• 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...
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  • co-authored by Simon Bates. The feature disappeared from Radio 1 after Bates resigned from the network in 1993. After leaving Radio 1 Simon Bates worked for...
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  • Simon Bates at Breakfast was the flagship show on Smooth Radio in the United Kingdom from January 2011 to March 2014. It was presented by Simon Bates...
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    appeared on the stage, notably in the plays of Simon Gray, such as Butley and Otherwise Engaged. Bates was born at the Queen Mary Nursing Home, Darley...
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    Roy Bates. Bates seized Roughs Tower from a group of pirate radio broadcasters in 1967 with the intention of setting up his own station there. Bates and...
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  • union disputes. 26 August – Simon Bates steps down from Sunday Top 40 hosting. 2 September – Tony Blackburn replaces Simon Bates as host of the Sunday Top...
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    1988) Peter Powell (1977–1988) Mike Read (1978–1989, plus 30 July 2006) Simon Bates (1979–1988) 15 December 1977 – Elton John was guest presenter 11 October...
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  • became popular in the UK after it was played by broadcaster Simon Bates on his Simon Bates at Breakfast show on Smooth Radio as part of the Our Tune strand...
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    Golden Hour". The feature was to prove durable, being carried on by Simon Bates, Simon Mayo, and Chris Moyles when they subsequently took over that time...
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    Their single, "Brother", was used as the theme to Tom Browne's and Simon Bates' Sunday Top 40/20 Chart Rundown on BBC Radio 1 in the 1970s. The band...
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  • station in 2010, Simon Bates left Classic FM after 13 years to join Smooth Radio as its new weekday breakfast presenter from January 2011. Bates revived The...
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    (9:00–13:00) from January 2011, taking over from the show's previous host Simon Bates. This quickly became Classic FM's most listened-to show, with over 3...
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    Boots and Baguettes. His first broadcast as a travel expert was on Simon Bates' programme Studio B15 on BBC Radio 1 in 1980. Calder became travel correspondent...
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  • was reduced to just the Top 20 for one hour at 18:00. In April 1978, Simon Bates took over as presenter. From May 1978, Radio One started promoting the...
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  • Autumn 1977. He was replaced by Simon Bates, who continued the feature at the top of the show between 9 and 10 am. Bates amended the format, however, turning...
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  • personalities. The breakfast show was hosted by Simon Bates, who joined the network in January 2011. Bates revived The Golden Hour and Our Tune, two popular...
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    UK's Smooth Radio broadcast its national breakfast show, presented by Simon Bates, from the BFBS studios in Camp Bastion. On 8 April 2012, Easter Sunday...
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    The Break (1963) as Greg Parker Dr. Syn Alias the Scarecrow (1963) as Simon Bates There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) as Andrew Hunter Sunday Bloody Sunday...
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  • played the title role in “Aladdin” at the Wycombe Swan theatre, alongside Simon Bates as Abanazer. She was then invited on the first national tour in 40 years...
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  • the Sunday lunchtime show. Simon Bates moves from breakfast to mid-mornings. 2011 January – John Suchet replaces Simon Bates as host of the station's weekday...
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  • The characters reference such DJs as Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Simon Bates, Alan Freeman, Mike Read, Peter Powell, Noel Edmonds and Jimmy Savile...
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    Sexism, was published in 2014. Bates' parents are Diane Elizabeth Bates, a French language teacher, and Adrian Keith Bates, a physician. She grew up in...
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  • Bates College (/beɪts/) is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals 813 acres (329 ha)...
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  • phased launch will begin on 4 October. 17 August – It is announced that Simon Bates to join Smooth Radio as its new national breakfast presenter from 4 January...
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  • day of programming dedicated to the charts presented by John Peters, Simon Bates, Mike Read and David Jensen. The shows included a countdown of the first...
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  • was confirmed that Bates had become the sole owner. In November 2012, Bates sold his holdings in Leeds United to GFH Capital. Bates was born in Ealing...
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  • and Clubland branded music television channels alongside Pat Sharp, Simon Bates and Mark Goodier. Programmes he narrated for the channels included Antiques...
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    became popular in the UK after it was played by broadcaster Simon Bates on his Simon Bates at Breakfast show on Smooth Radio as part of the Our Tune strand...
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    Breakfast – Episodes by date, August 2012 BBC 5Live, 18 August 2012 Simon Bates parts company with Smooth Radio John Plunkett, The Guardian, 24 February...
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    he is the vocalist and is backed up by Harry the Piano on keyboards, Simon Bates on woodwind, Jeff Lardner on drums and Dave Swift on bass. The band's...
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