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Johnnie Walker has signed off his final episode as the host of BBC Radio 2’s The Rock Show with a touching farewell message.. The veteran presenter announced his plans to retire from radio after ...
It has been a rollercoaster ride from start to finish.” Johnnie Walker joined BBC Radio 1 in 1969 and Radio 2 in 1997, where he built up a loyal fanbase on “Sounds of the 70s” and “The ...
Radio presenter Johnnie Walker has been described as a "broadcasting legend" following his death aged 79. ... who took over BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 70s show after Walker's retirement ...
Peter Waters Dingley (30 March 1945 – 31 December 2024), known professionally as Johnnie Walker, 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 .
[1] [2] [3] His radio name was taken from Johnnie Walker, a brand of whiskey, which supported his persona which has been described as "madcap" or "shock jock", which on occasion drew the ire of the Federal Communications Commission. For most of those years, his show was the top rated in the morning drive-time.
Johnnie Walker was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 27 September 1943, [1] [2] He first raced in the early 1960s at Mallala in his Holden FE road car. [2] After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 in 1972, driving an Elfin MR5 and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.
BBC Radio 2’s Pick of the Pops presenter Mark Goodier added: “So much love on the air @BBCRadio2 for Johnnie Walker - Very few people broadcast with the integrity and passion that Johnnie did ...
Shaun Keaveny, who took over presenting Radio 2’s Rock Show from Walker, said in a message sent to Harris’s show: “Johnnie Walker, a rebel, a soul searcher, and a seeker, a rocker, and a ...