Broadcaster Roger "Twiggy" Day
(born in Kent, United Kingdom on 29 March 1945) used to present shows on Birmingham's 105.7 Smooth Radio and currently presents on BBC Radio Kent.
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Early career
Day appeared on
Southern TV's
Pop The Question
music quiz in 1965, which was hosted by
Muriel Young. In 1966 he was working as an accountant by day and part-time DJ at night.
The Pirates
Day was invited to join
Swinging Radio England and was one of the original presenters and was there until the station closed 6 months later.
In 1967, he joined
Radio Caroline South before joining
Radio Luxembourg.
He then returned to
offshore radio broadcasting with
Radio North Sea International, which dismissed him for a very annoying style, including talking over records and making appalingly unfuuny remarks, and introduced new contracts, in 1970. He also briefly presented a breakfast show on the new
Radio Caroline in the mid-1970s.
Commercial Radio
Since then, Day has been heard on many commercial stations throughout the UK including
Manchester's
Piccadilly Radio,
Birmingham's
BRMB, Radio West in
Bristol,
Invicta Radio / Invicta Supergold in Kent,
Pirate FM in Cornwall,
Jazz FM in London,
County Sound in Surrey,
Amber Radio in Suffolk and
Fusion 107.3 in London.
Saga 105.7 FM
For some time after its inception in October 2001, Day was used as a relief breakfast show presenter, standing in for David Hamilton and Les Ross for
Saga 105.7 FM in Birmingham. He then took over the Weekday Drivetime show from 4-8pm, (4-7pm on Fridays) and presented a three hour show on Saturday mornings from 10am-1pm playing 50s and 60s tunes. He also hosted an hour-long show playing number ones on Saturday afternoons from 1-2pm.
BBC Radio Kent
With the closure of Saga and its rebranding as
105.7 Smooth Radio in March 2007 Day presented a show for Smooth Radio. '60s Saturday' played music from that decade between 10am-1pm on Saturdays, but the show ended in September 2007 as Smooth Radio re-scheduled some of its programmes.
Day then moved stations and began presenting a daily show on
BBC Radio Kent every weekday evening from 7-10pm, this show can also be heard on
BBC Local Radio stations in the South and South East of England. He also has a Sunday afternoon show from 2-5pm only on
BBC Radio Kent.
Roger Day can also be heard presenting regular shows on the Satellite Version of
Radio Caroline, which he has been doing since 2003.