Dave Cash (born 18 July 1942, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, U.K.) grew up in London but started broadcasting in Canada, where he had gone with the Merchant Navy, and acquired a decidedly North American-sounding accent. He returned to the UK in the 1960s and joined Radio London, where he had his own show and also co-presented with Kenny Everett, known as "The Kenny and Cash show". Dave later worked on Radio Luxembourg, BBC Radio 1, Capital Radio, Capital Gold, Country 1035 and PrimeTime Radio. He currently broadcasts on BBC Radio Kent.
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Radio career
Aged 21, an accident of fate brought Dave Cash together with Radio London's programme director Ben Toney, who persuaded him to join the station as the afternoon DJ and writer for commercials. Once on board the Radio London ship, Dave teamed up with Kenny Everett for the Kenny & Cash Show, amongst the most successful of all pirate radio programmes. After Parliament outlawed the pirates, Dave joined Radio Luxembourg, then in 1967 he became one of the first-day DJs on Radio One. Not content with just reading the chart, Dave made the top ten in 1968, when 'Microbe', one of the characters from his radio programme, featured in his own hit Groovy Baby. Dave's popular Sunday show Cash At Four attracted guest such as Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, John Cleese, Lady Antonia Fraser, Rolf Harris, and David Bellamy. In 1973, Dave started working at Capital Radio as production manager and presenter. Dave stayed at Capital for 21 years, reprising the Kenny & Cash Show, hosting COD and the weekend programmes for Capital Gold. After the success of Dave’s best selling first novel The Rating Game, Dave left Capital in 1994 to concentrate on his writing. Dave continues to work extensively for the BBC, broadcasting his popular weekend shows on Saturday and Sunday nights to Radio Kent, BBC Southern Counties Radio, BBC Radio Solent, and BBC Radio Essex.
Film and television
In 1970, Dave wrote and performed The Radio Programme, a twenty-six part sitcom/music show produced at HTV and sold to the ITV network, NBC, and stations across Europe. Guests included Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Harris, and Terry Thomas. In 1976 Dave appeared as himself in the cult hit Quadrophenia and in 1979 took a cameo role alongside Dennis Hopper in The American Way. In 1988, he co-wrote and produced At Last It's Hogmanay with Billy Connolly and Robbie Coltrane for Channel 4.
Books and Articles
In 1991, Dave’s first novel The Rating Game made the best-seller charts in four weeks followed in 1993 by All Night Long and King of Clubs in 1995. As of 2006, Dave is working on his autobiography and history of pirate radio. He is also developing the first ever triography – a biography written by Dave and his two best friends detailing their eventful road trip to Mexico.
Today
Dave lives in Thanet East Kent and has been involved in aplications for new radio station licences.
