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From 2007 to 2020, he presented a weekly three-hour show, Tony's Blackburn's Playlist every Sunday from 16:00 to 19:00 on KMFM in Kent. [32] This included a retro chart feature for many years. Blackburn has won two lifetime achievement awards from the Radio Academy, the second of which was to mark his 50 years of broadcasting. [8]
Blackburn became the first DJ on BBC Radio 1 when it launched in 1967 and went on to present a series of high-profile radio and TV shows, including Top Of The Pops. He also won the first series of ...
Presenters Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale, Ray Teret, Simon Dee, ... (MV Caroline) displayed as part of the station's 60th anniversary lecture, August 2024.
BBC Radio 5 Live celebrates its 30th anniversary with a day of special programming. [121] Boom Radio presents a day of programmes to mark the 60th anniversary of the launch of Radio Caroline. [122] Tony Blackburn stages a takeover of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show to celebrate Radio Caroline's 60th birthday. [123]
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By 1970, only Savile and Blackburn remained of the 1960s regulars and between them they would host all the editions from January 1970 until their duopoly was broken by Ed Stewart's return in March 1971. Tony Blackburn (1967–1979 and 1981–1983, plus 31 December 1988, 4 April 2003 and 30 July 2006) Emperor Rosko (1967, 1974–1975)
A day of special programming to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the launch of Radio Caroline aired on 28 March 2024, with programmes presented by Nick Bailey, Roger Day, Tom Edwards and Emperor Rosko. Keith Skues also featured on the station through the day reading 1964 press coverage of the Radio Caroline launch. [59]
Absolute Radio Pirates was a one-off broadcast on 12 August 2022, with original pirate presenters Tony Blackburn and Johnnie Walker joining Absolute's Leona Graham [10] and Shaun Keaveny, [11] [12] [13] plus radio historian David Lloyd.