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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.
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
DJ Tony Blackburn has joked that he will keep presenting until he beats Sir Cliff Richard as he was made an OBE in recognition of his long career. ... Blackburn said working on pirate radio ...
By 1967, ten pirate radio stations were broadcasting to an estimated daily audience of 10-15 million. Influential pirate radio DJs included John Peel, Tony Blackburn, Kenny Everett, Johnnie Walker, Tony Prince, Emperor Rosko, and Spangles Muldoon. [4] The format of this wave of pirate radio was influenced by Radio Luxembourg and American radio ...
Host will focus attention on BBC Radio 2 shows
Absolute Radio Pirates was a one-off broadcast on 12 August 2022, with original pirate presenters Tony Blackburn and Johnnie Walker joining Absolute's Leona Graham [10] and Shaun Keaveny, [11] [12] [13] plus radio historian David Lloyd.
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.
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 ...