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During 1982, BBC Radio 1 dropped the name Junior Choice and the show became the Tony Blackburn's Saturday Show and Tony Blackburn's Sunday Show. Blackburn hosted both shows until his final show on 23 September 1984. In addition to his Radio 1 weekend show, he joined BBC Radio London in 1981, where he presented the afternoon show. It was here ...
Host will focus attention on BBC Radio 2 shows. Home & Garden. Lighter Side
Blackburn became the first DJ on BBC Radio 1 when it launched in 1967 and went on to present a series of high-profile radio and TV shows, including Top Of The Pops. ... Tony Blackburn presented ...
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)
Sounds of the 60s is a long-running Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 2 that features recordings of popular music made in the 1960s. It was first broadcast on 12 February 1983 and introduced by Keith Fordyce, who had been the first presenter of the TV show Ready Steady Go! in 1963.
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
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.
The ‘Sounds of the 60s’ host took a break from presenting his weekly radio show after he was taken ill in April BBC Radio 2’s Tony Blackburn reveals he had sepsis and pneumonia in health ...