David Rodigan
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David Rodigan MBE |
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| Birth name | David Michael Rodigan |
| Also known as | Roddy, Ram Jam |
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24 June 1951 Hanover, West Germany |
| Origin | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Genres | Reggae, dancehall |
| Occupation(s) | Radio presenter, DJ, actor |
David Michael Rodigan MBE (born 24 June 1951) is an English radio DJ who also performs as a disc jockey Known for his selections of reggae and dancehall music, he has played on stations including Radio London, Capital 95.8, Kiss 100, BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 2 and BFBS Radio.
Rodigan was born on a military base in Hanover. He attended Gosford Hill School, Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
He has stated that his passion for Jamaican music was initiated by watching Millie Small perform her 1964 hit "My Boy Lollipop" at the Ready Steady Go! TV show as a schoolboy. By the age of 15, Rodigan was DJing at school dances and youth clubs. Leaving school in 1970, he spent a year studying economics before leaving to study drama. Despite pursuing an acting career, Rodigan kept his passion for music alive, selling records in Oxford then Putney, before obtaining a job on Radio London in 1978 to alternate with Tony Williams on the Reggae Rockers programme. A year later he was offered a permanent slot at Capital Radio to present Roots Rockers, which ran for 11 years. In 1990 a change in management and music policy at the station led to Rodigan leaving to start a new show for Kiss FM when it relaunched that September as London's first legal 24-hour dance music station. He hosted the Sunday-night slot from 11pm till midnight until November 2012, when the slot was moved to midnight and he resigned in protest over what he called the "continued marginalisation" of the reggae genre.
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