Les Ross, the Glossary
Les Ross MBE (born 7 February 1949) is a British disc jockey in the West Midlands.[1]
Table of Contents
37 relations: Adrian Goldberg, Adrian Juste, Aston, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Tees, BBC Radio WM, Big City Radio, Birmingham, Birmingham International railway station, Birmingham Mail, Boom Radio, British Rail, British Rail Class 86, BRMB, David Hamilton (broadcaster), Disc jockey, Ed Doolan, GCE Ordinary Level, Hits Radio Teesside, IBM, Johnnie Walker (DJ), King Edward VI Aston School, Mass media in the United Kingdom, Order of the British Empire, Peter Cook, Prostate cancer, Radio Academy, Radio Luxembourg, Rail (magazine), Revolver (TV series), Saga 105.7 FM, Today's Railways UK, Virgin Trains, West Midlands (region), Wincey Willis, Xtra AM, 1996 Birthday Honours.
- People educated at King Edward VI Aston School
Adrian Goldberg
Adrian Goldberg (born in Harborne, Birmingham) is an English journalist, radio and television presenter.
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Adrian Juste
Adrian Juste (born 21 April 1947 in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England) is an English disc jockey and radio presenter who had a Saturday lunchtime programme on BBC Radio 1 from 1978 to 1994. Les Ross and Adrian Juste are British radio DJs and British radio personalities.
Aston
Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, England.
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Radio Tees
BBC Radio Tees is the BBC's local radio station serving the Tees Valley and the northern parts of North Yorkshire, including Whitby.
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BBC Radio WM
BBC Radio WM is the BBC's local radio station serving the West Midlands.
Big City Radio
Big City Radio (formerly Aston FM) is a British community radio station based in Aston, Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
Birmingham International railway station
Birmingham International is a railway station known by code "BHI" in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England, just east of Birmingham.
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Birmingham Mail
The Birmingham Mail (branded the Black Country Mail in the Black Country) is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, England, but distributed around Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
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Boom Radio
Boom Radio (also Boom Radio UK) is an independent, commercial, national radio station in the United Kingdom.
British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.
British Rail Class 86
The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s.
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BRMB
BRMB is a British radio station based in Aston, Birmingham, which is owned and operated by Murfin Music International.
David Hamilton (broadcaster)
David Hamilton (born David Pilditch; 10 September 1938) is an English radio and television presenter.
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Disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.
Ed Doolan
Edwin Myer Doolan MBE (20 July 1941 – 16 January 2018) was an Australian born naturalised British radio presenter who was a veteran of Birmingham's first commercial radio station BRMB, and subsequently the BBC. Les Ross and Ed Doolan are British radio DJs and British radio personalities.
GCE Ordinary Level
The O-Level (Ordinary Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education.
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Hits Radio Teesside
Hits Radio Teesside, formerly TFM, is an Independent Local Radio station for Teesside, England, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
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Johnnie Walker (DJ)
Johnnie Walker, MBE (born Peter Waters Dingley; 30 March 1945) is an English radio disc jockey and broadcaster.
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King Edward VI Aston School
King Edward VI Aston School is a selective, all-boys grammar school and specialist sports college.
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There are several different types of mass media in the United Kingdom: television, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter.
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder.
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Radio Academy
The Radio Academy is a registered charity dedicated to "the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production".
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Radio Luxembourg
Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg.
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Rail (magazine)
Rail is a British magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain.
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Revolver (TV series)
Revolver is a British music TV series on ITV that ran for one series only, of eight episodes, in 1978.
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Saga 105.7 FM
Saga 105.7fm was an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the West Midlands of the United Kingdom.
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Today's Railways UK
Today's Railways UK is an English-based monthly magazine covering rail transport in Great Britain.
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Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains (VT) (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Stagecoach, which operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 9 March 1997 to 7 December 2019.
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West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes.
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Wincey Willis
Wincey Willis (born Florence Winsome Leighton; 8 August 1948) is a British television and radio broadcaster who was most active in the 1980s.
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Xtra AM
Xtra AM was an Independent Local Radio station which was on the air between 1989 and 1998.
1996 Birthday Honours
Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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See also
People educated at King Edward VI Aston School
- Alice Buxton Winnicott
- Anthony John Cooke
- Bernard Ford
- Eric Malthouse
- George D. Painter
- Graham Foley
- Henry Reed (poet)
- Ivan Stedeford
- Joe Morris (rugby union)
- John Nathan-Turner
- Jon Bounds
- Les Ross
- Maurice Shock
- R. D. Smith
- Robert Edwin Phillips
- Roy Grantham
- Ted Allbeury
- W. H. S. Jones
- Wallace Charles Devereux
- Walter Allen