DJ who laid down the beat for music radio

THE name Alan Freeman means nothing to the present generation of music fans either here or in the UK.

In the era of the CD, MP3 and the like, he is just a name. But to countless millions of vinyl music lovers from the 1960s and ‘70s, he was an icon.

The Melbourne-born radio legend, who passed away recently at 79, established the style of music radio presentation that we know today.