I disagree with you about the BBC, based simply on fact, I have at least 4 1970s BBC recordings of complete Floyd gigs that were recorded and broadcast live. BUT ALSO, You mean you never got to hear Bob Harris and John Peel on the radio in their prime? Floyd was all over the radio in the 70s and 80s, BBC and commercial. Also you can't list 3 BBC DJ's then say "nobody at the BBC". Back in the 70s, the broadcast hours were much shorter and there were far fewer DJs. Three rock DJs playing one band on Radio 1 was pretty close to half the stable BBC rock DJs.
I'm reminded of the what have the Romans ever done for us sketch."Outside of Alan Freeman, Tommy Vance and Johnny Walker, [B]nobody at the BBC was playing Floyd"
"Well apart from Sabbath, Queen, Lizzy, Zeppelin, Rainbow, Uriah Heep, Nazareth, UFO, Budgie, Hawkwind there were no British hard rock bands in the 70s"
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