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==Broadcasting== In the 1960s Korner began a media career, working initially as a showbusiness interviewer and then on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''Five O'Clock Club'', a children's TV show.<ref name="Larkin"/> Korner also wrote about blues for the music papers, and continued to maintain his own career as a blues artist, especially in Europe. Korner's main career in the 1970s was in broadcasting. In 1973, he presented a six-part documentary on [[BBC Radio 1]], ''The Rolling Stones Story'',<ref name="ibndjr">{{cite web|url=http://radiorewind.co.uk/alexis_korner_page.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403083203/http://radiorewind.co.uk/alexis_korner_page.htm|archivedate=3 April 2007|title= Radio Rewind - BBC Radio 1 People - Alexis Korner - Blues Man |date=1984}}</ref> and in 1977 he established a Sunday-night show on Radio 1, ''Alexis Korner's Blues and Soul Show'', which ran until 1981.<ref name="Larkin"/> He also used his gravelly voice to great effect as an advertising voice-over artist. In 1983, Korner presented the 13 part BBC Radio 1 series, Guitar Greats, interviewing each of the artists, and playing their music.
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