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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 ...
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 announced he was retiring from broadcasting in October 2024 (Fiona Hanson/PA) In June 2024, he revealed on a special episode of Sounds Of The 70s that his idiopathic pulmonary ...
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 .
25 and 27 October – Johnnie Walker presents his final editions of The Rock Show and Sounds of the 70s due to ill health, leaving the station after 26 years, and bringing his broadcasting career to a close after 58 years. He would die two months later.
Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker retires after 58 years
Josie D'Arby, who had hosted an episode in October 2000, made a short-lived return in August 2001 but joined Gail Porter in exiting before the end of the year leaving Jamie Theakston as lead presenter until March 2002 when he was replaced by new recruits model Lisa Snowdon and former TOTP guest presenter Sarah Cawood.
DJ Johnnie Walker has told listeners “may we walk into the future with our heads held high and happiness in our hearts” as he closed his final radio show which featured messages from his wife ...