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David Allan "Kid" Jensen (born 4 July 1950) is a Canadian-born British radio DJ and television presenter. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Jensen began as a radio DJ on Radio Luxembourg. Jensen was later a broadcaster for the BBC from 1976 to 1984, as a host on BBC Radio 1 and presenter on the TV music programme Top of the Pops from 1977 to 1984. Jensen has also hosted and presented for Capital FM and ITV among other stations. Early career Born into a Danish-origin family residing in Victoria, British Columbia, Jensen began his career in his home country at the age of sixteen playing jazz and classical music on CJOV-FM, in Kelowna, on a show called Music For Dining, which was sponsored a lot of the time by a number of local funeral parlours. He then joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in November 1968, joining Paul Kay, Paul Burnett, Noel Edmonds and Tony Prince as the resident DJ team. His recruitment was part of the "all-live" initiative, bringing to an end most of the pre-recorded shows. His initial slot was 1 am to 3 am Monday to Thursday, and 7 pm to 9 pm Sunday evenings, but was quickly promoted at the start of 1969 to an earlier slot, mostly starting at 9 pm. Being only 18 years old, Paul Burnett affectionately called him the "kid" and the name "Kid" Jensen was being widely used in newspaper listings by February 1969. From May 1970, he presented a popular progressive rock show, typically broadcast at midnight or 1 am, later billed as "Dimensions" which resulted in a big increase in listeners to this slot. By 1974, Jensen was becoming a TV personality in Britain, hosting pop shows on ITV (including music quiz show Pop Quest), and in the mid-1970s he worked for the then-new Radio Trent (now Capital East Midlands) in Nottingham, one of the first legal, land-based commercial radio stations in the UK. During the early part of his career he was billed as "Kid Jensen" and did not use his given name professionally until 1980. Broadcasting/Acting Career BBC Radio 1 In 1976 he joined the BBC's pop network, Radio 1, initially hosting a Saturday morning show from 10 am to midday, but sitting in for many other DJs, and eventually graduating to a weekday late afternoon/early evening show in the spring of 1978 from 4:30 to 7:00 pm. He kept his profile high through regular appearances presenting Top of the Pops, and championed many acts who went on to achieve huge commercial success, notably The Police and Gary Numan. After his 29 May 1980 radio show, Jensen left the BBC to work for the Turner Broadcasting System WTBS cable superstation in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was host of the 10:00 pm nightly news. On 12 October 1981, Jensen returned to BBC Radio 1 with a new weekday evening show from 8 – 10 pm. The show was later extended to run from 7 – 10 pm. Soon afterwards he dropped the "Kid" name, although he would still be popularly known by it for many years to come. His mid-evening show was dominated by indie-rock, but also featured interviews with mainstream acts such as Duran Duran, and was the first show to champion Frankie Goes to Hollywood, before their commercial success. He remained a regular Top of the Pops presenter and struck up a famous partnership with John Peel. He also wrote a pop column for the Daily Mirror. Capital Radio In 1984, Jensen quit Radio 1 and joined London's Capital FM, presenting the weekday mid-morning show (replacing Michael Aspel); moving to weekday drivetime in 1987. In addition to his weekday shows he also presented the weekly The Network Chart Show, the UK's first syndicated commercial radio show which originally went out every Sunday between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., competing directly with Radio 1's Top 40 show. While presenting the Network Chart, Jensen became ITV's unofficial "face" of pop music, presenting pop shows such as The Roxy (an attempt to compete with Top of the Pops). He continued to comment regularly on pop-related stories in ITN and Sky News bulletins for some time after he left the Network Chart in 1993, when he was replaced by Neil Fox. Jensen continued to present the weekday drivetime show on Capital FM until 1998. He also presented various children's programmes including Worldwise and Popquest. Recent years In 1998, Jensen joined rival London FM station, Heart 106.2, presenting the weekday drivetime show from 4 pm to 7 pm. He also presented a Sunday afternoon CD chart show called Kid Jensen's CD Countdown which was produced by Blue Revolution and networked on Birmingham's 100.7 Heart FM and various other stations. In 2002, Jensen returned to Capital and was heard on its oldies service Capital Gold. First presenting the Monday–Thursday late night show from 10 p.m. – 1 a.m., before taking over the weekday mid-morning slot in February 2003, then the breakfast show, (co-hosted with Erika North). Jensen later moved to the late morning slot 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Jensen teamed up with Capital Radio Producer Craig Kingham to present the Saturday morning show. Jensen left Gold in December 2010. In September 2008, Jensen hosted the evening show of Planet Rock (7-11p.m.) as a stand-in for Nicky Horne. He also hosted Planet Rock's Sunday Morning show, "Another Dimension", and co-hosted with Rick Wakeman on Saturday mornings until December 2010 and briefly hosted the Saturday morning 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. show on his own, until he left the station in April 2011. Jensen joined Smooth Radio in April 2011 to present an afternoon show. In April 2012, he took over the Smooth Drive Home slot (Mondays to Friday, 4p.m. – 8p.m.) from Carlos. Jensen also hosted a two-hour retro chart show on Smooth Radio on Sunday evenings. Smooth was acquired by Global Radio in 2013. Following a studio and business move to Global headquarters in Leicester Square, Jensen was dropped from the schedules on 19 December 2013. After that he has since been heard on online station, United DJs. He presented a one hour weekly slot every Tuesday evening from 7-8pm. In February 2021, he joined Jazz FM for a six week run of Sunday evening programmes named David Jensen's Jazz in partnership with Parkinson's UK. Also that month he began a weekly show on the newly launched Boom Radio, on Friday nights called Kid Jensen's 70s. In February 2022, David Jensen's Jazz returned to Jazz FM for a second series and a third in April 2023. He was a co-presenter (off-screen) of the TV programme Gillette World Sports Special, alongside Mark Webster. Personal life Jensen is married to Iceland-born Gudrún Ágústa Thórarinsdóttir (Icelandic: Guðrún Ágústa Þórarinsdóttir), and they have three children. Their youngest son, Viktor, a racing driver, both competed in and was also a National Class winner in the 2007 British and International Formula 3 Championship. Jensen also founded the Kid Jensen Racing team that briefly raced in the Formula 3000 championship, which won one race at the hands of Nicolas Minassian in 1999 at Silverstone. A Freemason, he is a member of Chelsea Lodge No. .... Discover the David Jensen popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David Jensen books.
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Nicotine Slavery
David JensenWhen Gerald is bullied from the manager of his company during working hours, he takes it with a grain of salt. But when it starts during his private time, something inside Gerald s...
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David W. Jensen v. Mountain States
Supreme Court Of UtahWILKINS, Justice: This is an appeal from the entry of a summary judgment in favor of Defendant Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (hereafter "Mountain Bell") and again...
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The Haunting of Glen Burnie
David JensenA short story for the lunch time break about how when too much religion can turn a person the other way. And others that take advantage of the situation for their own benefit.
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The Dark
David JensenBilly's mother dies during childbirth, but regardless of Billy's very apparent deformities, his Christian father accepts him as he is. He raises his son during the time of the arri...
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The Divinely Chosen
David JensenEntrapped in a small town where his father is the fanatical preacher of their strange religion, Paulus leads a life of boredom. Till one day he is chosen by the powers of a higher ...
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Contract Sex is Murder
David JensenMaria likes to sunbath naked on her balcony, were it not for her neighbor, an old man who just can’t get enough of watching her through his window. Even after her new sexually insa...
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David G. Jensen v. Pioneer Dodge Center
Court of Appeals of UtahHALL, Chief Justice: Plaintiff appeals from portions of a judgment that dismissed his claims under the Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act, U.C.A., 1953, 13111 to 23 (Supp. 1983), an...
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The Canoe
David JensenMike is assigned the boring job for a game warden to paddling his canoe around the lake for the next two months, in the hope of catching the dynamite poachers who have visited the ...
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The Waiting Room
David JensenHave you ever sat in the waiting room by the Doctor and simply observed all the others? This is a short insiders view of waiting rooms here in Germany.
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Der gesetzlose Richter
Max Seeck»Ein abgründiges und atmosphärisches Debüt.« Radio HelsinkiViele Jahre ist es her, seit Daniel Kuisma als Soldat im ehemaligen Jugoslawien diente und tief traumatisiert in seine fi...
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The Experiment
David JensenAre we simply animals to be experimented on to test our intelligence for scientific purposes? If so, why, and who is conducting the experiments? A flash Science Fiction for the lun...
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Withering Away at the Homestead
David JensenHow do you keep yourself occupied when even in old age, you’re spry and healthy? Adrian finds out the hard way when the family decides to move, without him! Now living in a retirem...
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Gallant I Stand with My Shaking Hands
David JensenMy autobiography about the daily struggles while living with the affliction called Essential Tremor (aka: Familiar Tremor). A journey from puberty till the present, with all of the...
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The Boy Who Appeared from the Rain
Kevin David JensenFor a disappointed couple, the worstbest thing that can happen is for a beautiful child to come into their lives, thinking he's theirsand for them to be given every opportunity to ...
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We Are Not Vampires
David JensenWhat if the illusion that we have about Vampires is truly a figment of our imagination, but in reality there are others here, castaways from a different planet who are similar? A f...
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Surreal in Baghdad
David JensenSteve's assignment to Iraq, instead of the Flight Academy, is boredomville. That is until his Radar Technician turns him on to a totally strange hobby to replace the day to day hum...
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Everything About You
Heather Child'Black Mirror meets Gone Girl' Rosamund Lupton, Richard and Judy and Sunday Times bestseller'Amazing, creepy, twisty and clever' Karen Dionne, author of The MarshKing's DaughterThi...
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The Black Van
David JensenSarah’s childhood is plagued with family tragedies, so when the love of her life appears, she radically changes her life. Years later, she realizes that for some people life is not...
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The 15 Minute Guide to Parenting
David JensenWith the continuing decline of society where both parents are required to be employed to make the household budget stable, all the more important it becomes that we as parents do t...
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Trapped Inside Myself
David JensenAfter Sam has an accident on a snowy winter road, he wakes up in the hospital. But only mentally, for his body is in a comatose state. He attempts to show that he is mentally awake...
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Of Interest
David Brigham Jenseneconomic systems of interest: from mutual support networks to real estate to debt systems to social hybridfunded systems
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Project Sabertooth
David JensenAfter serving over half of his life in the military, Marcus decides to retire, reside and travel in his new home country Germany. But after a few years, his health takes a turn for...
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One Last Time
David JensenJohnny and Phil return from Iraq, and while Johnny opens a bar, Phil works in construction until it closes. Long term unemployment forces Phil to earn money a different way, utiliz...
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Retribution
Steffen Jacobsen & Charlotte BarslundOn a warm Autumn afternoon, Denmark's largest amusement park, Tivoli Gardens, is devastated by a terrorist attack that leaves more than 1,200 dead. No one claims responsibility for...
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Simply Poetic
David JensenA small collection of my poems which I have written from time to time about Essential Tremor, pets, animals and such.
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Eileen
David JensenEileen discovers the true love of her life after dumping her autofanatic boyfriend, and it was none other than her life long good platonic friend who just happens to be homosexual....
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Still Simply Poetic
David JensenThe third book of short poems dealing with daily life. As I go through the daily humdrum of life, I observe things and start to rhyme words together. Sometimes a poem will simply f...
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A Theater for Dreamers
Polly Samson“Sublime and immersive . . . If you wish you could disappear to a Greek island right now, I highly recommend.” Jojo Moyes, #1 bestselling author of Me Before You“This gorgeous, gli...
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Tommy the Fearless Tomcat
David JensenTommy is born, and starts his life with his brothers and sisters, and not to forget his fearless mother protecting her young. Soon he is kidnapped and brought to his new home, wher...