Who's Who in Pop Radio - BBC Light Programme

		Wavelength: 247 metres. Situation: Broadcasting House, London, W.1. Broadcasting Hours: Weekdays 5.30 a.m. to 2 a.m., Sunday 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. Reception area: All of Great Britain and much of Europe. Station Music Policy: The Light Programme provides music for all tastes at various times throughout the day. Below are listed the regular programmes aimed at pop and swing music listeners.
	Saturday Club (10 a.m. to 12 noon): Weekly pop music programme introduced by Brian Matthew and featuring leading groups and singers. New releases and listener's requests are also included. Producers: Jimmy Grant, Brian Willey. Easy Beat (Sunday 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.): Pop music show with the Johnny Howard Band, Laura Lee, Tony Steven, Danny Street and featuring BBC Top Tunes and special guest artists. Introduced by Keith Fordyce. Producer: Ron Belchier. Pick of the Pops (Sunday 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.): Features the Top Twenty Records and the best new releases. Introduced by Alan Freeman. The Jazz Scene (Sunday 11.30 p.m. to 2 a.m.): Introduced by Humphrey Lyttelton and including The Jazz Club and Late Jazz, with news and views on jazz records and personalities. Also live bands and new releases. Producers: Steve Allen, Bryant Marriott and Teddy Warrick. Double Spin (Monday to Friday 4.35 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.): Afternoon record programme featuring "Newly Pressed" the latest singles, EP's and LP's, also "Playtime" records for the younger listeners. Midday Spin is a similar programme broadcast on certain days with a top d.j. in the chair playing pop and light music. Music Through Midnight (Monday to Friday 10.35 p.m. to 1 a.m.): Late night popular music programme featuring leading artists and bands, with special guest stars and record requests. Leading d.j.'s such as David Jacobs, Alan Dell, Don Moss and Roger Moffat, act as comperes. Pop Inn (Tuesday lunchtime): A "record rendezvous" with discs and visiting guest stars and groups. Producer: Derek Chinnery. Parade of the Pops (Wednesdays 1 p.m. to 1.50 p.m.): Live lunchtime pop music show featuring Bob Miller and the Millermen, Vince Hill, Dougie Arthur, Tony Crane and other vocalists with guest stars. Introduced by Denny Piercy. Producer: Ian Scott. The Joe Loss Show (Fridays 1 p.m. to 1.50 p.m.): Featuring Joe Loss and his Orchestra playing tunes of the moment. Also singing stars and special guests from the world of pop music.Producer: Bill Bebb. Simon Dee (Saturdays 11 p.m. to 1.30 a.m.): Lively pop programme with new and old records, show biz news, competitions and the "mystery disc". Producer: Keith Boots.

	KEITH FORDYCE Keith is easily one of the best-known d.j.'s in Great Britain and has the rare distinction of being the only one to have served as a local councillor--on Wimbledon Borough Council. But that does not make him stuffy or out-of-touch, as fans of his programmes on BBC and Radio Luxembourg know well. Born on October 15,1928 in Lincoln, Keith--like his friend Brian Matthew--spent a year with the British Forces Network in Hamburg as d.j. and producer. After this he studied law at Cambridge University and gained an M.A. degree. However, broadcasting was in his blood and he joined the BBC, doing both d.j. spots and sports commentaries (he is particularly keen on soccer and tennis). The next step took him to Radio Luxembourg where he began to establish his reputation as a d.j. with programmes such as "Top Twenty". In 1958 Keith became a freelance and apart from his radio spots appears regularly on TV. When relaxing, Keith likes to play tennis (he won the Lincolnshire Junior Tennis Championship in 1946 and still swings a good racquet), work in the garden or go to the theatre. He is married with three children and has good reason for claiming to be as young in heart as his millions of fans.
	DAVID JACOBS "Mr. D.J." David Jacobs has had honours galore heaped on him by the adult world-yet still considers his top place in the eyes of Britain's teenagers his most important possession. Unquestionably the most relaxed and sophisticated of the country's d.j.'s, David has a knowledge of pop music and musicians which is quite staggering; he can sometimes put artists right on their own work! Born in London on May 19, 1926, he joined the Royal Navy immediately after leaving school and had his first chance to broadcast in a services' programme called "Navy Mixture". Later he developed his skill over the air waves further while serving with the Forces Broadcasting Service in London and when he became chief announcer with Radio S[AC in Ceylon. Not surprisingly after his demob he went into radio full-time and today is much in demand on both BBC (radio and TV) and Radio Luxembourg. David is also an accomplished actor but has been forced to put this side of his talent in second place. He says he has little time for hobbies and when he does get off duty he likes to relax with his wife at their home at Rustington in Sussex.
	HUMPHREY LYTTLETON Apart from being one of Britain's leading jazzmen, "Humph" has rapidly built up a reputation as being one of the country's best specialist d.j.'s. Born in Eton, Bucks., on May 23, 1921, he was educated at Sunningdale and Eton before joining the Grenadier Guards in 1940. After the Second World War he studied at Camberwell Art School and got himself a job as a cartoonist on the Doily Mail. His love of jazz had been with him for years and his stylish trumpet playing landed him work with George Webb's Dixielanders. Not long afterwards he formed his own band and they have remained as one of the best in Europe ever since. His talent for broadcasting was first spotted back in 1947 and in October1950 he was given his first programme, "Looking at Jazz". "Humph's" reputation as a jazz authority has grown steadily in the intervening years and his Sunday night show, "The Jazz Scene" is generally regarded as the best in its field. Married (fortunately, he says) to a wife who likes jazz, he has two sons and likes to listen to both modern and traditional jazz when relaxing.
	BRIAN MATTHEW Brian has been one of the driving forces in putting out pop music over the Light Programme-in fact he was directly responsible for starting two of the longest running pop shows on radio, "Saturday Club" and "Easy Beat". Brian was born in Coventry on September 17, 1928, and gained his first experience in radio in the same way as so many of his fellow d.j. 's--in the Army working for the British Forces Network in Hamburg. A deep-seated love of acting made him enrol with RADA in 1949 and a year later he was appearing with the Old Vic Company. This was followed by stints with a touring mime company and in repertory. In December 1952 Brian joined Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, the overseas service of Dutch Radio, and in the next two years gained experience in all branches of radio work including outside broadcasting, writing scripts and producing. Early in 1955 he had a sudden urge for the outdoor life and actually worked as a milkman for a few months before again returning to radio with the BBC. During his varied career since then Brian started "Saturday Skiffle Club" with Jimmy Grant in 1957 (it eventually dropped the word "Skiffle"), and in 1959 not only produced but also compered a new Sunday morning show called "Easy Beat". Now a freelance working for both BBC and Radio Luxembourg, Brian can claim real knowledge of the world of pop having made two records himself-"Goodness Gracious Me" with Maureen Evans and "What's It All About" with Peter Murray. The man with the friendly voice, as he is known to millions, Brian Matthew is married and likes to spend his off-duty hours either painting, swimming, rowing or listening to jazz and dance music.
	ROGER MOFFAT Roger Moffat's own special brand of compering has made him popular with both the younger generation and their parents. He was born in Warwickshire in July 1927 and after attending Malvern College started radio work with the British Forces Network in Austria. He had a series of engagements with Radio Luxembourg and then went on announcers' course with the BBC. Roger had spells in the Northern Region-where he had his first taste of music programmes in shows like "Tip Top Tunes' '-and then came to London where he has been ever since. He has appeared on television in light music shows and been in charge of numerous radio shows like his latest, "Music Through Midnight". Roger is an accomplished script writer and is interested in history, heraldry and motor racing.
	DENNY PIERCY Before making his name as a top music compere, Denny was a musician for many years and also had a five-year spell in which he did a double act with singer Dickie Valentine. Born in Reading, Berkshire, he had an ear for music and a natural rhythm from a very early age and was learning to play the drums when he was ten. When his schooldays were over, Denny tried to find work as a musician and in fact got his first engagement with the organist Robin Richmond. After this he joined the Geraldo Orchestra for a time then teamed up with Dickie Valentine. Denny had always been an avid radio listener and it was his knowledge of sound that led him to broadcasting. He felt strongly that a programme built around the popular music of the day was needed and decided to send a tape of the kind of show he would like to hear to producer Johnny Kingdom at the BBC. Denny heard nothing for six months-during which time the Corporation were thinking about music programmes-and then out of the blue Johnny Kingdom telephoned to tell him that a new show, 'Parade of the Pops" was going on the air and he had been chosen as the man to introduce it. That was nearly four years ago and the show-with Denny in charge-is still going strong. He has also appeared on several other programmes--both radio and TV--and always writes his own scripts Talented boy is our Denny!