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'''Charles Derek Chinnery''' (27 April 1925 – 22 March 2015) was the controller of [[BBC Radio 1]] from 1978 to 1985.<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Chinnery was born in [[Richmond, London]], and attended [[Gosforth Grammar School]]. He joined the BBC in 1941 aged 16. From 1943 to 1947 he was in the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]]. He returned to the BBC in 1947, becoming a producer in 1952. {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}<br />
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==BBC Radio 1 controller==<br />
He took over from [[Charles McLelland]] and was succeeded by [[Johnny Beerling]].<ref name="Ariel240315">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/32042957 "Friends pay tribute to ex-Radio 1 boss"], ''Ariel'', 24 March 2015</ref> He relaxed the guidelines on banning records, allowing records to mention a commercial product, and ended the ''[[Sounds of the 70s|Sounds of the Seventies]]'' programme.<ref name="Ariel240315"/><br />
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Chinnery admitted that while he was controller he confronted [[Jimmy Savile]] over allegations of inappropriate sexual activities, which Savile denied; Chinnery said "there was no reason to disbelieve" him. Chinnery took no further action, saying: "He was the sort of man that attracted rumours, after all, because he was single, he was always on the move, he was always going around the country."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19939349|title=Jimmy Savile 'asked about rumours' by BBC boss|publisher=BBC News|date=14 October 2012|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Chinnery married Doreen Clarke in 1953 in [[Marylebone]]. {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/derek_chinnery_page.htm Radio Rewind]<br />
* [https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Oral-history-of-recorded-sound/021M-C0090X0092XX-0100V0 Interview recorded in 1983] (4 parts) for British Library's Oral History of Recorded Sound<br />
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