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The radio presenter, 79, hosted Sounds Of The 70s and The Rock Show on BBC Radio 2, and had recently been battling health issues. Walker had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPS), a terminal ...
The DJ died on Tuesday, two months after calling time on his 58-year radio career because of ill health. Presenter Bob Harris, who took over BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 70s show after Walker's ...
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 ...
On Saturday 7 February 2009, Walker began a new ten-week series called Pirate Johnnie Walker on BBC Radio 2. This show recreated the sounds of pirate radio from the 1960s and included other Pirate DJs from the era as guests. On 5 April 2009, Walker took over a Sunday afternoon (3 – 5 pm) show on Radio 2 called Sounds of the 70s.
Walker announced earlier in the month that he was retiring from radio after 58 years due to ill health, having been previously diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). View this post on ...
Allinson joined BBC Radio 2 in 1997, presenting the Monday–Thursday late night show from 10:30 pm to midnight, which included a mix of music and guests.. In early 1999, Allinson took over the weekday drivetime show from 5 pm to 7 pm whilst regular presenter Johnnie Walker was off air due to health-related issues.
15–17 July – Radio 2 launches a new weekend schedule that sees Angela Griffin, DJ Spoony and Michelle Visage presenting regular shows as they join the station and Michelle Visage's Handbag Hits feature broadcasts on her Friday night show for the first time, The Radio 2 Rock Show with Johnnie Walker moves to Friday nights, Sounds of the 80s ...
Shaun Keaveny, who took over presenting Radio 2’s Rock Show from Walker, said in a message sent to Harris’s show: “Johnnie Walker, a rebel, a soul searcher, and a seeker, a rocker, and a ...