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Richard Skinner (born 26 December 1951) [1] [2] is a British radio and television presenter.. He was the opening announcer and TV anchor at the Live Aid concert in 1985, and is the only presenter to have fronted all three of the BBC's leading pop music programmes, The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops on television and the Radio One Top 40 show.
Aired on almost all of the UK's Independent Local Radio network, the programme is presented from the studios of Capital Radio by David Jensen. Richard Skinner takes over as host of BBC Radio 1's chart show. 1986. 30 March – Following Richard Skinner's departure from Radio 1, Bruno Brookes began his first stint as the host of Radio 1's chart ...
BBC Radio 1 extends its broadcasting hours, closing down at 2am instead of midnight. This results in a new weekday evening schedule with John Peel moving to an earlier evening slot, Nicky Campbell taking over the late show and Richard Skinner rejoining the station, after two years with Capital Radio, to host the new midnight to 2am show.
Upon its inception in 1964, Top of the Pops was presented by a team of disc jockeys in rotation: Alan Freeman, David Jacobs, Pete Murray and Jimmy Savile.Savile presented the very first episode from Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester on 1 January 1964 and would continue as the longest-serving presenter until hosting his final show on 30 August 1984.
The Beeb's Lost Beatles Tapes was a music documentary series presented by Richard Skinner, comprising 14 half-hour episodes, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 between 1 October – 31 December 1988. Each episode was broadcast on Saturday evening with a repeat on the following Monday.
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Richard Skinner may refer to: Richard Skinner (American politician) (1778–1833), American politician, attorney, and jurist from the US state of Vermont Richard Skinner (broadcaster) (born 1951), British radio and television broadcaster