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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 ...
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 ...
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On Saturday 7 February 2009, Walker began a new ten-week series called Pirate Johnnie Walker on BBC Radio 2. This show recreated the sounds of pirate radio from the 1960s and included other Pirate DJs from the era as guests. [citation needed] On 5 April 2009, Walker took over a Sunday afternoon (3 – 5 pm) show on Radio 2 called Sounds of the 70s.
[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.
Rob Walker Racing Team was a privateer team in Formula One during the 1950s and 1960s. Founded by Johnnie Walker heir Rob Walker (1917–2002) in 1953, the team became F1's most successful privateer in history, being the first and (along with FISA team) only entrant to win a World Championship Formula One Grand Prix without ever building their own car.
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 ...
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.