![]() ![]() In 1967, offshore pirate radio was outlawed by the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act. From spring 1966 until early 1969 he co-presented the monthly Beat-Club pop programme, on television in Germany together with Uschi Nerke. In September 1965, Travis started work at the offshore pirate radio station Radio Caroline South from the MV Mi Amigo off the Essex coast, later moving onto Radio Caroline North from the MV Fredericia off the Isle of Man until mid-August 1967. On his return to the UK, Travis returned to the north of England and continued to promote his own shows in Blackpool, Bury and the surrounding areas. Consequently, he was asked by Herman's Hermits to become the tour manager and warm-up DJ on their next tour of the United States, supporting Bobby Vee and Freddy Cannon. Giving up his other jobs, he went on a self-created and promoted UK tour of clubs, ballrooms and theatres presenting his own DJ shows. At night and weekends he began working as a DJ at the Oasis Club in Manchester, making use of a Dansette autochanger. Travis's first jobs were as a graphic designer, a designer of shop interiors and a photographer. His father was a stage manager and he attended Manchester Central Grammar School for Boys. Early life and career īorn in Buxton, Derbyshire, Travis was raised in Manchester. On 23 September he was found guilty by a majority verdict of one count of indecent assault and on 26 September given a three-month prison sentence suspended for two years. Travis faced a retrial on the two outstanding counts, with an additional alleged offence from 1995. ![]() In February 2014, he was found not guilty on twelve of the counts, with the jury unable to reach a decision on a further two counts. In November 2012, Travis was arrested by officers from Operation Yewtree on suspicion of historical sexual offences, which he denied. Following his resignation from the BBC in 1993, he worked for several British commercial radio stations. He moved to BBC Radio 1 where he became one of the station's leading presenters during the 1970s and 1980s, and a regular presenter of Top of the Pops. Travis began his broadcasting career on the pirate radio station Radio Caroline in 1965. David Patrick Griffin (born ), known professionally as Dave Lee Travis, is an English disc jockey, radio presenter and television presenter. ![]()
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