David Jensen was later a broadcaster for the BBC from 1976 to 1984, as a host on BBC Radio 1 and presenter on the TV music programme Top of the Pops from 1977 to 1984.
23 Facts About David Jensen
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David Jensen has hosted and presented for Capital FM and ITV among other stations.
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David Jensen then joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in November 1968, joining Paul Kay, Paul Burnett, Noel Edmonds and Tony Prince as the resident DJ team.
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David Jensen's recruitment was part of the "all-live" initiative, bringing to an end most of the pre-recorded shows.
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David Jensen kept his profile high through regular appearances presenting Top of the Pops, and championed many acts who went on to achieve huge commercial success, notably The Police and Gary Numan.
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David Jensen's mid-evening show was dominated by indie-rock, but featured interviews with mainstream acts such as Duran Duran, and was the first show to champion Frankie Goes to Hollywood, before their commercial success.
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David Jensen remained a regular Top of the Pops presenter and struck up a famous partnership with John Peel.
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David Jensen wrote a pop column for the Daily Mirror.
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In 1984, David Jensen quit Radio 1 and joined London's Capital FM, presenting the weekday mid-morning show ; moving to weekday drivetime in 1987.
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David Jensen continued to comment regularly on pop-related stories in ITN and Sky News bulletins for some time after he left the Network Chart in 1993, when he was replaced by Neil Fox.
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David Jensen continued to present the weekday drivetime show on Capital FM until 1998.
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David Jensen presented various children's programmes including Worldwise and Popquest.
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In 1998, David Jensen joined rival London FM station, Heart 106.2, presenting the weekday drivetime show from 4pm to 7pm.
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David Jensen presented a Sunday afternoon CD chart show called Kid Jensen's CD Countdown which was produced by Blue Revolution and networked on Birmingham's 100.7 Heart FM and various other stations.
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In 2002, David Jensen returned to Capital and was heard on its oldies service Capital Gold.
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David Jensen hosted Planet Rock's Sunday Morning show, "Another Dimension", and co-hosted with Rick Wakeman on Saturday mornings until December 2010 and briefly hosted the Saturday morning 10a.
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David Jensen joined Smooth Radio in April 2011 to present an afternoon show.
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David Jensen hosted a two-hour retro chart show on Smooth Radio on Sunday evenings.
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In February 2022, David Jensen's Jazz returned to Jazz FM for a second series and a third in April 2023.
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David Jensen was a co-presenter of the TV programme Gillette World Sports Special, alongside Mark Webster.
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David Jensen is married to Iceland-born Gudrun Agusta Thorarinsdottir, and they have three children.
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David Jensen founded the Kid David Jensen Racing team that briefly raced in the Formula 3000 championship, which won one race at the hands of Nicolas Minassian in 1999 at Silverstone.
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David Jensen is a fan of Crystal Palace, is chairman of the Crystal Palace FC Vice-President's Club, and acted as ambassador for the CPFC 2010 consortium during the purchase of the club from administrators.