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Annie Avril Nightingale CBE (1 April 1940 – 11 January 2024) was an English radio and television broadcaster. She was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 in 1970 and the first female presenter for BBC Television's The Old Grey Whistle Test where she stayed for four years.
Veteran broadcaster Annie Nightingale has died at the age of 83, the BBC has said. She became the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 when she joined the station in 1970, and went on to become ...
Nightingale was the station's first female presenter and stayed on air for more than 50 years. Annie Nightingale: Trailblazing BBC Radio 1 DJ dies at 83 Skip to main content
Female DJs and presenters were among those to praise the radio host for paving the way after the news that she died on Thursday at her London home.
Early life, family, and education [ edit ] Andrew is the fifth [ needs independent confirmation ] of six children (five brothers and a last-born sister) born to Gillian ( née Peddar ) and James McGibbon (1916-2004, prominent Catholic educationalist, educational psychologist, writer, journalist, and editor).
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Annie Nightingale [BBC] The first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 and the station's longest-serving DJ, Annie Nightingale joined the station in 1970 and broadcast her last show in December 2023.
Other Petticoat contributors included Annie Nightingale, Maggie Goodman, Lynne Franks (supposedly the model for Edina, played by Jennifer Saunders, in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous), [8] [9] [10] Jane Ennis, Chris Ward (later editor of the Daily Express), Eve Pollard (who later edited the Sunday Mirror and the Sunday Express before ...