An ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ tried to arrange sex with children as young as 12 in the Philippines according to proceedings at Teesside Crown Court.
Page, 62, of Ingleby Barwick, denies five charges of arranging the commission of a child sex offence.
The court heard three offences were on webcams in 2016 and two in person after he travelled to the Philippines.
Jurors were told Facebook monitors raised concerns after finding messages which exploited children and they were sent to a charity that protects young people.
The charity contacted UK law enforcement and Cleveland Police carried out a search warrant at Mr Page’s home in January 2020.
Officers seized his phone, tablet and a computer tower, which were analysed, and showed Mr Page had been in contact with children in the Philippines and had arranged payments by money transfers, the court was told.
Page is accused of sending explicit Skype messages to a girl in the Philippines, asking for a 12-year-old to join her.
He is also accused of asking for a boy to take part when he had travelled to the Philippines, and the final offence, in 2019, related to arranging a sexual encounter with a girl aged 13.
Page denied being responsible for the comments, and that by implication, somebody else used his Skype account, his dating app account and that someone else arranged the payments.
The trial continues.
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