Also inside ' Jimmy Savile Alan Black Exciting RNI's Mike Ross U.S.A. Radio Student Broadcasting Competition Radio News Inside h much more NOT ONLY LEAGUE TOPPERS BUT CHART TOPPERS Leeds Ury ENTENARY P.A. CUP Mt akpiERS 4« ape. CMS atirv.. .kirs Orsvad $4i/sks!.. t'AsSs $lissgss, 444.ts SawC9rIr.Trwsse cars: WI* t.;,-,emorr-..:. ,fix vireA eaw, THE BEST TEAM IN THE LAND SCORE AGAIN WITH 12 on CHAPTER ONE SCH 168 The Shape of Sounds to Come 2 editorial Hi there, and welcome to what we think is the most exciting issue of "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY" to date. If you happen to be a new reader - where on earth have you been for the past seven months? No seriously, we hope you like the magazine enough to place a regular order with your newsagent. First of all be sure to turn to page io where you have the opportunity to win a prize of a lifetime. TWO WHOLE WEEKS INTHE USA VISITING SOME OF THE TOP RADIO STATIONS IN NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, NASHVILLE AND LAS VEGAS. There are also lots of exciting runner-up prizes. This month's DJ features include the ever -popular JIMMY SAVILE, ALAN BLACK, ALAN DELL and RNI's MIKE ROSS kicks off a new series on the lads afloat! "DEE JAY AND RADIO MONTHLY" also takes a look at the world of student broadcasting, and there is pictorial coverage of our fantastic awards reception. Add to this all our popular regular features on free radio, disco picks, etc. and you will see why "DEE JAY AND RADIOMONTHLY" is fast becoming accepted as THE definitive radio and disc jockey magazine. Our sincere thanks to you all, and see you again next month. BEN CREE PUBLISHER t B.C. Enterprises Ltd. 1973 Dee Jay and Radio Monthly is published by B.C. Enterprises Ltd., Willmott House, 43 Queen Street, Hitchin, Herts. (0462-54399). Typesetting by Leagrave Press, Luton (Luton 51525). Printed by George Pulman & Sons Ltd., Watling Street, Bletchley, Bucks. (Bletchley 4921). Distributed by New English Library, Magazine Division, Barnards Inn, London EC1 (01-405 4614). contents page page 4news and views 27Radio Fleet Productions 6JIMMY SAVILE 3oALAN DELL io"dee jay" US COMPETITION! 32dx corner 12frc - cib 34beatwave - fra 36disco picks of the month 14Dave Christian's Soul Sounds 15The Second XI - No. 38Tony Mercer Column ALAN BLACK Musing With Moffat i6Polly Perkins meets 39Hospital Radio Casebook BBC Radio London's David Carter and Susan Barnes 40"dee jay" diary i8MIKE ROSS 41Student Broadcasting 20DEREK CHINNERY - Part 2 42dee jay album sounds - LP reviews 22"You Tell Us" - readers' letters 45"Record World" US charts 24"dee jay" awards reception 46Radio Luxembourg charts 3 Veronica demonstration halts traffic in The Hague A crowd of tens of thousands (police put the estimate at 50,000) chanting young people invaded the centre of The Hague, in Holland just before Easter, to demonstrate in favour of the survival of offshore pop station "Radio Veronica". The demonstrators, from all over Holland, carried transistors tuned to the popular station, and created traffic chaos as they marched in a procession several miles long. They jammed round the Parliament buildings, where a special investigating committee was holding a hearing on whether to ratify the Strasbourg Convention which would ban "pirate" radio stations in international waters. The Parliamentary Committee ended their meeting without making a decision. Police had to intervene when traffic piled up, causing motorists to echo the radio one marchers' chants with a chorus on their horns. club road Planes flew overhead, towing show banners urging the preservation of the station. Exciting summer holiday "Radio Veronica", changes were announced claimed to be the most recently for the popular popular of the three BBC programme "Radio 1 stations off the Dutch coast Club". Five of the network's - North Sea International top DJs will be involved in a and Caroline are the other large-scale promotional two - threatened with campaign which will see the closure if Parliament ratified programme touring England, the convention, went back Scotland and Wales. on the air on the same day Beginning on July 23, the as the demonstration, on its (Top left) Ronan 0' Rahilly and (Rest) the demonstrators at the recent Hague - programmes will be presented own wavelength, after Radio Veronica demonstrations. by one DJ each week. Alan interruptions caused when Freeman kicks off touring the its transmitter ship was Biscuits Radio Network West Country and the beached in a hurricane on news in are expanding the service to following week Rosko will April 3. include their factories in be in the South East. The 474 -ton former brief Manchester and Liverpool From August 6 Ed Stewart German lightship was .. soul singers Arthur visits the Midlands and the refloated and towed back Forthcoming stars set for Conley and Major Lance North East, and Stuart into its original position in Radio 2's "Star of the Week" have been added to the bill Henry goes home to the North Sea, four miles include Mantovani (April 30), when Gladys Knight and the Scotland the following off Sheveningen. Veronica's Liza Minelli (May 7), Pips play two concerts at the August 20 sees DLT in the broadcast had been resumed, Anthony Newley (May 14) London Palladium on Sunday, North West and North through the help of rival and Ella Fitzgerald (May 21) June 10 . .. Kid Jensen's Wales and Rosko returns Caroline, but not on its . .. Island records are on "Dimensions" programme on week beginning August 27 familiar wavelength. the search for Millie Small, now going out on Mondays with dates in South Wales "Radio Veronica" has who had a world-wide smash and Saturdays at 10 pm and and the West. become a national issue in in 1964 with "My Boy 11 pm respectively . .. The actual venues are Holland, where supporters Lollipop" - but who hasn't Female rock group Fanny currently being finalised, but say that the station gives been heard from in the past are to tour Britain from "Dee Jay and Radio them entertainment and two years. She was last mid -May. Dates set so far Monthly" understands that relaxation in contrast to the heard of living in Singapore. include Lancaster the broadcasts will come official Dutch radio and Anyone knowing of her University (May 18), from a special custom-built television which they consider whereabouts should contact Northampton (May 19), touring broadcast caravan. dull. Island Records' London Birmingham (May 20), Meanwhile Easter Monday The popular Amsterdam office (tel: 01-229 1229). .. Manchester (May 21), saw the Radio 1 Club team newspaper, De Telegraaf, in Focus tour dates for May Cleethorpes (May 22), with DJ Rosko broadcasting a front-page splash story, include London's Rainbow London's Imperial College from on board the quoted a public opinion poll Theatre (May 4/5), Leicester (May 26), Croydon (May Townsend-Thoresen which claimed that nearly (May 6), Sheffield (May 7), 27), Plymouth (May 28), cross -channel ferry Free three-quarters of the Dutch Preston (May 8), Dublin Oxford (June 2), Cardiff Enterprise VII between population support "Radio (May 9/10), Edinburgh (June 5), Southampton Dover and Zeebrugge. Veronica". (May 11), Glasgow (May 12), (June 6), Blackburn (June 8) "Dee Jay and Radio Political sources expect Manchester (May 13), and Bracknell (June 16). Monthly" were there so the present government, Birmingham (May 14/15), Popular Leeds United look out for a full report and already troubled by a Hanley (May 16) and footballer Jackie Charlton pictures in next month's Cabinet crisis since last Croydon (May 17) .. is to present a series of issue. year's general elections, to Recent research carried out half-hour programmes, avoid any action on the by Radio Luxembourg in entitled "Jack's Track" next month in dee jay "pirate" radio issue and Scandinavia revealed a on BBC Radio Leeds leave the problem over to a massive audience of over starting on April 25, at later administration. 4,000,000 listeners 7.15 pm. In the ROGER 'TWIGGY' DJ Jimmy programmes Jack will be DAY Savile's "Clunk -Click" talking to Yorkshire folk a b.c. series of safety belt TV at work in factories, schools * ** * * ** ads won a top award at the and hospitals, etc. The enterprises recent National TV programmes will be BRIAN publication Advertising Festival held in repeated on Saturdays at NIcKENZIE London . .. the United 10.10 a.m. 4 more beeb djs to race changes at brands Following the recent programme and DJ changes announced for Radio 1in the hatch summer, "Dee Jay and Top Radio 1 DJs, plus Radio Monthly" now actor Nicholas Parsons, are understands that even more to have a special race of are currently under discussion their own at Brands Hatch at the BBC. on Sunday, May 6. The DJ These would include a team, to be captained by brand new Sunday breakfast Dave Lee Travis, who show between 7 and 8.30 am, originally thought of the idea, a change of time for will include Noel Edmonds, another award for jim "Sounds of the 70's" Rosko, John Peel, Dave For Jimmy Savde last month - an award that's different, at (possibly after midnight), Gregory, Steve Jones and least to the ordinary run of DJs. But, then, Jimmy's never been and more programme Johnny Moran. ordinary at anything. separatron in the evening. This latest accolade came from the hands of HRH Princess It is also understood that They will oppose a team Alexandra. The occasion was the annual presentation of any increase in "needletime" of promotion men from the Carl -Alan Awards - made to the very top professionals ..