David served in the British Army from 1968 until 2001 (with a break between 1993 and 1997) leaving at the rank of captain.

He has been involved in the radio industry in a variety of ways since his teens. His first effort was at weekends in 1969 as a member of the team that launched London’s most famous “Pirate” radio station, Radio Jackie.

Radio 210 -Thames Valley Radio In 1979, whilst serving in the army he produced (as a volunteer) features for Radio 210 in Reading, Berkshire.

1982 saw him working as a volunteer for the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), and in 1990 David planned and produced coverage of the Junior Army’s 5-week mountaineering expedition to Ecuador.

Coverage included daily “Live” reports from over 21,000ft in the Ecuadorian Andes to Radio 210. Achieving at that time the record for the highest outside broadcast without the use of Oxygen ...

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