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Family of Tommy Vance signs off on radio station recreating his voice using AI

Source: PA Archive

The family of radio DJ Tommy Vance have agreed that his voice can be rebroadcast using artificial intelligence (AI).

The former BBC Radio 1 star, who had also been a Top Of The Pops presenter, died at the age of 63 in 2005 after a stroke.

Boom Rock will use the recreated gravelly voice of Vance, who also

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