Adrian Juste
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Adrian Juste is a former disc jockey
who most famously presented a Saturday lunchtime show on BBC Radio 1
.
After attending Guthlaxton Grammar School, Wigston and jobs as a mechanic and salesman, he began his radio career with Leicester's local BBC station in 1969, moving to Birmingham
's BRMB
as the Breakfast Show presenter and then moved to Radio 1 in 1977 and began his weekend shows in April 1978.
The format of his Radio 1 show consisted of Juste playing clips from various classic comedy sketches, interspersed with his own puns and short sketches, between music tracks. His selection of classic comedy clips was at times quite complexly put together, using material from a wide variety of sources edited into one sequence. Controversially, he produced an audio tape in the style of his show which was used as a promotional aid by the Conservative Party
.
Juste was among the veteran DJs who were famously sacked during the early 1990s purge of Radio 1 by then-controller Matthew Bannister
, a decision he bitterly railed against in a subsequent BBC television documentary on the history of the radio station. He also had a letter published in the Daily Mail
in 1996 attacking Chris Evans' breakfast show on the station. Juste subsequently made appearances on LBC
, Radio Carousel and Jewel FM, and currently works as an advertising writer. He also did a few editions of "The UK Top 20 Rewind" with Shaun Tilley during the 2003 period on the stations that took it. He did a Christmas special on BBC Local Radio in 2005 & 2 more for KCFM, during 2008 & 2009 featuring the usual mix of music & comedy.
Juste now provides the voice over for online bingo site tombola on their latest "Bingo 50" game with his wacky style.
He will be presenting a Christmas Day show in the South-West on BBC Local Stations on Christmas Day 2010 at 3-6pm.
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
who most famously presented a Saturday lunchtime show on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
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After attending Guthlaxton Grammar School, Wigston and jobs as a mechanic and salesman, he began his radio career with Leicester's local BBC station in 1969, moving to Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
's BRMB
Brmb
brmb is a local radio station based in Birmingham, UK, owned and operated by Orion Media. The station broadcasts on 96.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio in the West Midlands and online...
as the Breakfast Show presenter and then moved to Radio 1 in 1977 and began his weekend shows in April 1978.
The format of his Radio 1 show consisted of Juste playing clips from various classic comedy sketches, interspersed with his own puns and short sketches, between music tracks. His selection of classic comedy clips was at times quite complexly put together, using material from a wide variety of sources edited into one sequence. Controversially, he produced an audio tape in the style of his show which was used as a promotional aid by the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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Juste was among the veteran DJs who were famously sacked during the early 1990s purge of Radio 1 by then-controller Matthew Bannister
Matthew Bannister
Richard Matthew Bannister is a British media executive and broadcaster. After attending King Edward VII School , he graduated in law at the University of Nottingham in 1978, and joined BBC Radio Nottingham as a trainee reporter and subsequently the presenter of its speech-based breakfast show,...
, a decision he bitterly railed against in a subsequent BBC television documentary on the history of the radio station. He also had a letter published in the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
in 1996 attacking Chris Evans' breakfast show on the station. Juste subsequently made appearances on LBC
LBC
LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
, Radio Carousel and Jewel FM, and currently works as an advertising writer. He also did a few editions of "The UK Top 20 Rewind" with Shaun Tilley during the 2003 period on the stations that took it. He did a Christmas special on BBC Local Radio in 2005 & 2 more for KCFM, during 2008 & 2009 featuring the usual mix of music & comedy.
Juste now provides the voice over for online bingo site tombola on their latest "Bingo 50" game with his wacky style.
He will be presenting a Christmas Day show in the South-West on BBC Local Stations on Christmas Day 2010 at 3-6pm.