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Johnnie Walker joined the new BBC Radio 1 in 1969 (PA) In 1969, he joined the new BBC Radio 1 for a Saturday afternoon show and earned a reputation as a DJ who accorded more importance to the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Walker began broadcasting as a disc jockey in May 1966, on offshore ("pirate") radio station Swinging Radio England, and later on Radio Caroline. [8] [9] In 1967, when the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 forced the pirate stations to move out of British waters, three presenters continued to broadcast on Caroline until March 1968 from the coast of the Netherlands: Walker, Robbie ...
The original Sounds of the Seventies was a Radio 1 programme broadcast on weekdays, initially 18:00–19:00, subsequently 22:00–00:00, on during the early 1970s. Among the DJs were Mike Harding, Alan Black, Pete Drummond, Annie Nightingale, John Peel (who alone had two shows per week), and Bob Harris (who started presenting the show on 19 August 1970 by playing Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"). [1]
After playing Johnny Nash’s I Can See Clearly Now, he closed the show 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.
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In 1969 he was recruited by BBC Radio 1 and then joined Radio 2 in 1997 where he remained until his retirement. ... DJ Johnnie Walker retires after 58 years ... recording due for release next month.