Dave Lee Travis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dave Lee Travis

British radio and television presenter

Date of Birth: 25-May-1945

Place of Birth: Buxton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: photographer, disc jockey, television presenter, radio personality

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

David Patrick Griffin (born 25 May 1945), known professionally as Dave Lee Travis, is an English disc jockey, radio presenter and television presenter.Travis began his broadcasting career on the pirate radio station Radio Caroline in 1965.
He moved to BBC Radio 1 where he became one of the station's leading presenters during the 1970s and 1980s, and a regular presenter of Top of the Pops.
Following his resignation from the BBC in 1993, he worked for several British commercial radio stations. In November 2012, Travis was arrested by officers from Operation Yewtree on suspicion of historic sexual offences, which he denied.
In February 2014, he was found not guilty on twelve of the counts, with the jury unable to reach a decision on a further two counts.
Travis faced a retrial on the two outstanding counts; with an additional alleged offence from 1995.
The retrial began on 5 September 2014.
On 23 September he was found guilty by a majority verdict of one count of indecent assault and on 26 September given a three-month prison sentence suspended for two years.