Roger Day
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Broadcaster Roger Day (born in Kent, U.K. on March 29, 1945) used to present shows on Birmingham's 105.7 Smooth Radio and currently presents on BBC Radio Kent.
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[edit] Early career
Day appeared on Southern TV's Pop The Question music quiz in 1965, which was hosted by Muriel Young. In 1966 he was working as an accountant by day and part-time DJ at night.
[edit] The Pirates
Day was invited to join Swinging Radio England and was one of the original presenters and was there until the station closed 6 months later.
In 1967, he joined Radio Caroline South before joining Radio Luxembourg.
He then returned to pirate Radio Broadcasting with Radio Northsea International, which dismissed him, and introduced new contracts, in 1970.
[edit] Commercial Radio
Since then, Day has been heard on many commercial stations throughout the UK including Manchester's Piccadilly Radio, Birmingham's BRMB, Radio West in Bristol, Invicta in Canterbury, Pirate FM Cornwall, Jazz FM London and County Sound Guildford.
[edit] Saga 105.7 FM
From its inception in October 2001, Day presented shows for Saga 105.7 FM in Birmingham. He took over the Weekday Drivetime show from 4-8pm, (4-7pm on Fridays) and presented a three hour show on Saturday mornings from 10am-1pm playing 50s and 60s tunes. He also hosted an hour-long show playing number ones on Saturday afternoons from 1-2pm.
[edit] BBC Radio Kent
With the closure of Saga and its rebranding as 105.7 Smooth Radio in March 2007 Day presented a show for Smooth Radio. '60s Saturday' played music from that decade between 10am-1pm on Saturdays, but the show ended in September 2007 as Smooth Radio re-scheduled some of its programmes.
Day then moved stations and began presenting a daily show on BBC Radio Kent every weekday evening from 7-10pm, this show can also be heard on BBC Local Radio stations in the South and South East of England. He also has a Sunday afternoon show from 2-5pm only on BBC Radio Kent.
Roger Day can also be heard presenting regular shows on the Satellite Version of Radio Caroline, which he has been doing since 2003.
