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| - In the mid-'60s, the offshore pirate radio stations won the young pop audience from the BBC and produced many new DJs, some of whom became familiar voices of the new Radio One. Brian Matthew and other established BBC figures tended to be sidelined in favour of the newcomers and after being removed from Saturday Club he moved to Radio Two to present a variety of regular programmes. Yet unlike many of his peers he retained an interest in contemporary pop, presenting a radio version of Top Of The Pops and an album show for the BBC World Service, as well as The Beatles Story for Radio One. His interviewing skills made him a suitable presenter for My Top 12, in which artists selected and introduced their favourite tracks. In 1977 he began Round Midnight, a magazine programme which was adventuro
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| - In the mid-'60s, the offshore pirate radio stations won the young pop audience from the BBC and produced many new DJs, some of whom became familiar voices of the new Radio One. Brian Matthew and other established BBC figures tended to be sidelined in favour of the newcomers and after being removed from Saturday Club he moved to Radio Two to present a variety of regular programmes. Yet unlike many of his peers he retained an interest in contemporary pop, presenting a radio version of Top Of The Pops and an album show for the BBC World Service, as well as The Beatles Story for Radio One. His interviewing skills made him a suitable presenter for My Top 12, in which artists selected and introduced their favourite tracks. In 1977 he began Round Midnight, a magazine programme which was adventurous for a Radio Two show, covering a range of topics from music, the arts and show business and featuring many studio guests. It was axed, controversially, by a new Radio Two controller in 1990. But Matthew soon became the regular host of Sounds Of The Sixties and, with the help of his producers Roger "The Vocalist" Bowman and Phil "The Collector" Swern, made it into a highly popular show with - unlike most "golden oldies" radio - a wide-ranging and varied selection of Sixties music, including LP and EP tracks, B-sides and obscurities alongside familiar hits. In February 2017, Matthew was told by the BBC that he would no longer host Sounds Of The Sixties - a decision which provoked controversy and protests from "avids", as the show's keenest listeners were known. The show was moved to an earlier time - 6.00 - 8.00 on Saturday mornings - and its format was changed so that the main emphasis would be on radio hits. Matthew was replaced by another DJ who made his name in the 1960s, Tony Blackburn.
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