In the midst of the controversy over whether Radio 1 should play Ding, Dong, the Wicked Witch is Dead in its chart show, writer and broadcaster Trevor Dann came into Cambridge 105 and spoke to Lunchtimes with Pete Robbins.
“It’s not the BBC’s chart, it’s the music industry’s chart, it’s not for the BBC to decide why people are buying the record or not,” Trevor told Pete. “The chart show is a piece of reporting, they don’t comment on the FT Index, the weather forecast or the shipping forecast, they just read them out.”
Trevor, who attended Fitzwilliam College, and still lives in the area is a former BBC head of music entertainment with responsibility for Radio 1, Radio 2 and Top of the Pops. He is now a radio consultant with clients in the public and commercial sector.
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