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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
He presented Steve Wright in the Afternoon for 12 years on BBC Radio 1 and 23 years on BBC Radio 2, two of the BBC's national radio stations. He continued to present his Sunday Love Songs on Radio 2 until his death and, in October 2023, he took over as the host of the long-running Pick of the Pops chart show.
As a standby DJ, Smith occasionally broadcast when live outside broadcasts failed. He joined London's Capital Radio in June 1978 and presented a variety of shows until July 1980, when he became the breakfast show presenter. He moved back to BBC Radio 1 in 1982, presenting the weekday early show from 6 to 7 am and a Saturday-morning show.
Peter Mitchell (11 December 1958 – 12 March 2020) was a British radio DJ and presenter. He was born in Crumpsall, Manchester.Mitchell was a radio presenter for Manchester's Piccadilly Radio, Key 103, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio X and Absolute Radio, and was one half of duo Pete and Geoff on Virgin Radio (which later became Absolute Radio).
Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has said that certain tributes to Steve Wright “dehumanised” the late BBC Radio DJ, who died in February aged 69.. In a new interview, Campbell, who has been a ...
Stephen Clements (17 December 1972 – 6 January 2020) was a Northern Irish radio DJ and TV presenter. He was best known for hosting the Q Breakfast Show on Q Radio for seven years until June 2019, and The Stephen Clements Show on BBC Radio Ulster from September 2019 until his death.