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	Johnnie Walker (DJ) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Johnnie Walker MBE (born 30 March 1945 in Birmingham, UK) is a radio disc jockey.
		In October 1988, Johnnie was one of the original presenters on the new BBC local station in London BBC GLR, in a lineup which included Nick Abbot, Emma Freud, Tommy Vance and Dave Pearce and was run by future Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister.
		Johnnie shares an affinity with Clapton as they were both born on the same day, and presented a show on Radio 2 earlier in the year to celebrate the fact that they were both turning 60.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnnie_Walker_(DJ) (1313 words)

	Johnnie Walker (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Johnnie Walker world-famous brand of whisky produced in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
		Captain Frederick John Walker (1896–1944) (normally known as "Johnny Walker"), a British Royal Navy anti-submarine commander during the Second World War.
		Johnnie Walker (DJ) a British radio disc jockey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnny_Walker (120 words)

	Johnnie Walker Radio 2 and Radio Caroline DJ
		Johnnie was diagnosed two years ago with cancer and has been fighting a new battle - this one he is winning and he is in remission at the moment.
		Johnnie is hugely respected by his peers and those in the music business as well as by old gits like me who grew up sane because of his efforts at supplying us with our life-blood which was non-stop music.
		Johnnie Walker has just celebrated his 60th birthday and proudly he tells me that he was born on the same day as Eric Clapton and muses that, by implication, he should have the same musical talent as Clapton - jokingly he asks me what must have happened to it.
	www.retrosellers.com /features100.htm (1941 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| DJ Johnnie Walker in cancer battle
		Walker said he had what is thought to be a very treatable form of the disease.
		Walker made his name on the pirate station Radio Caroline in the 1960s.
		Walker was suspended by the station in 1999 after allegations about cocaine use were published in a newspaper.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2967298.stm (348 words)

	Radio 2 DJ in cancer battle - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		VETERAN BBC Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker was beginning treatment for cancer today after announcing he was suffering from the disease live on air.
		Walker, 58, who has an audience of nearly five million, signed off yesterday's show with the news that he had been diagnosed five weeks ago.
		Walker, who married Tiggy only last December, told listeners: "This is normally something that someone in my position would keep very much close to their chest.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/news/5016259.shtml (158 words)

	DJ Johnnie Walker suspended in drugs inquiry
		JOHNNIE WALKER, the Radio 2 presenter, was suspended by the BBC yesterday following a newspaper's allegations of drug abuse.
		Walker, 55, who hosted the Drivetime and Saturday afternoon shows, is alleged to have snorted cocaine and to have offered to supply prostitutes last Monday to undercover reporters from a Sunday newspaper.
		"Johnnie Walker has been suspended from his Radio 2 show pending a full BBC investigation to be led by Jenny Abramsky, BBC's director of radio," said a BBC spokesman yesterday.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/04/26/njon26.html (324 words)

	BBC - Radio 2 - Johnnie Walker Biography
		During his first seven-year period with Radio 1 from 1969 to 1976, Johnnie Walker established a reputation as a DJ who accorded more importance to the records he played than the chat in between.
		Johnnie was front page news when he described the Bay City Rollers as 'musical garbage', and his outspoken views and insistence on playing album tracks led to a showdown with his Radio 1 boss and a move to San Francisco in 1976.
		Johnnie returned home in the early 80s, and following stints with ILR stations Radio West and Wiltshire Radio in the West Country, he returned to Radio 1 to present The Stereo Sequence.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio2/shows/walker/biography.shtml (291 words)

	Popular British DJ Johnnie Walker collects his MBE
		Friday was a special day for popular British DJ Johnnie Walker, 60, as he went to Buckingham Palace to receive his MBE from Prince Charles.
		Johnnie said that the Prince asked him about his time on Radio Caroline, to which he replied "I was a bit naughty, I disobeyed the law.
		Johnnie says he has now been in remission from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for two years, after undergoing chemotherapy and an emergency operation in October 2003.
	www.southgatearc.org /news/february2006/johnnie_walker_mbe.htm (121 words)

	Shane MacGowan: "I've always been a Johnnie Walker fan" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Johnny was hounded by photographers, and everybody was trying to get an angle on it - my record company, all the papers.
		I've always been a Johnnie Walker fan because he's into playing what he thinks is good rather than what he's told to play.
		Johnny flew back to LA. He was supposed to go back on Monday but I think he was so pissed off with all the attention he was getting that he was dying to get home.
	www.shanemacgowan.com /articles/q94.shtml (1724 words)

	The Radio Academy - Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		That October he moved to Caroline South deputising for whichever DJ was on shore leave.
		A year later that Johnnie was to join the new BBC Radio One with a short series of Saturday afternoon shows before moving to a regular daily slot.
		Johnnie was forced to take time off from his programme following the diagnosis of cancer but millions of fans were delighted that he was able to return to the air.
	www.radioacademy.org /halloffame/walker_j/index.shtml (342 words)

	The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: Disc-Jockeys Wa-Web
		He chose his new identity from a tape of American radio jingles and became “Johnnie Walker.” In October he moved to Caroline South as the station swing-jock, deputising for whichever DJ was on shore-leave.
		Johnnie was at the forefront of the mid-sixties soul boom and was President of “Uptight'n'Outtasight,” the Atlantic Records Appreciation Society.
		Johnnie was forced to take time off from his programme following the diagnosis of cancer in the form of a malignant tumour in his colon.
	www.offshoreradio.co.uk /djsw2z.htm (2419 words)

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		Johnny Cash was born and raised in Arkansas, moving to Dyess when he was three.
		Johnny was inspired by the country songs he had heard on the radio.
		Johnny Cash had an equally successful year in 1957, scoring several Top Ten country hits including the Top 15 "Give My Love to Rose." Cash also made his Grand Ole Opry debut that year, appearing all in fl where the other performers were decked out in flamboyant, rhinestone-studded outfits.
	www.kfdi.com /get/theranch/page5.asp (20694 words)

	Mirror.co.uk - News - All News Archive - JOHNNIE WALKER ON HIS CANCER BATTLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Johnnie was suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and he was told he would need chemotherapy.
		Johnnie had been married twice - the second time for just six months - and had almost despaired of finding a soulmate.
		Johnnie says: "He said he wanted me to meet Tiggy and we all went out for a meal.
	www.mirror.co.uk /news/allnews/tm_objectid=14260822&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=johnnie-walker-on-his-cancer-battle-name_page.html (1462 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - continued from A2297324
		Johnnie Walker, Radio Caroline's most famous DJ (although he started his radio career with Radio England) is now back on Radio 2's Drivetime show, after an eight month break due to serious illness, from which he has now recovered.
		The DJ who opened Radio 1, Tony Blackburn, was voted 'King of the Jungle' in the 2002 T.V. programme 'I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here.' He broadcast on both Caroline and London.
		DJs from the 1960s who took part included 'Tatty' Tom Edwards, Roger'Twiggy' Day, Kieth 'Cardboard Shoes' Skues and Mike Ahern 'Your DJ Michael A', all former Radio Caroline DJs, Pete Brady former Radio London and Dave Cash former 270 and Radio London.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2526923 (802 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Radio DJ Walker collects his MBE
		Walker trained as a mechanic before becoming a radio DJ Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker has collected his MBE from Buckingham Palace saying: "I still love this job."
		Walker was born in Birmingham and left school at the age of 15 to train as a mechanic.
		Walker began at the BBC on Radio 1 in 1969, moving to Radio 2 in 1998 where he now presents Drivetime.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/4748708.stm (199 words)

	Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Some have questioned Johnnie Walkers' exit from Radio Two as Boss Lesley Douglas made it plain she was a fan of the Woss-ites, and Radio One's 1990's DJ's rather than the 60's and 70's variety.
		Walker, who has spent 40 years on the airwaves, is to collect the honour at Buckingham Palace for services to broadcasting.
		Walker was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after feeling ill on his return from his honeymoon with third wife Tiggy.
	www.xplosure.com /radio.shtml (6931 words)

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		Johnnie Walker (the presenter) then played "Stuck Inside a Cloud" after which he read out a very nice email from a fan to which Dhani responded very nicely.
		Walker then asked him if he was pushed into playing the guitar and Dhani said that George never forced him to do anything.
		Walker then asked him if there was any prospect of a George anthology and Dhani said, yes, absolutely in a couple of years.
	abbeyrd.best.vwh.net /news/523dhanibbc.html (1411 words)

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		Walker, 58, shocked listeners to his BBC Radio 2 drivetime show by revealing, five minutes before he went off air at 7 pm, that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the colon.
		Walker is one of the longest serving DJs at the BBC, where has worked on and off for 34 years.
		Walker, 58, shocked listeners by revealing, five minutes before signing off the drivetime show last Thursday, he had been diagnosed with a form of cancer called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
	www.worldofradio.com /dxld3102.txt (7968 words)

	Bow Snap Cackle & Pop
		Johnny Vaughan's new BBC Three show is showing signs of improving after a disappointing start.
		Johnny's new show has finally hit BBC 3 to the great delight of a dismal 30,000 viewers.
		It will be the first time Johnny, 37, and Denise, 29, have worked together on TV since their partnership on Channel 4’s Big Breakfast ended in 2001.
	www.angelfire.com /ok/djrichieh/sizzle.html (4346 words)

	Caroline Central: Your Radio Caroline and Free Radio News Source
		DJ Johnnie Walker is to step down as host of BBC Radio 2's Drivetime show at the end of March after seven years.
		Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker has collected his MBE from Buckingham Palace saying: "I still love this job." Honoured for services to broadcasting in a career spanning 40 years, the BBC Radio 2 DJ collected his MBE from Prince Charles.
		Veteran DJ Johnnie Walker said he was "most grateful and honoured" to be made an MBE in the New Year honours list.
	www.radiocaroline.org (2421 words)

	The Globalist \| Global Culture -- Iran: It's My Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Johnnie Walker could not make it,” he said apologetically.
		Armenians are allowed to have alcohol in their homes, so a few entrepreneurs have used this privilege to sell to their thirsty Muslim compatriots.
		I received several requests for help to “get out of this country,” and a special treat: DJ Keyvan singing one of his own songs, a heart-tugging love ballad.
	www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/printStoryId.aspx?StoryId=2837 (943 words)

	The Dead Rock Stars Club - 2004 July to December
		Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) - Died 9-15-2004 in Los Angeles, CA, U.S. - Prostate cancer (Punk) Born 10-8-1948 in Long Island, NY, U.S. - Guitarist - Was a founding member of The Ramones (They did, "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Pinhead") - Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee.
		Johnny Bradford - Died 9-20-2004 - Stomach cancer (Jazz - Country - RandB - Pop) Born 1938 - Pianist and singer - Was a member of The Giggolos.
		Johnny Williams (John Lee Williams) - Died 12-19-2004 (RandB) Born 10-27-1940 - Singer - Was a member of The Drifters (They did, "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" and "This Magic Moment") - Worked with The Embraceables ("My Foolish Pride") - Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee.
	thedeadrockstarsclub.com /2004b.html (11814 words)

	The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: Spotlight on Johnnie Walker
		Johnnie's first radio job was presenting the marathon midnight to six show on “Swinging” Radio England.
		Johnnie explaining why he has been a day late returning to the ship (duration 54 seconds)
		As well as playing the hits, Johnnie championed many of the new soul singers that were then emerging and, in particular, Otis Redding.
	www.offshoreradio.co.uk /spotwalk.htm (337 words)

	Comics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gen moderate foxing else E (cvrs very bright) in W. Dennis dj, some worn w/1/2 inch chip at spine.
		This beautiful book is near FINE in nice dj with short closed tear front panel and early separation of the clear plastic covering.
		Few non-obvious paste spots to pastedowns (where dj flaps had been glued?), else E w/o dj.
	www.secondhandprose.com /comics.htm (1821 words)

	Radio London Christmas Annual 2001 - DJ Top Tens
		He was probably one of the first DJs that I took notice of, with his professional, bright, succinct style of presentation.
		A DJ who gets much stick, but he's a professional and one of the few remaining DJs with that positive, happy, entertainment approach.
		Johnnie Walker – still a maverick on BBC Radio Two and during one of Caroline's RSLs from the Ross suggested to start the engines and take the ship to where she belongs
	www.radiolondon.co.uk /xmas01/djtoptens.html (1861 words)

	Rare Vinyl Records at Craig Moerer ~ Records By Mail \| Used, Collectible, Vintage and Rare Vinyl Records, LPs and 45s
		As he switched his playlist to a diet of the Ramones, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Undertones, he alienated much of his core audience who switched their allegiance to DJs such as Bob Harris, who was still playing the rock supergroups whom the punks dismissed as "dinosaurs" and "boring old farts".
		In later years, his programmes were often presented in homely fashion from Peel Acres, the name he gave to the family base in Suffolk, which he shared with his wife Sheila, whom he affectionately referred to in his programmes for many years as "the Pig", on account of her laugh.
		His many honours and awards included Melody Maker's DJ of the Year on 11 occasions, a Broadcaster of the Year citation in 1993 and a Sony Gold award for a lifetime's contribution to radio in 2002.
	www.recordsbymail.com /johnPeel.php (1566 words)

	Where Are They Now?
		Larry Dean “Swinging” Radio England launched in May 1966 with a predominantly American DJ crew, three of the team all coming from the same town of Moultrie in Georgia.
		These jingles were too good to waste and a number of his new colleagues chose their DJ names from the tape.
		Chuck Blair, Johnnie Walker, Greg Warren and Boom Boom Brannigan were all WPTR broadcasters who, unknowingly had identically named colleagues on this side of the Atlantic.
	www.teddwebb.com /showcase/where_are_they_now/james_bond.html (312 words)

	The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: Disc-Jockeys D
		After spells as an antiques dealer, press agent, salesman, bellboy and serving in the army, Robbie was working as a DJ in a discotheque in Kensington, west London, when he was spotted by Radio Caroline's Gerry Duncan.
		After the Marine Offences Act became law he elected to stay with Caroline and was joint Programme Controller and Senior DJ for the South ship with Johnnie Walker.
		He was the first DJ on the station to be allowed to keep his own name.
	www.offshoreradio.co.uk /djsd.htm (4235 words)

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