NottmPostEG published 25 years of BBC Radio's The Beat: Presenter Dean Jackson talks...

A biology teacher by day, a crusader of new music by night – BBC Radio's Dean Jackson is one of the original heroes of Nottingham's burgeoning live scene. Since his show, The Beat, first aired 25 years ago his scoops include bagging the only UK radio interview with an up-and-coming Seattle band called Nirvana (just weeks before Smells Like Teen Spirit would explode out of every plaid-wearing teenager's stereo), he's had a young Radiohead, Oasis, Happy Mondays, Inspiral...