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Tony Blackburn

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Antony Kenneth "Tony" Blackburn (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey. [1]

78 relations: Al Stewart, BBC, BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Radio London, BBC Three Counties Radio, Bill Cotton, Bournemouth, Brian Matthew, British Academy Television Awards 2008, Business studies, Castle Court School, Children's Favourites, Classic Gold Digital Network, Cliff Richard, Cricket, Dale Winton, Dame Janet Smith Review, Dave Lee Travis, David Hamilton (broadcaster), Diana Ross, Disc jockey, Doris Troy, Ed Stewart, Flowers in the Rain, GCE Ordinary Level, General practitioner, Graham Dene, Guildford, Higher National Diploma, I Will Survive, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song), International Vegetarian Union, ITV (TV network), Janet Smith (judge), Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal, John Peel, Kent, KMFM (radio network), Mike Read, Millfield, Nick Grimshaw, Noel Edmonds, Northern soul, Orion Publishing Group, Parkstone, ..., Paul Gambaccini, Paul Hollingdale, Phil Tufnell, Pick of the Pops, Poliomyelitis, Polydor Records, Poole, Radio Academy, Radio Caroline, Sara Cox, Seaside Special, Simon Bates, Simon Hattenstone, Simon Mayo, Smooth North West, Smooth Radio, Sounds of the 60s, Southern Television, Tessa Wyatt, The Move, The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, The Times, Tommy Vance, Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, Top of the Pops, UK Singles Chart, Wonderful Radio London, 100.4 Jazz FM. Expand index (28 more) »

Al Stewart

Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Light Programme

The Light Programme was a BBC radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and music from 1945 until 1967, when it was rebranded as BBC Radio 2.

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BBC Radio

BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927).

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is adult contemporary or AOR, although the station also broadcasts other specialist musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet.

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BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire, North Hampshire, and South Oxfordshire.

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BBC Radio London

BBC Radio London is London's BBC Local Radio station and part of the broader BBC London network.

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BBC Three Counties Radio

BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire (referred to as Beds, Herts and Bucks), broadcasting from studios at Grove Park in Dunstable.

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Bill Cotton

Sir William Frederick "Bill" Cotton, CBE (23 April 1928 – 11 August 2008) was a British television producer and executive, and the son of big-band leader Billy Cotton.

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Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England to the east of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, long.

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Brian Matthew

Brian Matthew (17 September 1928 – 8 April 2017) was an English broadcaster who worked for the BBC for 63 years from 1954 until 2017.

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British Academy Television Awards 2008

The 2008 British Academy Television Awards were held on 20 April at the London Palladium Theatre in London.

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Business studies

Business Studies is an academic subject taught in schools and at university level in many countries.

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Castle Court School

Castle Court School is a co-educational, preparatory school located near the village of Corfe Mullen in the county of Dorset, England.

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Children's Favourites

Children's Favourites was a BBC Radio programme broadcast from 1954 until 1984 and Christmas editions from 2007 until 2015.

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Classic Gold Digital Network

Classic Gold Digital Network was one of the biggest 'gold' formatted radio networks in the United Kingdom, with a potential audience of 47 million.

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Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Dale Winton

Dale Jonathan Winton (22 May 1955 – 18 April 2018) was an English radio DJ and television presenter.

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Dame Janet Smith Review

On 11 October 2012, Dame Janet Smith was appointed by the BBC to lead an inquiry into the corporation's connection to the sexual abuse committed by Jimmy Savile, a popular television and radio host.

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Dave Lee Travis

David Patrick Griffin (born 25 May 1945), known professionally as Dave Lee Travis, is an English disc jockey, radio presenter and television presenter.

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David Hamilton (broadcaster)

David Hamilton (born David Pilditch on 10 September 1938) is a British radio presenter.

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Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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Doris Troy

Doris Troy (born Doris Elaine Higginsen; January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004) was an American R&B singer and songwriter, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul".

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Ed Stewart

Edward Stewart Mainwaring (23 April 1941 – 9 January 2016), known as Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, was an English broadcaster.

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Flowers in the Rain

"Flowers in the Rain" is a song by English rock band The Move.

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GCE Ordinary Level

The O Level (Ordinary Level; official title: General Certificate of Education: Ordinary Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education.

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General practitioner

In the medical profession, a general practitioner (GP) is a medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education to patients.

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Graham Dene

Graham Dene (born 7 April 1949) is a British radio personality.

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Guildford

Guildford is a large town in Surrey, England, United Kingdom located southwest of central London on the A3 trunk road midway between the capital and Portsmouth.

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Higher National Diploma

A Higher National Diploma (HND) is a higher education qualification of the United Kingdom.

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I Will Survive

"I Will Survive" is a hit song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978.

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I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is a reality TV series in which up to 12 celebrities live together in a jungle environment for a number of weeks.

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I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song)

"I'm Still Waiting" is a popular song written and produced by Deke Richards and recorded by Diana Ross, which first appeared on her 1970 album Everything Is Everything.

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International Vegetarian Union

The International Vegetarian Union (IVU) is an international non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote vegetarianism.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Janet Smith (judge)

Dame Janet Hilary Smith, DBE (born 29 November 1940), styled The Rt Hon.

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Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal

Jimmy Savile (1926–2011) was an English media personality who was well known in the United Kingdom for his eccentricities and, at the time of his death, was generally respected for his charitable work.

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John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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KMFM (radio network)

KMFM is the name of seven Independent Radio stations and one digital station (on the Kent Digital Multiplex) owned by the KM Group, each broadcasting locally to a region of Kent in the United Kingdom.

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Mike Read

Michael David Kenneth Read (born 1 March 1947) is an English radio DJ, writer, journalist and television presenter.

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Millfield

Millfield is a co-educational independent (i.e. fee-paying) school for pupils aged 13–18 years based in Street, Somerset, England.

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Nick Grimshaw

Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 September 1984) is an English television and radio presenter.

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Noel Edmonds

Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an English television presenter and executive.

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Northern soul

Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England in the late 1960s from the British mod scene, based on a particular style of black American soul music, especially in the mid-1960s, with a heavy beat and fast tempo.

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Orion Publishing Group

Orion Publishing Group Ltd.

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Parkstone

Parkstone is an area of Poole, Dorset.

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Paul Gambaccini

Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949) is an American-British radio and television presenter and author in the United Kingdom.

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Paul Hollingdale

Paul Hollingdale (born Paul Wynn; 30 March 1938 – 5 July 2017) was a British radio presenter who presented the first programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2, Breakfast Special, from 5.30am on Saturday 30 September 1967.

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Phil Tufnell

Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is a former English Test and ODI cricketer turned television personality.

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Pick of the Pops

Pick of the Pops is a BBC Radio programme, originally based on the Top 20 UK Singles Chart and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1955.

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Poliomyelitis

Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

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Polydor Records

Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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Poole

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England.

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Radio Academy

The Radio Academy is a registered charity dedicated to 'the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production'.

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Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly.

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Sara Cox

Sarah Joanne Cyzer (née Cox; born 13 December 1974), more commonly known by her radio name Sara Cox, is an English broadcaster and model.

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Seaside Special

Seaside Special was a BBC light entertainment show broadcast from 1975.

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Simon Bates

Simon Philip Bates (born 17 December 1946 in Birmingham) is an English disc jockey and radio presenter.

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Simon Hattenstone

Simon Hattenstone (born 29 December 1962 in Salford, England) is a British journalist and writer.

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Simon Mayo

Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo (born 21 September 1958) is an English radio presenter who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. Mayo was the presenter of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 between 2010 and 2018 and with Mark Kermode, presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live. Mayo currently presents a revamped drive time show on Radio 2 with Jo Whiley which began on 14 May 2018. In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "Radio Broadcaster of the Year" at the 34th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and the "Speech Broadcaster of the Year" at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, receiving the latter for his "ability to paint colourful pictures of location and event and his ability to bring the very best out of his guests, encouraging conversation and interaction between them while skilfully nudging and controlling them" and for being "a master of light and shade, handling serious and lighter issues with aplomb." Mayo is the author of several books, including the acclaimed Itch trilogy of thrillers for younger readers. He is one of the highest paid BBC radio presenters.

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Smooth North West

Smooth North West is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp and operated by Global Radio as part of the Smooth Radio network.

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Smooth Radio

Smooth Radio is a network of adult contemporary local radio stations broadcasting on FM and MW stations in the United Kingdom.

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Sounds of the 60s

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.

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Southern Television

Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the south and south-east of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981.

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Tessa Wyatt

Tessa Wyatt (born 23 April 1948) is an English actress who first came to the public spotlight through her marriage to Tony Blackburn.

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The Move

The Move were a British rock band of the late 1960s and the early 1970s.

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The Radio 1 Breakfast Show

The Radio 1 Breakfast Show is a radio show that is broadcast across the UK from 6:30am to 10am.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Tommy Vance

Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940 – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster, born in Eynsham, Oxfordshire.

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Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead

Anthony William Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, (born 3 March 1951) is the Director-General of the BBC.

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Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Wonderful Radio London

Radio London, also known as Big L and Wonderful Radio London, was a top 40 (in London's case, the "Fab 40") offshore commercial station that operated from 23 December 1964 to 14 August 1967, from a ship anchored in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England.

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100.4 Jazz FM

100.4 Jazz FM (launched as JFM 100.4) was an independent local radio station for the North West England playing jazz music.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blackburn

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