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David Allan (broadcaster)
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David Allan (born in Bury, Lancashire on 7 August 1940, educated at Bury Grammar School) is a British television announcer and radio presenter. After nine years working in theatre as a stage manager, he began broadcasting on the offshore station Radio 390 in 1966, before joining BBC Radio 2 to present country music programmes throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and part of the 1980s. From 1969 to 1994 he also worked as a continuity announcer on BBC Television. He has also worked for the British Forces Broadcasting Service and presented country music programmes on BBC TV.
In 1994 he was presenting shows on Country 1035 in London, but he didn't stay long and was a heavy critic of their music playlist. By the 1990s he was presenting country music programmes on Radio 2 again, but was later replaced by Bob Harris. He also presented a show on Melody FM. Allan is also a music journalist, having written his own page of views of the country music scene in the magazine Country Music People regularly. From 1995 he was heard announcing for Carlton Television in London, and in the 2000s he has announced for ITV's overnight service and for the British version of The History Channel. He was also heard at weekends on PrimeTime Radio, before that station closed down. In 2002 he won an International Broadcaster award from the American Country Music Association.
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