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Johnnie Walker has signed off his final ... The veteran presenter announced his plans to retire from radio after 58 years due to ... He departed after the station closed for BBC Radio 1 in 1969 ...
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.
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 ...
6 October – Johnnie Walker announces that due to ill health, he is to leave the station after 26 years at the end of the month, bringing his broadcasting career to a close after 58 years. [155] 25 and 27 October – Johnnie Walker presents his final editions of The Rock Show and Sounds of the 70s.
In 1969, a year after Radio Caroline closed, Walker joined BBC Radio 1, and he remained there until 1976, when he was involved in a dispute with BBC management over the music he played.
The same month, Walker announced he was retiring from radio after 58 years during his Sounds Of The 70s show as he was struggling to keep up a “professional standard” for Radio 2 due to his ...
28 February – Radio 2 Drivetime presenter Johnnie Walker announces he will leave the show after seven years. He will present his last show on 31 March. He will present his last show on 31 March. [ 3 ]