BBC Radio 2 DJs

Alan Dell ( March 8, 1924 - August 18, 1995) was a BBC Radio broadcaster. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alan Dell"

Alan "Fluff" Freeman (born July 6, 1927, Melbourne, Australia) is a well-known disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom. He is best known for presenting the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, initially from 1973 to 1978 and later from 1989 to 1993, and Pick of the Pops, which he first hosted for the BBC (originally on the Light Programme) in 1961 and, apart from brief interruptions in 1962 and 1963, continued to present until 1972, later reviving it on Radio 1 ( 1989- 1992) and Radio 2 ( 1997- 2000). ...more on Wikipedia about "Alan Freeman"

Aled Jones, (born 29 December 1970, Bangor, North Wales) is a Welsh singer and television personality who first came to fame as a boy soprano. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aled Jones"

Alex Lester (born Walsall, West Midlands, 11th May 1956) is a British broadcaster who presents the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on BBC Radio 2. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alex Lester"

Andy Peebles began a career in DJing in 1967 as a club DJ. In 1974, Peebles help lauch Manchester's Piccadilly Radio (now Key 103), before joining BBC Radio 1 in 1978, where he presented the Monday-Thursday 8-10pm evening show. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andy Peebles"

Anne Josephine Robinson (born September 26, 1944 in Merseyside, England) is an English television presenter and TV host who is most famous for hosting the BBC game show The Weakest Link. She also hosted the United States NBC primetime version of the show, which has since ceased production. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anne Robinson"

Radio Two is one of the BBC's national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Broadcasting House. Programmes are also relayed on DAB, Sky Digital, Cable TV, Freeview and the Internet. ...more on Wikipedia about "BBC Radio 2"

Benny Green ( 1927– 1998) born in Leeds, Yorkshire in the UK, was a cockney accented British jazz saxophonist, who was most well known by the public for his radio shows and books. His BBC Radio 2 Sunday afternoon record show ran for many years until his death. He had a huge range of knowledge about the kind of music he liked, by classic composers like Kern and Cole Porter and jazz, and would introduce most records with details about the artist(s) and often moaned about the latest issues in music he disagreed with. ...more on Wikipedia about "Benny Green"

"Whispering" Bob Harris (born in Northampton on 12 April 1946) is a radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music three nights a week. His programmes feature a moderately eclectic blend of mostly American and British rock, country, and occasional folk music from the 1950s to the present. His on-air delivery suggests a deep enthusiasm and affection for the music and musicians featured on his shows. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bob Harris (radio)"

Bob Holness (born 1928) is a British actor and presenter. He was born in Ashford, Kent, where he worked for a printing company before emigrating to South Africa. In 1955 he got his first job as a radio presenter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bob Holness"

Brian Matthew (born 1928) is a British broadcaster, born in Coventry, who became popular in the days of the BBC Light Programme, hosting Saturday Club (originally called Saturday Skiffle Club, starting in 1957 and changing to its more familiar name in 1958) and Easy Beat (starting in 1960). At the time, there was little pop music played on BBC Radio, certainly when compared to the huge demand for it among young people, and the shows attracted audiences into the millions. Virtually all the big stars of the era, including The Beatles, appeared on the shows. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brian Matthew"

Charlie Chester ( April 26, 1914 - June 26, 1997), was a popular British stand-up comedian and TV and radio presenter, broadcasting almost continuously from the 1940s to the 1990s. His style was similar to that of Max Miller. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charlie Chester"

Chris Evans (born April 1, 1966, in Warrington, England) is a British celebrity. He has presented radio and television programmes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chris Evans (British broadcaster)"

Dale Winton (born May 22 1955) is a UK DJ and television presenter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dale Winton"

David Allan (born 1940) is a British television announcer and radio presenter. He began broadcasting on offshore radio in the 1960s, before joining BBC Radio 2 to present country music programmes throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and part of the 1980s. From 1969 to 1994 he also worked as a continuity announcer on BBC Television, generally heard more frequently on BBC2 than on BBC1. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Allan (broadcaster)"

David Hamilton was born 'David Pilditch' in Manchester, on September 10 1938 and went to Glastonbury Grammar School. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Hamilton (Radio DJ)"

David Jacobs (born 1926) is a British broadcaster, who became known as a disc jockey in the 1950s. Although not the original presenter of Pick of the Pops, which was then on the BBC Light Programme, he established the programme's chart show format between 1957 and 1961, and briefly returned to the show in 1962. He also presented Juke Box Jury on BBC television between 1959 and 1967, and was one of the four original presenters of Top of the Pops when it began in 1964. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Jacobs (disc jockey)"

Broadcaster & journalist Derek Jameson, was born in London's East End in 1929. ...more on Wikipedia about "Derek Jameson"

Sean Dermot Finton O'Leary (born May 24, 1973), better known as Dermot O'Leary, is a British television and radio presenter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dermot O'Leary"

Desmond Lynam (born September 17, 1942 in Ennis, Ireland) is a sports presenter, television personality, and game show host on British television and radio. He is one of the best known sports broadcasters in the United Kingdom, having hosted television coverage of high profile events for many years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Des Lynam"

Desmond Carrington (born 23 May 1926) is a UK-based actor and broadcaster, currently best-known for his weekly show on BBC Radio 2. His show went out on Sundays for 23 years from 1981 to 2004, when it moved to Tuesdays. He currently lives in Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Desmond Carrington" Visit again shortopedia shortopedia

Don Durbridge is a UK radio presenter who currently broadcasts on the PrimeTime and Saga Digital DAB radio services. Don has previously worked for BBC Radio 2 , BBC Radio Kent and LBC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Don Durbridge"

Don MacLean is a British comedian, born 11th March, 1944, who hosted BBC television series Crackerjack with Michael Aspel, Peter Glaze, and Jan Hunt in the 1970s. He usually performed a live routine or routines with Glaze in front of a studio audience of children and a filmed insert with Glaze, in the style of a silent comedy film. Live routines would almost always work in the 'joke' where an exasperated Glaze would exclaim 'MacLean!' to which MacLean would answer 'Yes I am, I had a bath this morning!'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Don Maclean"

Ed Stewart (born April 23 1941 in Devon) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. He currently presents the Sunday early-evening show on BBC Radio 2. His nickname is Stewpot. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ed Stewart"

Gloria Hunniford (born April 10, 1940, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland) is TV and radio presenter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gloria Hunniford"

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