| Peter Tait | |
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| Born | Peter Richard Tait 15 March 1950 Croydon, Surrey, England |
| Died | 20 September 2002 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Radio Presenter |
| Years active | 52 |
Peter Richard Tait was born in Croydon, Surrey, England on 15 March 1950.
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After leaving school, he started a career in insurance, however he soon turned professional as a DJ with residencies in Leicester, Southend-On-Sea, Richmond, Brighton, East Grinstead and Croydon.[1]
In 1977, he got a job at U.B.N. which was a radio station for the workers of United Biscuits. After 18 months, he landed the job as afternoon show presenter at Radio Trent in Nottingham where he worked for 5 years.
In 1983, Radio Caroline relaunched and returned to the North Sea. Tait was offered the Radio Caroline breakfast show where he was known as Peter Clark[2][3] and attracted an audience of over 3 million listeners, however due to the station having a lack of revenue, he left after 3 months.
On 2 January 1984, he joined Radio Aire in Leeds where he hosted the breakfast show. In 1987, he moved to the drivetime show, but was back on the breakfast show by mid 1988 where he remained until the station frequency split in 1990. On 17 July 1990, Magic 828 was launched and Tait initially presented the afternoon show. By 1992, he was back on the breakfast show where he remained until 2002. At this point, Magic 828 were the number one AM station in the country, attracting 169,000 listeners.[4]
During his time at Radio Aire and Magic 828, Tait arranged and hosted many very successful party nights. The Radio Aire Solid Gold Nights and Magic 828 Party Nights featured many famous acts such as The Three Degrees and Odyssey.
In February 2002, friends and colleagues of Tait were concerned about his health which prompted him to see a doctor. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour and promptly stopped presenting his show. Carl Kingston was to take over the breakfast show temporarily until Peter recovered, however after months of treatment Peter lost his fight with cancer and died on 20 September 2002.