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First broadcast on BBC Radio in 1973 during Tony Blackburn's mid-morning show, the Golden Hour segment was continued for many years on BBC Radio 1 by Simon Bates, Simon Mayo, and Chris Moyles, with Bates currently presenting the feature as a programme on Universal Music's range of Now Music television channels. [1]
He returned to BBC Radio 2 on New Year's Eve 2016, and to BBC Local Radio on both New Year's Day and 6 January 2017, opening with Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". [45] Blackburn now presents Sounds of the 60s on Radio 2, having taken over on 4 March 2017 [46] from Brian Matthew, who hosted it for 27 years.
The DJ, 81, worked on pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s. Tony Blackburn hijacks BBC Radio 2 show to mark 60 years of pirate radio Skip to main content
Host will focus attention on BBC Radio 2 shows
6 January – Tony Blackburn's The Golden Hour broadcasts for the first time, after his return to BBC Radio 2 on New Year's Eve 2016. 9 January – BBC Radio 2 announces that all remaining overnight live programming will be dropped for a while as part of cost-cutting measures.
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 14 million weekly listeners. [ 1 ] Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content.
Tony Blackburn moves to the mid-morning slot and one of the new features of his show is an hour of records that charted in the same year. The feature is called The Golden Hour . 29 June – Programmes For Schools are broadcast on all Radio 4 frequencies for the final time.
28 August – The first edition of BBC Radio 5's weekday breakfast programme Morning Edition is broadcast. It is presented by Sarah Ward and Jon Briggs. 1991. 1 May – The launch of 24-hour broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 sees the Simon Mayo Breakfast Show starting and finishing 30 minutes earlier and airing between 6am and 9am.