David Jensen - Capital Radio

Capital Radio

In 1984, Jensen quit Radio 1 & joined London's Capital FM, for whom he presented a weekday mid-morning show, then moving to weekday drivetime—as it is now called—in 1987.

In addition to his weekday shows he also presented the weekly The Network Chart Show, the UK's first syndicated commercial radio show which originally went out every Sunday between 5 and 7pm, directly opposite the BBC Radio 1 Top 40 show. Its anticipation of commercial radio's future direction is far more important than the chart it actually broadcast, which never equalled the definitive status of the official chart (then compiled by Gallup) used by Radio 1, even though it was considerably more up-to-date until the compilation of the official chart was speeded up in 1987.

While presenting the Network Chart, Jensen became ITV's unofficial "face" of pop music, presenting pop shows such as "The Roxy", an attempt to compete with Top of the Pops. He would continue 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 (the show has since evolved into hit40uk). He continued to present the weekday drivetime show on what was now called Capital FM until 1998.

He also presented various children's programmes including Worldwise and Popquest.