Disc Jockeys

In Britain, Radio 1 and Top of the Pops began in the Sixties, but by 1970 the Disc Jockeys (or DJ's) had been elevated to stardom, and many were household names;

Tony Blackburn, David 'Diddy' Hamilton, Alan 'Fluff' Freeman, Dave Lee Travis, Noel Edmonds and Jimmy Saville (who moved to television with Jim'll Fix It in 1975). Noel Edmonds joined Keith Chegwin, John Craven and Maggie Philbin in Multi Coloured Swap Shop.

JIMMY SAVILLE
One of the pioneers of the craft. In 1943 he set up his rudimentary disco in a room above a working men's club in Otley, West Yorkshire, and charged an entrance fee of one shilling (5p). He later hit on the idea of using twin turntables to reduce the gaps between records.

JOHN PEEL
Peel cut his teeth as a DJ in the USA, working on stations in Dallas, Oklahoma and San Bernadino, California. He joined Radio 1at its launch in 1967 and is credited as being the first UK DJ to give airtime to punk, reggae, hip-hop and rap, long before any of it crossed into the mainstream.

KENNY EVERETT
One of the great innovators. Everett helped to establish the double-DJ show with Dave Cash on pirate station Radio London. There Everett developed the production techniques and tape tomfoolery that he used throughout his career.

EMPEROR ROSKO
Rosko launched his DJ career in the US Navy, joining Radio Caroline and Luxembourg before moving to the BBC in 1967. His over-the-top style once prompted a newsreader to announce "Now here is the news - in English".

TONY BLACKBURN

ALAN FREEMAN

JIMMY YOUNG

NOEL EDMONDS

PETER POWELL

TONY PRINCE

'DIDDY' DAVID HAMILTON

ANNE NIGHTINGALE

DAVE LEE TRAVIS

ED STEWART

MARK WESLEY

TERRY WOGAN
A one-time bank clerk, Wogan joined the BBC in the 1960s and was one of Radio !'s original team of presenters in 1967. His Radio 2 breakfast show in the 1970s and early 1980s gained him a cult following and established his distinctively witty, self-effacing presentational style. Items like "Fighting the Flab" and "Wogan's Winner" characterized the show, and his constant digs at Dallas ensured that the soap became a hit in the UK.

His TV career took off in 1979 when he began five years at the helm of Blankety Blank, and in 1980 he turned his hand to chat shows with What's On Wogan?, a live Saturday tea-time program. Two years later the show metamorposed into Wogan and was transmitted late on Saturday nights, before being promoted in 1985 to being a thrice-weekly early evening live event. Terry quickly became the television personality of the 1980s and was seldom off British screens.