page_title: Tony Blackburn
hierarchical_section_title: Tony Blackburn
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken just before the BAFTA awards, London. Originally this was on the Flickr website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richard_martin/ of which I am a member.
context_page_description: Anthony Kenneth Blackburn is an English disc jockey, singer and TV presenter. He first achieved fame broadcasting on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s, before joining the BBC, on the BBC Light Programme. He was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 at its launch at the end of September 1967, and has had several stints working for the corporation. He has also worked for Capital London and Classic Gold Digital, and currently BBC Radio 2, BBC Local Radio, and KMFM. He has also had a singing career.
  In 2002 Blackburn was the winner of the British reality TV series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
context_section_description: Anthony Kenneth Blackburn (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey, singer and TV presenter. He first achieved fame broadcasting on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s, before joining the BBC, on the BBC Light Programme. He was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 at its launch at the end of September 1967, and has had several stints working for the corporation. He has also worked for Capital London and Classic Gold Digital, and currently BBC Radio 2, BBC Local Radio, and KMFM. He has also had a singing career.
  In 2002 Blackburn was the winner of the British reality TV series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
caption: Blackburn at the
  BAFTA Awards, 2008
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