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Anthony Kenneth Blackburn OBE (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey, singer and television presenter, whose career spans 60 years. Blackburn first achieved fame broadcasting on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s, before joining the BBC, initially broadcasting on the BBC Light Programme.
By 1970, only Savile and Blackburn remained of the 1960s regulars and between them they would host all the editions from January 1970 until their duopoly was broken by Ed Stewart's return in March 1971. Tony Blackburn (1967–1979 and 1981–1983, plus 31 December 1988, 4 April 2003 and 30 July 2006) Emperor Rosko (1967, 1974–1975)
In June 1973, Noel Edmonds took over presenting the breakfast slot on BBC Radio 1 and Tony Blackburn moved to present the mid-morning slot (9–12 am). One of the features Blackburn started on this show was the Golden Hour. This was originally an hour of records that had all charted in a specified year, using a different year each weekday.
10 January – Tommy Vance replaces Tony Blackburn as host of the Sunday Top 40 show. 27 February – The final editions of Junior Choice and Playground are broadcast. 6 March – After the ending of Junior Choice, the weekend show is renamed as Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show with Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin joining Tony Blackburn as co ...
Mollie Davidson and Tony Blackburn now compile and produce the show. It was during Swern's time on the show that the "Playing Hard To Get" feature was introduced into the Matthew era of the show. Listeners who wanted a copy of a record they had lost over the years could request a CD of that song and, if successful, were sent a special "SOTS" CD ...
30 September – Tony Blackburn launches BBC Radio 1 when he starts presenting the first edition of the Radio 1 Breakfast. 90 minutes earlier, BBC Radio 2 had also gone on air for the first time, its breakfast show was the continuation of Breakfast Special, presented by Paul Hollingdale. 1968
The first breakfast show presenter was Tony Blackburn, who spoke the first words on Radio 1 and remained in the slot for nearly six years.Other DJs who have hosted the breakfast show for more than five years are current host Greg James and former hosts Nick Grimshaw, Mike Read, Simon Mayo, and Chris Moyles.
[4] [6]) On 25 September 2007, BBC Radio 4 featured a programme called The Story of Flowers in the Rain, hosted by Tony Blackburn, on the court action and its related history, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song, [7] with Blackburn [8] also using the record to launch his programme on the new That's 60s music channel on 6 January 2023. [9]