Earl Richmond

Earl Richmond (Real name John Dienn), was a broadcaster born in Highgate, London in 1928, he died in May 2001.

Earl first worked in radio on British Forces Radio in Trieste. He was also heard in Cyprus before moving to America to study Television.

His first job in Television was as Transmission Controller for Rediffusion in the 1950s. He then moved back into radio when Radio London started in 1964 to present the 9:00 A.M - 12:00 P.M slot, he was also the administrator onboard the MV Galaxy radio ship that the station bradcast from. Earl stayed with the pirate station until the spring of 1966.

Earl then became a familiar voice on Yorkshire Television in the late 1960s and 1970's as a continuity announcer [http://tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com/channel-43.html] .

Incidentally, Yorkshire Television also hired Richmond's fellow Radio London DJ's John Crosse, Paul Kaye as announcers, as well as Keith Martin from Radio Caroline and Terry Davis from Radio North Sea.

After leaving Yorkshire Television, he moved to Thailand to set up a production company and work on English language radio in Bangkok. He was also involved in the Hotel trade and ran a restaurant called 'The Beefeater' before passing away after a heart attack [http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsq2r.htm] [http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsq2r.htm#richmond] .

External links

* [http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/jocks/earl/earlobit.html radiolondon.co.uk] - Obituary.
* [http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/jocks/whofound4.html radiolondon.co.uk] - The Radio London/Yorkshire Television connection?
* [http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsq2r.htm#richmond offshoreradio.co.uk] - Biog on Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/3484851.stm bbc.co.uk] - Mention in a BBC article about pirate radio.
* [http://www.soundsforce5.com/pirate_radio.html soundsforce5.com] - A band Earl Richmond once played on a Radio London roadshow.