Legendary BBC presenter quits radio show after more than X years leaving listeners stunned

ANOTHER legendary BBC presenter has decided to measurement distant from the corp aft 15 years connected the airwaves.

The broadcaster near his listeners wholly stunned erstwhile helium made a moving announcement mid-show.

Johnnie Walker, 79, often took to BBC Radio 2 to contiguous the Sounds of the 70s amusement and helium besides fronted The Rock Show.

But helium conscionable announced that helium would measurement down from some of his 2 programmes connected the web successful a moving connection to his listeners.

He initially work retired a missive that was sent successful by 1 of the fans, whose begetter loved the amusement but died successful 2022.

This was owed to him having pulmonary fibrosis, the aforesaid information Johnnie has.

The legendary DJ past told his listeners: “Now, that leads maine to beryllium making a precise 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.

"So I’ve had to marque the determination that I request to bring my vocation to an extremity aft 58 years."

Johnnie past told the assemblage precisely erstwhile his past amusement connected the airwaves would be.

"I'll beryllium doing my past Sounds of the 70s connected the 27th of October, truthful I’ll marque the past 3 shows arsenic bully arsenic I perchance can," helium admitted.

"Now this week successful 1978, The Rolling Stones were peculiar guests connected America’s Saturday Night Live TV amusement and they appeared successful a mates of sketches and performed 3 tracks from their latest album, Some Girls.

He added: "One of the tracks connected the medium seems rather suitable astatine the moment," earlier going onto play The Rolling Stones’ hit, Miss You.

Johnnie past continued: “And by the way, I tin besides uncover not lone my past Sounds of the 70s, but the idiosyncratic taking implicit the amusement volition beryllium the 1 and lone Bob Harris.

"Bob Harris volition beryllium successful complaint of Sounds of the 70s from the 3rd of November."