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Annie Avril Nightingale CBE (1 April 1940 – 11 January 2024) was an English radio and television broadcaster. She was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 in 1970 and the first female presenter for BBC Television's The Old Grey Whistle Test where she stayed for four years.
Veteran broadcaster Annie Nightingale has died at the age of 83, the BBC has said. She became the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 when she joined the station in 1970, and went on to become ...
Nightingale was the station's first female presenter and stayed on air for more than 50 years. Annie Nightingale: Trailblazing BBC Radio 1 DJ dies at 83 Skip to main content
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Elayne Smith was an underground club DJ and compere who started hosting Channel 4 late-night variety show The 291 Club just a few weeks before the revamp. Smith left after just two episodes to concentrate on The 291 Club and was replaced in March 1992 by Femi Oke who was working at BBC Radio 5 , whilst 17-year-old Mark Franklin was picked from ...
Annie Nightingale's request show leaves the airwaves for a while. 29 January – BBC Radio 1 begins its delayed weeknight mid-evening programme with Andy Peebles joining the station to host the new it. It had originally been scheduled to launch on 13 November 1978, but was delayed as a result of trade union disputes.
Female DJs and presenters were among those to praise the radio host for paving the way after the news that she died on Thursday at her London home.
The first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 and the station's longest-serving DJ, Annie Nightingale joined the station in 1970 and broadcast her last show in December 2023. She was passionate about ...