David "Kid" Jensen (*July 4, 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born British radio DJ. For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Victoria is a Canadian city, and it is the provincial capital of British Columbia. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...

Early career

After beginning his career in his home country at the age of sixteen, joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in 1968. His late-night shows concentrated on what was then referred to as "progressive" music and attracted many fans, including future British Prime Minister Tony Blair.By 1974 Jensen was becoming a TV personality in Britain, hosting pop shows on ITV, and in the mid-1970s he worked for the then-new Radio Trent (now Trent FM) in Nottingham, one of the first legal, land-based commercial stations in the UK. Radio Luxembourg (1933-1992, 2005-)was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in Europe. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in North East England. ... 96 Trent FM is an Independent Local Radio station which broadcasts from Nottingham in the United Kingdom. ... Nottingham is a city (and county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ...

Radio 1

In 1976 he joined the BBC's pop network, Radio 1, initially hosting a Saturday morning show from 10am-Midday, but sitting in for many other DJs, and eventually graduating to a weekday late afternoon / early evening show in the spring of 1978 from 4.30-7pm. He kept his profile high through regular appearances presenting Top of the Pops, and championed many acts who went on to achieve huge commercial success, notably The Police and Gary Numan. He was effectively a halfway house between the specialist music-orientated DJs such as John Peel and the daytime "personality jocks" such as Dave Lee Travis. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Top of the Pops was a long-running British music chart television programme and indeed the longest-running music show in the world shown each week on BBC and now licensed for national versions around the world. ... The Police was a three-piece British rock band, which was strongly influenced by ska and reggae. ... Gary Numan (born Hary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer and electropop pioneer. ... Autobiography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ... Born in Buxton, Derbyshire in 25 May 1945, Dave Lee Travis, or DLT, is a UK radio presenter. ...

In September 1980, Jensen left Radio 1 to work for the then-new CNN in Atlanta, but he returned a year later, presenting the weekday evening show from 8-10pm (later extended to run from 7-10 pm). Soon afterwards he dropped the "Kid" name, although he would still be popularly known by it for many years to come. His mid-evening show was dominated by indie-rock, but which also featured interviews with mainstream acts such as Duran Duran, and was the first show to champion Frankie Goes To Hollywood, long before their commercial success. He remained a regular Top of the Pops presenter and struck up a legendary partnership with John Peel. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Duran Duran are an English New Wave band notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer-driven hit singles and vivid music videos. ... Frankie Goes to Hollywoods biggest selling single, Relax. Frankie Goes To Hollywood (FGTH) was one of the most controversial and commercially successful UK pop acts of the early 1980s. ...

Capital Radio

In 1984, Jensen quit Radio 1 & joined London's Capital Radio, for whom he presented a weekday mid-morning show, then moving to weekday drivetime - as it was now called - in 1987. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In addition to his weekday shows he also presented the weekly Network Chart, the UK's first syndicated commercial radio show which went out every Sunday between 5 and 7 pm, directly opposite the BBC Radio 1 Top 40 show. Its style and ethos anticipated a number of regulatory changes between 1988 and the early 1990s, which pushed commercial radio away from the more localised and less pop-dominated form it took in its early years, towards the homogenised, purely pop-driven form it now takes where stations are centrally owned and often almost indistinguishable from each other. Its anticipation of commercial radio's future direction is far more important than the chart it actually broadcast, which never equalled the definitive status of the official chart (then compiled by Gallup) used by Radio 1, even though it was considerably more up-to-date until the compilation of the official chart was sped up in 1987. BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music aimed at the 16-24 age bracket. ...

While presenting the Network Chart David Jensen became ITV's unofficial "face" of pop music, presenting pop shows such as the children's series "Razzmatazz" and also "The Roxy", an ill-fated attempt to compete with Top of the Pops. He would continue to regularly comment on pop-related stories in ITN news bulletins for some time after he left the Network Chart in 1993, when he was replaced by Neil Fox (the show has since evolved into hit40uk). He continued to present the weekday drivetime show on what was now called Capital FM until 1998. ITV (Independent Television) is the name popularly given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the network has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of... Razzmatazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Roxy is a nightclub on Neal Street (named after nathan neale of colyton Grammar) in Londons Covent Garden, known for hosting the punk music scene such as steps in its infancy. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Neil Andrew Howe Fox (born June 12, 1961) is a British radio and television presenter, known for many years as Dr Fox before he became Foxy in the 2000s. ... Hit 40 UK is a networked music singles chart broadcast on a number of UK commercial radio stations every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm. ... The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

He also presented various children's programmes including Worldwise & Popquest.

Recent Years

In 1998 Jensen joined rival London FM station, Heart 106.2, presenting the weekday drivetime show from 4-7pm. He also presented a Saturday afternoon show which was networked on Birmingham's 100.7 Heart FM. In 2002 he returned to Capital and since then has been heard on its oldies service Capital Gold, firstly presenting the Monday - Thursday late night show from 10pm - 1am, before taking over his current weekday mid-morning slot in February 2003, which goes out from 10am-1pm. In addition to that, he also presents a Saturday Morning show from 9am-12midday. Capital Gold broadcasts on mediumwave in London and other areas, but also on digital satellite television. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Heart 106. ... 100. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Capital Gold, started in London in 1988 on Capital FMs AM frequency. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Capital Gold, started in London in 1988 on Capital FMs AM frequency. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions serves as the most common band for broadcasting. ...

External links

• Radio Rewind - David Jensen
• 1st Network Chart Show