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b"Concerned that it was too London-centric, the BBC commissioned a series of pop-up outside broadcasts for its youth music station Radio 1, kicking off modestly in Newquay on 23rd July, 1973. The events exploded in popularity, and spawned an annual tour of bucket-and-spade Britain, becoming the iconic \\u2018Radio 1 Roadshow\\u2019.\\nDespite the concerts pulling in massive crowds - and radio audiences of around 15 million - the events struggled to attract credible music artists, who didn\\u2019t want to be seen rubbing shoulders with popsters like the Wombles and the Bay City Rollers.\\nIn this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion explain how Steve Wright came to \\u2018give away\\u2019 his son in a late-night escapade, reveal \\u2018the shorts rule\\u2019 imposed on the network\\u2019s presenters, and applaud the entrepreneurship of \\u2018Smiley Miley\\u2019, the roadie who wangled the rights to sell the merch\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 Peter Powell hosts the Radio 1 Roadshow, 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El-fuGW9DfQ\\n\\u2022 A compilation of archive Radio 1 footage from the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06w9txp\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Happy Sound\\u2019 - a history of the Roadshow at Radio Rewind: https://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/roadshow.htm\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\\xa0\\n#70s #Inventions #Arts #Music #Technology #UK\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"