "A Jolly Good Show". The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ...

On-air resignation

On 8 August 1993 DLT resigned on-air during his Sunday morning show[3], stating that he could not agree with changes that were being made to Radio 1. Dave told his audience that changes were afoot that he could not tolerate - "....and I really want to put the record straight at this point and I thought you ought to know - changes are being made here which go against my principles and I just cannot agree with them...". is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Noel Edmonds

Travis was famously the victim of a practical joke (or "Gotcha") by Noel Edmonds on his TV show Noel's House Party. His radio quiz was unknowingly hijacked by two fake pub quiz teams which gave absurd answers to every question. His 'reaction' at the reveal had to be recorded twice because his initial outburst was full of swearwords. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Noels House Party is a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the 1990s. ...

Travis got his "revenge" the following week when, by arrangement with the House Party production team, he hijacked Noel Edmonds's show live on air, leaving the presenter at a loss for words.

Since 1993

On leaving Radio One DLT hosted a networked Sunday morning show (10am - 1pm) across some of the UK's commercial radio stations; he also went to Classic Gold where he hosted the 10am - 1pm morning show (later 9am - 12pm), before moving to breakfast 7am - 9am and then back to mornings 9am - 11am. In 2002 he left to work for Garrison Radio for the Army. On the 14th February 2000, DLT was the subject of the This Is Your Life programme on British TV. Other TV credits include The Weakest Link, Noel's House Party, Mrs. Merton, Stars Reunited, Kick Start, Go Getters and Today with Des and Mel. Classic Gold is one of the biggest gold formatted radio networks in the United Kingdom, with a potential audience of 47 million. ... This Is Your Life was a television documentary series hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards. ... The Weakest Link (known as Weakest Link in many countries) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ... Noels House Party is a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the 1990s. ... Today with Des and Mel was a British television series hosted by Des OConnor and Melanie Sykes. ...

From March 2003 to March 2007, Dave presented a Sunday morning show from 9am-12pm on BBC Three Counties Radio, his local BBC radio station. It has been suggested that BBC Radio Bedfordshire be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...

In addition to that in 2005 he was briefly heard on Spain's Spectrum FM, presenting a Saturday morning show, but that ended later that same year due to poor listening figures.

Dave was on Magic Radio http://www.magic999.com/ until mid 2007 Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British television presenter, DJ, executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is more recently known as the presenter of the television gameshow Deal or No Deal. ... BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup because: A trick photograph of Mike Read Mike Read (1 March 1951 is a British disc jockey, writer and former television presenter. ...

External links

• Biography at Radio Rewind - including photos and audio clips from DLT's shows.
• Magic Network
• DLT to broadcast on the Magic Network in the UK