Graham Dene (born 7 April 1949) is a British

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Biography

After a period as a disc jockey on Edgware General Hospital's radio, and at

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, he became famous in the

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area as

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presenter in the 1970s, having joined from Radio City in Liverpool. He took over the breakfast show from

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in May 1975, and stayed there until Mike Smith took over the slot in July 1980. When Smith left to rejoin

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in 1982, Dene returned for a second stint as breakfast host, staying until March 1987 when

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took over. For several years in the 1980s, Dene hosted a radio show, ''Rock Over London'', that was produced and distributed to radio stations in the United States, particularly stations that programmed New Wave or new, eclectic music. Dene joined the original Virgin Radio 1215 at its launch in April 1993. In 2006, he worked at Magic 105.4. In 2008, he was 102.2 Smooth Radio's breakfast host. Dene was also a presenter for BBC Radio Devon and BBC Jersey on its Sunday afternoons chart show. In April 2012, Dene was one of the launch presenters on The Wireless - an Internet-based radio station operated by

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and aimed at older people throughout the UK. From January 2013 he presented the Saturday lunchtime show on

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and

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. In January 2021 it was announced that Graham Dene would be joining the new UK radio station

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. He launched the station on Sunday 14 February at 10:00am, and presents the weekday breakfast show.Boom Radio website
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References

External links

Graham Dene on Boom Radio
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