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Alex Pascall | |
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| Born | November 1936 (age 87) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Broadcaster, musician, composer, educator |
| Known for | Black Londoners (BBC Radio London) |
| Spouse | Joyce Pascall |
| Children | Deirdre; Ayandele |
Alex Pascall, OBE (born November 1936),[1] is a British broadcaster, journalist, musician, composer, oral historian and educator. Based in Britain for more than 50 years, he was one of the developers of the Notting Hill Carnival, is a political campaigner and was part of the team behind the birth of Britain's first national black newspaper The Voice. Credited with having "established a black presence in the British media",[2] Pascall is most notable as having been one of the first regular Black radio voices in the UK, presenting the programme Black Londoners on BBC Radio London for 14 years from 1974.[3] Initially planned as a test series of six programmes, Black Londoners became, in 1978, the first black daily radio show in British history.[2]
- ^ Joseph Harker, "Alex Pascall: the broadcaster who gave a voice to black Britain – and is now taking on the BBC", The Guardian, 3 September 2020.
- ^ a b Yinka Sunmonu, "Pascall, Alex", in Alison Donnell (ed.), Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture, Routledge, 2002, p. 323.
- ^ "Alex Pascal MBE – Writer, broadcaster and musician" Archived 18 January 2013 at archive.today, Black in Britain.