Steve England is a British radio producer and

disc-jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music festivals), mobile DJ ...

known for his involvement in

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and pioneering production work in radio

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Biography

England was a disc-jockey on the offshore pirate radio stations

Radio Caroline Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Allan Crawford, initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopol ...

, Radio Mi Amigo, and Radio Atlantis where he also became programme director. England then went on to broadcast for one of the first

independent local radio Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. As a result of the buyouts and mergers permitted by the Broadcasting Act 1990, and deregulation resulting from the Communications Act 2 ...

stations in the UK,

Piccadilly Radio Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West is an Independent Local Radio station based in Manchester, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio Network. It broadcasts to Greater Manchester and North West En ...

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

. After spending time as head of commercial production, England started a partnership with Alan Fawkes and set up

Alfasound Alfasound was a radio jingle production company based in Manchester from late 1970s to mid-1990s founded by Alan Fawkes and ex- Piccadilly Radio DJ Steve England. Alfasound was responsible for some of the most memorable radio jingles in the 8 ...

in 1979. England and Alfasound were one of the earliest proponents of jingle packages in the United Kingdom. The company produced many jingle packages for UK and European radio stations from its base in Sale,

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. ...

; one such package was for the Italian radio station, Radio Nova International. Alan Fawkes and Steve England parted company in 1997 and England set up his own production company. In 2001, he merged his company with S2Blue. England also presented on and helped to set up

Moorlands Radio Moorlands Radio is a community radio station based in Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands, England. It was granted the full-time licence in the second round of community radio licensing by broadcast regulator Ofcom in February 2008. The station ...

, the

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station for the

Staffordshire Moorlands Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council is based in Leek, the district's largest town. The district also contains the towns of Biddulph and Cheadle, along with a large rural area containing ...

based in

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Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...

. As of 2023, England presents weekend shows on Atlantis Radio featuring vintage jingles and 1960s songs.

References

External links

Steve England Official Site
* {{Authority control Living people British radio personalities British radio DJs British radio presenters English radio DJs English radio presenters Offshore radio broadcasters Pirate radio personalities Year of birth missing (living people)