Tributes are pouring in for the pioneering radio DJ and BBC presenter Johnnie Walker, who has died aged 79. Born Peter Dingley, Walker was a former pirate radio DJ who began his career with the ...

Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant, as well as the former BBC Radio 2 colleagues of Johnnie Walker, are among the mourners ...

Johnnie Walker died two months after calling time on his 58-year radio career due to ill health. The legendary BBC DJ died aged 79 on December 31, 2024 and had been living with pulmonary fibrosis ...

Johnnie Walker began his radio career in 1966 as a pirate DJ on Radio Caroline before working for BBC Radio 1, moving to BBC Radio 2 in 1998 where he presented the Drivetime Show for 7 years.

DJ Johnnie Walker takes a deep and very personal recollection of his colourful life, with over 58 years in the broadcasting business, from pirate radio through to Radio 2 In tribute to our friend ...

During his first seven-year period with Radio 1 from 1969 to 1976, Johnnie Walker established a reputation as a DJ who accorded more importance to the records he played than the chat in between.

The widow of legendary DJ Johnnie Walker has poignantly revealed how his final DJ set was hosting a kitchen disco with friends playing his favourite songs. Speaking for the first time about his ...