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Walker’s final episode of his other show, Sounds of the 70s, will air this weekend. He will be replaced on the programme by former The Old Grey Whistle Test presenter Bob Harris from 3 November.
Radio presenter Johnnie Walker has been described as a "broadcasting legend" following his death aged 79. ... who took over BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 70s show after Walker's retirement ...
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 ...
After playing Johnny Nash’s I Can See Clearly Now, he closed the show by saying: “Here we are at the end of a 15-year run on Sunday afternoon’s Sounds Of The 70s and 58 years on British radio.
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He is stepping away from BBC Radio 2 as his health worsens.
Johnny Walker (born as James Lewis Embrey in New Albany, Indiana; August 13, 1948 – March 1, 2004) was an American radio personality, best known as a disc jockey on WFBR, a Baltimore, Maryland AM radio station from 1974 to 1987.
BBC Radio 2’s Pick of the Pops presenter Mark Goodier added: “So much love on the air @BBCRadio2 for Johnnie Walker - Very few people broadcast with the integrity and passion that Johnnie did ...