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| | Matthew Bannister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Born in 1957, he first worked for BBC Radio 1 as a presenter of its news programme "Newsbeat" between 1983 and 1986, but first established himself as a "name" in the radio industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s as controller of GLR (Greater London Radio), the BBC's local radio station for London. |
 | | The station was hugely popular, but many of its DJs, producers and other staff had been working there for decades, and it was felt that younger listeners were not being sufficiently catered for. |
 | | Although audiences declined dramatically, a new wave of DJs, including specialists such as Steve Lamacq (indie rock), Tim Westwood (hip-hop), Chris Goldfinger (ragga/dancehall) and Trevor Nelson (R&B), emerged and became highly popular with a new generation, who were now catered for in a way they had never been before. |
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