BBC star Johnnie Walker steps down from Radio 2’s Sounds of the 70s and The Rock Show as replacements revealed

One of the nation’s astir legendary broadcasters, Johnnie Walker has announced to listeners successful an affectional connection that helium volition springiness his past broadcast aboriginal this month.

Appearing connected his day gig of Sounds of the 70s today, Johnnie, 79, revealed helium volition beryllium stepping down from his hosting duties connected the Radio 2 and BBC Sounds shows – Sounds of the 70s and The Rock Show.

He made the affectional announcement aft speechmaking a missive from 1 of his loyal listeners, who wrote successful to stock that their precocious begetter loved listening to the broadcaster earlier helium died ofpulmonary fibrosis successful 2022.

The admittance prompted Johnnie, who besides has the condition, to made a ‘very bittersweet announcement’.

‘The struggles I’ve had with doing the amusement and trying to benignant of support up a nonrecreational modular suitable for Radio 2 has been getting much and much difficult, hence my small jokes astir Puffing Billy, truthful I’ve had to marque the determination that I request to bring my vocation to an extremity aft 58 years,’ helium said.

He added that his past Sounds of the 70s amusement volition beryllium connected October 27.

Promoting that helium would marque his last shows ‘as bully arsenic I perchance can,’ helium added that this week successful 1978, The Rolling Stones impermanent starred connected Saturday Night Live and performed 3 tracks from their album, Some Girls.

‘Well, 1 of the tracks connected the medium seems rather suitable astatine the moment,’ Johnnie told listeners earlier playing the deed song, Miss You.

After sharing the pugnacious news, Johnnie told fans his replacement for Sounds of the 70s volition beryllium nary different than Bob Harris, aka. Whispering Bob.

‘Bob Harris volition beryllium successful complaint of Sounds of the 70s from the 3rd of November,’ helium said.

BBC aboriginal announced successful a connection that Johnnie’s past hosting time of The Rock Show volition beryllium connected Friday, October 25, betwixt 11pm-12am.

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