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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 ...
Radio presenter Johnnie Walker has been described as a "broadcasting legend" following his death aged 79. The DJ died on Tuesday, two months after calling time on his 58-year radio career because ...
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 ...
A post shared by Johnnie Walker (@piratejwdj) Birmingham-born Walker began in pirate radio with Swinging Radio England in 1966 before moving to the offshore station Radio Caroline.
[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.
Wake Up to Wogan (WUTW) was the incarnation of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show that aired each weekday morning from 4 January 1993 to 18 December 2009. It was the most-listened-to radio show in the United Kingdom, and the flagship breakfast programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2.
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Walker previously claimed radio show was keeping him alive as it gave him ‘purpose’