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Annie Avril Nightingale CBE (1 April 1940 – 11 January 2024) was an English radio and television broadcaster. She was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 in 1970 and the first female presenter for BBC Television's The Old Grey Whistle Test where she stayed for four years.
She became the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 when she joined the station in 1970.
Nightingale was the station's first female presenter and stayed on air for more than 50 years. Annie Nightingale: Trailblazing BBC Radio 1 DJ dies at 83 Skip to main content
Female DJs and presenters were among those to praise the radio host for paving the way after the news that she died on Thursday at her London home.
For this reason, the 30 September 1982 show celebrating Radio 1's fifteenth birthday affords Annie Nightingale, in her one and only appearance and as one of nineteen presenters that day, the honour of being the first female presenter of Top of the Pops, beating Janice Long – who would go on to present TOTP regularly for nearly six years ...
DJ Annie Nightingale hosted a progressive rock show on BBC Radio 1 in 1969. In 1998, Zoe Ball began hosting the BBC's key breakfast show slot, followed by Sarah Cox in 2000. In 1998, Zoe Ball began hosting the BBC's key breakfast show slot, followed by Sarah Cox in 2000.
Annie Nightingale was the sole woman to spin the discs in the early days of a male-dominated Radio 1. In Pictures: First female disc jockey at Radio 1 broke the glass ceiling in 1970 Skip to main ...
8 February – DJ Annie Nightingale presents her first show on BBC Radio 1; she will still be broadcasting on the channel until shortly before her death in 2024.; 11 February – "Pirate" radio station Radio North Sea International begins regular broadcasts to the UK from MV Mebo II off the Dutch coast.