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David Patrick Griffin (born 25 May 1945),〔 known professionally as Dave Lee Travis, is an English disc jockey, radio presenter and television presenter.〔〔 Travis began his broadcasting career on the pirate radio station Radio Caroline in 1965. He moved to BBC Radio 1 where he became one of the station's leading presenters during the 1970s and 1980s, and a regular presenter of ''Top of the Pops''. Following his resignation from the BBC in 1993, he worked for several British commercial radio stations. In November 2012, Travis was arrested by officers from Operation Yewtree on suspicion of historic sexual offences, which he denied. In February 2014, he was found not guilty on twelve of the counts, with the jury unable to reach a decision on a further two counts. Travis faced a retrial on the two outstanding counts; with an additional alleged offence from 1995. The retrial began on 5 September 2014.〔 On 23 September was found guilty by a majority verdict of one count of indecent assault and on 26 September given a three-month prison sentence suspended for two years. ==Early life and career== Born in Buxton, Derbyshire,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dave Lee Travis )〕 Travis was raised in Manchester.〔(The medallion-clad arbiter )〕 His father was a stage manager and he attended Manchester Central Grammar School for Boys. Travis's first jobs were as a graphic designer, a designer of shop interiors and a photographer.〔 At night and weekends he began working as a DJ at the Oasis Club in Manchester, making use of a Dansette autochanger. Giving up his other jobs, he went on a self-created and promoted UK tour of clubs, ballrooms and theatres presenting his own DJ shows. Consequently, he was asked by Herman's Hermits to become the tour manager and warm-up DJ on their next tour of the United States,〔 supporting Bobby Vee and Freddy Cannon.〔 On his return to the UK, Travis returned to the north of England and continued to promote his own shows in Blackpool, Bury and the surrounding areas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Lee Travis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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