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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.
Blackburn said working on pirate radio stations including Radio Caroline in the 1960s was a real highlight of his career, and that the secret to a good radio show is having fun and playing the ...
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
Lots of familiar faces started their careers on Radio Caroline, including Tony Blackburn. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Later arrivals included Tony Blackburn. The station was ground-breaking for UK pirate radio, in that unlike its major rival Radio Caroline it used a tight American top-40 format. "Caroline had always been what I call catch-as-catch-can radio," said Dave Cash: "You used to go out there with a bunch of records and play them.
Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Allan Crawford, ... Presenters Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale, Ray Teret, ...
Tony Blackburn, who also found fame on pirate radio station Radio Caroline, wrote: “Very sad that Johnnie Walker has passed away today. He was a nice man and a fine broadcaster. R.I.P.”
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.