I imagine this topic has come up before, but did anyone else used to listen to
Rock Over London
with Graham Dene?

Rock Over London was a radio program of British pop hits and gossip made specially for the trans-Atlantic market.  The host Graham Dene had sort of plummy BBC accent.  The programs were an hour long, ending with the UK top five.  The gossip segment was called the "Naughty Bits Dept."  Graham Dene would say in a scandalized voice, "Now on our Naugh-ty Bits De-poht-ment...."

OMG! I used to love ROL! I even had a t-shirt from it, I got the shirt when I wrote them a fan letter, the address was on Shaftsbury Ave and I totally misspelled it and they got it anyway!

It because of ROL that I love the Smith and the Cure, both were never played here in the US at that time except for on indie college stations.

There were lots of great songs that were BIG hits in the UK, but never made the charts here.  There was a distinct difference between the UK charts and the US charts in the '80s.  Years ago I found six ROL transcription records in a used record store, all from programs between 1983 and 1986.
I'm now burning them onto CD.  Such syndicated programs are hard to come by as only one broadcast was permitted, and stations were supposed to discard them after.  Among the great songs I first heard on ROL:  
Malcolm McLaren: "Double Dutch"
Depeche Mode: "Dressed in Black"
Eddie & Sunshine: There's Someone Following Me*
Feargal Sharkey: You Little Thief
Red Box: Lean on Me
Talk Talk: Life's What You Make It
A Flock of Seagulls: Who's That Girl (She's Got It)**
Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls
*The ONLY place I've ever heard it, luckily it's on one of the ROL records I found.
**OK, not SO great!

There are a few great tracks there, Maxwell.

'Double Dutch' by Malcolm McLaren was a classic 1983 track. The video had a load of girls skipping in it and McLaren was dressed in something like a bath-robe (?). Was remixed a few years ago.

'Lean on me' by Red Box was great as well but I preferred 'For America'. I had that song going around in my head for about 15 years before I stumbled on who made it.