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Radio presenter Johnnie Walker has been described as a "broadcasting legend" following his death aged 79. The DJ died on Tuesday, two months after calling time on his 58-year radio career because ...
Popular radio presenter Johnnie Walker, a former pirate radio DJ who began his career with the BBC in 1969, has died aged 79.. The veteran DJ had been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and ...
Johnnie Walker, a former BBC Radio 2 DJ known for hosting the “Sounds of the 70s” show, died Monday. He was 79. The news was announced live on the station by Bob Harris, who took over Johnnie ...
Announcing his death on the show after playing David Bowie’s Golden Years, Harris said: “I’ve known Johnnie since the 1960s when I first started listening to him on pirate radio and we know ...
Johnnie Walker (born Peter Waters Dingley; 30 March 1945 – 31 December 2024) was an English radio disc jockey and broadcaster. He began his career in 1966 on pirate radio station Swinging Radio England before joining Radio Caroline .
31 March – Johnnie Walker steps down from drivetime hosting. 16 April – Ed Stewart presents his final Sunday afternoon show as he leaves the station for a while. 18 April – Chris Evans takes over the Drivetime show from Johnnie Walker, and Jonny Saunders & Rebecca Pike both join.
The programming included shows presented by Johnnie Walker, John Peters (who recreated the last Big L Fab 40 countdown as broadcast on Wonderful Radio London in 1967), Roger Day, Dave Lee Travis, and Keith Skues (with a three hour show with interviews with Colin Berry, Tony Blackburn, Paul Burnett and Roger Gale). [53] [54] [55] [56]
Walker closed out his time on the airwaves by saying: “Here we are at the end of a 15-year run on Sunday afternoon’s Sounds Of The 70s and 58 years on British radio. “It’s going to be very ...