Radio legend Annie Nightingale has passed away at 83. She had been a host on BBC Radio 1 since February 1970 and her last broadcast show was on Christmas Eve.

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  1. No fucking way 🙁

    Last of the legends some might say. RIP.

  4. Am genuinely choked at this. Trailblazer is exactly what she was – first female dj on Radio One, where she stayed for many years, no doubt making her the eldest disc spinner with a thirst for new music right to the end.

    As a teenager I loved her request show, the only show I absolutely couldn’t miss at a time when alternative and less commercial music was seldom aired on the station. She introduced me to so much and helped to shape my music tastes, which since then have changed very little. And where else would you hear tracks such as Fish Heads by Barnes and Barnes, Frontier Psychiatrist and They’re Coming to Take me away (ha ha)?

    RIP and many thanks you absolute legend x

  6. 83?! I had no idea she was that age, probably because she was on Radio 1 I guess, RIP ma’am

  7. Another much-loved icon of my youth. She always had that excited note in her voice which I never got tired of hearing.

    Cheering me up slightly, Annie Mac told the BBC: “*This is the woman who changed the face and sound of British TV and radio broadcasting forever. You can’t underestimate it.*”

    I’m sure she meant to say “You can’t OVERESTIMATE it” but as it stands it’s quite an insult and Annie Nightingale would probably have loved it.

  8. Oh no way. This one hits hard. What a bona fide legend of radio and an absolute trailblazer

  9. Wait, she was on Radio 1 at 83 but Chris Moyles was told he was too old for the station?

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