Debuting on Wednesday 12 September 1975, this Friday afternoon musical quiz from Yorkshire Television was originally hosted by radio personality Steve Merike, who had a 6 am to 9 am weekday morning show on Pennine Radio (covering the West Yorkshire area).
The first series featured two teams of three-a-side from 12 different ITV regions being put through their pop paces in a fast-moving knock-out contest.
From the second series, Pop Quest became an individual event, a contest to find Britain’s young pop Mastermind – the TV equivalent of Radio 1’s Quiz Kid series.
Contestants ranged in age between 14 and 17, and successive hosts included Kid Jensen, Sally James, Mike Read and singer Megg Nicol.
