The legendary broadcaster, Tony Blackburn is 80 this week and has been broadcasting for 59 years. He’s done so odd and strange things in his life and is generally a very private and shy man as I found out when I worked with him in the late 70s and early 80s.
After he left the pirate radio ship he stepped ashore to the BBC and famously opened Radio 1 in 1967 and on and off has been at the BBC since then even reinventing himself when he won the first I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here in 2002.
He still has shows on Radio 2 and BBC London as well as shows on various local radio stations.
This is an interesting clip. Happy birthday Tony.