Nicky Horne

Nicky Horne (born 3rd September 1950) is an English DJ, who has worked for a variety of radio stations, including Capital Radio. Horne worked as a road manager for Emperor Rosko in 1969, before presenting shows on BBC Radio 1, from 1970 - 1973. Horne was one of the original line-up on London's Capital Radio, where he presented shows such as Your Mother Wouldn't like it, Mummy's Weekly & 6 of the Best. He remained on Capital Radio until 1986. He covered American football on Channel 4 with Miles Aiken in the 1980s. Since then, he re-joined Radio 1 in the early 1990s where he was a stand-in presenter and at the same time, he presented a weekend afternoon show on Classic FM. He also worked on the UK commercial radio overnight sustaining service, The Superstation. His TV career has included presenting American Football on Channel 4, Rock Steady, and Ear Say also on Channel 4, American Football, and NBA for Sky Sports, and for many years was the presenter of ATP tennis, and Davis Cup worldwide. (read more on wikipedia)

Links to Peel
In an interview with the UKRockHistory YouTube channel, Horne mentioned his rivalry with Peel, whilst working for Capital Radio during the late 70's. On one occasion, he mentioned that he had an exclusive copy of Elvis Costello's debut album, which Peel and his producer, John Walters, were both so upset, that they threatened the promoters of not playing their records if they send any exclusive records to him to play.

Horne also interviewed Peel on Ear Say in 1984 and during changes at Radio One in 1992, JP mentioned feeling sorry for Horne for rejoining the station on his 13 March 1992 show:

"'It occurred to me while that was playing that if you are unaware of the changes here at 1FM, you'll have switched on at 12 o'clock waiting to hear Nicky Horne. He must be having a rotten time.'"