Tony Blackburn

Tony Blackburn made his first radio appearance on 28th July 1964 on Radio
Caroline South. When BBC Radio One commenced broadcasting on 30th
September 1967, Tony presented the daily Breakfast Show, and was the first disc
jockey on the new network. He hosted the Breakfast Show until 1974 when he
took over the Morning Show for several years. Until recently Tony presented the breakfast
show for The Classic Gold Network, which transmits across 18 stations. Tony is a
legend of the airwaves and has become a household name through his DJ-ing, TV
Shows, and he inspired the cult of the radio DJ. He is well remembered for
presenting BBCA s world famous A Top Of The PopsA from the late 1960A s to
throughout the 1970A s. He continues to make regular guest appearances on a wide
range of television shows, such as A IA m a Celebrity ... Get me Out of Here!A in 2002
which was a huge success - he was crowned King of the Jungle!