Don Pierson
Don Pierson took the formats of Gordon McLendon, Boss Radio and PAMS jingles to the UK in the form of Wonderful Radio London, (a pirate radio ship) and subsequently revolutionized the popular music format. On 14 August 1967 The Marine Offences Act was introduced in the UK and the Pirate Stations were shut down.
The British Broadcasting Corporation were chosen by the UK Government to come up with a Station to replace the Pirates, And so in 1967 BBC Radio 1 started broadcasting having employed many of the DJ's from the Pirate stations (Tony Blackburn, Kenny Everett & John Peel etc.) and obtained re-sings of the PAM's Jingles.
In fact it was Tony Blackburn who played the first Pop record on Radio 1, The Move. Flowers In The Rain.
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