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"Renowned reggae DJ David Rodigan has quit commercial radio station Kiss FM after 22 years over its &amp;quot;refusal&amp;quot; to schedule the music at a &amp;quot;socially accessible time&amp;quot;. Rodigan said that he was leaving Kiss FM &amp;quot;with great sadness&amp;quot;, but also hit out at the &amp;quot;continued marginalisation of reggae music into the twilight zone of radio scheduling&amp;quot;.  [David Rodigan pictured with Amy Winehouse at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2004] The DJ&amp;#039;s hour-long Sunday programme had aired at 11pm on Kiss FM.  A statement from the station said that it was &amp;quot;very sad and disappointed&amp;quot; to confirm Rodigan&amp;#039;s departure. &amp;quot;We have the utmost love and respect for David both personally and professionally,&amp;quot; Kiss FM said.  &amp;quot;He leaves with our sincere appreciation and gratitude for all that he has achieved with Kiss.&amp;quot; Rodigan is a highly respected radio broadcaster, having been inducted into the Sony Radio Academy Hall Of Fame in 2005.  [David Rodigan receives his MBE from Prince Charles] He was given an MBE in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting, and this year won his third Sony Award for a different show on BBC Radio 2. But in a statement on his own website, Rodigan said that Kiss FM had &amp;quot;left me no option but to make a stand for my passion&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Due to their continued marginalisation of reggae music into the twilight zone of radio scheduling, it has left me no option but to make a stand for my passion and the music I love so dearly,&amp;quot; he wrote.  &amp;quot;As Bob Marley famously said, &amp;#039;The stone that the builder refused will be the head cornerstone&amp;#039;. Reggae was originally played on the streets, not on radio, and Kiss&amp;#039;s refusal to schedule the only reggae show on their network to a socially accessible time has resulted in this decision. &amp;quot;Reggae is worthy of more respect, and so are the fans and lovers of this music.&amp;quot; Kiss FM, which is owned by Bauer Media, insisted that it remained &amp;quot;passionate about broadcasting a brilliant cross section of music genres, including reggae&amp;quot;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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