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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 ...
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 ...
Not Johnnie Walker When I stayed at Radio Caroline in Amsterdam in the 1960s he was so kind to me and just the sweetest man. Crying now for him,and my lost youth,I suppose. Rest easy Johnnie.”
Peter Waters Dingley (30 March 1945 – 31 December 2024), known professionally as Johnnie Walker, was an English radio disc jockey and broadcaster. He began his career in 1966 on pirate radio station Swinging Radio England before joining Radio Caroline .
Johnnie Walker: 2 10 January 1974 10 January 1974 1974 [36] Greg Edwards: 3 7 March 1974 18 April 1974 1974 [37] Paul Burnett: 9 30 May 1974 30 September 1982 1974, 1976–1979, 1981–1982 [38] David Hamilton: 13 22 January 1976 31 December 1988 1976–1977, 1988 [39] David Jensen: 70 18 November 1976 31 December 1988 1976–1984, 1988 [40 ...
The programming included shows presented by Johnnie Walker, John Peters (who recreated the last Big L Fab 40 countdown as broadcast on Wonderful Radio London in 1967), Roger Day, Dave Lee Travis, and Keith Skues (with a three hour show with interviews with Colin Berry, Tony Blackburn, Paul Burnett and Roger Gale). [53] [54] [55] [56]
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.
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.