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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 ...
During 1982, BBC Radio 1 dropped the name Junior Choice and the show became the Tony Blackburn's Saturday Show and Tony Blackburn's Sunday Show. Blackburn hosted both shows until his final show on 23 September 1984. In addition to his Radio 1 weekend show, he joined BBC Radio London in 1981, where he presented the afternoon show. It was here ...
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Prior to the release of the report on 25 February 2016, the DJ Tony Blackburn, identified only as 'A7' in the Exaro leaks, released a statement announcing that he had been sacked by the BBC. The report criticised the BBC for failing to properly investigate allegations made by a 15-year-old Top of the Pops audience member, Claire McAlpine, who ...
A new dance and urban chart, the Fresh 40, hosted by Dynamite MC, is introduced to commercial radio's dance and urban stations, such as those in the Galaxy Network and the Kiss Network. 2007. 14 October – Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates take over as presenters of The Official Chart. 23 December – The A List ends after less than two years.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Directed by Alan Byron, the documentary featured Marc Almond, Tony Blackburn, Ian Levine, Tony Palmer and many other key DJs and people from the dancefloors of the Wigan Casino and Blackpool Mecca. When the documentary was repeated on Talking Pictures TV in 2021, they described it as "a look at the world's most enduring underground music movement".
Brian Matthew (17 September 1928 – 8 April 2017) [1] [2] was an English broadcaster who worked for the BBC for 63 years from 1954 until 2017. He was the host of Saturday Club, among other programmes, and began presenting Sounds of the 60s in March 1990, often employing the same vocabulary and the same measured delivery he had used in previous decades.