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Simon Bates

From: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Since: 1946–present
Releases: 2

About

Simon Philip Bates (born 17 December 1946) is an English disc jockey and radio presenter. Between 1976 and 1993 he worked at BBC Radio 1, presenting the station's weekday mid-morning show for most of this period. He was a regular presenter of Top of the Pops from 1979 to 1988. He was the first presenter of BBC Two's Food and Drink programme in 1982.

In 1997 he became a regular presenter on Classic FM. He later hosted the breakfast show on Smooth Radio from January 2011 until March 2014, and took on the same role at BBC Radio Devon from January 2015 until January 2017. Known for his distinctive deep voice, he currently presents weekend shows in the afternoon on Boom Radio.

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Member of

The “Just a Minute” Team 1986–1986 spoken vocals

Discography

Compilations 2

Links

Reference

Also known as

Simon Philip Bates

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 154d5492-e91e-435d-9abf-179c88994f84

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