Anne Avril NightingaleCBE (1 April 1940 – 11 January 2024) was an English radio and television broadcaster. She was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 in 1970 and the first female presenter for BBC Television's The Old Grey Whistle Test where she stayed for four years.
Nightingale specialised in championing new and underground music, she also led the movement and encouraged other women to become DJs and broadcasters. She was the longest serving broadcaster in BBC Radio 1's history and held the Guinness World Record for the longest career as a female radio presenter.[1]
^Bain, Katie (12 January 2024). "Annie Nightingale, BBC Radio 1's First Female DJ, Dies At 83". Billboard. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
Philip Jenkinson. After Harris's departure AnnieNightingale took over as host. In December 1980 Nightingale presented a special edition immediately after...
singer and guitarist Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer 11 AnnieNightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazz guitarist...
industrial and indie rock. The Cereal Killaz have been listed by AnnieNightingale of BBC Radio 1 as one of the movers and shakers in the breakbeat scene...
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Edmonds and Dave Lee Travis join, Simon Dee leaves. 1970 8 February – AnnieNightingale joins the station, as its first female presenter. July – Kenny Everett...
September 1982 show celebrating Radio 1's fifteenth birthday affords AnnieNightingale, in her one and only appearance and as one of nineteen presenters...
first ever female radio DJ AnnieNightingale. She remains the longest-serving presenter at BBC to this day. In honor of Nightingale a scholarship was set up...
Salvatore Mazzarano, 58, Italian footballer (Taranto, Fasano, AC Ancona). AnnieNightingale, 83, English radio and television broadcaster (BBC Radio 1). Mohamed...
and Hip-Hop DJ and record producer, discovered on BBC Radio 1 by AnnieNightingale in 2013, and having his guest mix on BBC Radio 1 in 2014. He received...
reception, and to conform with the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975. AnnieNightingale, whose first Radio 1 programme aired on 5 October 1969, was Britain's...
Rovers (1987–1998, 2000–2014) and Everton (1994–1999). 11 January – AnnieNightingale, 83, broadcaster (BBC Radio 1) and television presenter (The Old Grey...
Clarkin, 77, English guitarist and songwriter (Magnum). 11 January – AnnieNightingale, 83, English radio DJ and television broadcaster 12 January – David...
identical to the FM channel. June – Siren Radio (1996) 11 January – AnnieNightingale, 83, broadcaster (BBC Radio 1) 18 January – Simon Peel, 54, British...
Jean Metcalfe Sandy MacPherson Roger Moffat Ray Moore Pete Murray AnnieNightingale Ray Orchard Robin Richmond Phillip Slessor Douglas Smith Ken Sykora...
announced on 20 March 2024. Michael Parkinson John Savident Ray Stevenson AnnieNightingale Robin Windsor Emily Morgan Angela Thorne Dean Sullivan John Nettleton...
directed by Kate and Derek Burbidge, which contains footage shot by AnnieNightingale originally intended for a BBC production The Police in the East. In...
championed alternative music on BBC Radio 1), Richard Skinner, and AnnieNightingale. Artists with cult followings in the US received greater exposure...
and a 'surprise guest' 14 September 1963 - Sam Costa, Louise Dunn, AnnieNightingale, Bruce Prochnik 21 September 1963 - Dora Bryan, Alan Dell, Adam Faith...
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show joined the BBC in 1988 as the first female presenter (same as AnnieNightingale & Janice Long[clarification needed]) to get her own prime time show...
The track also received early support from veteran BBC Radio 1 DJ AnnieNightingale. Daft Punk eventually signed with Virgin Records after a bidding war...
off of their earlier track Little Fluffy Clouds. It features on the AnnieNightingale album called Y4K on Distinct'ive Records. Two DVDs of his work were...
Radio 1 show and received additional plays on 1Xtra, XFM, 6Music and AnnieNightingale. In April 2013, Banks played his first headline show at the London...
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