mike read radio one vintage interview He joined Radio 1 in November 1978 and was soon presenting the nighttime programme before John Peel's show, where he championed new groups and featured live sessions.[3] He took over The Radio 1 Breakfast Show on Monday 5 January 1981. On 11 January 1984, he suddenly interrupted broadcasting the Frankie Goes to Hollywood song Relax halfway through playing the single, denounced the lyrics as "obscene" and refused to play it again, although in later years Read has played it.[4]
Following on from his five-year stint on Radio 1's breakfast show, Read took over a Sunday morning show in 1986. In 1987, he moved to Saturday mornings, and also to a Sunday afternoon show, where he played classic tracks. In addition he hosted Round Table and later went back to it as the renamed Singled Out on Friday evenings, where musicians and disc jockeys would review new single releases.
