Tony Blackburn

Tony Blackburn is a British radio broadcaster who was a colleague of John Peel at Radio One from 1967 to 1984.

Top Of The Pops
Tony Blackburn appeared as a co-host with Peel in sporadic, multi-DJ episodes of Top of the Pops during the 1980s. They never appeared as joint hosts, which was not surprising given Peel's apparent dislike for the musical tastes of his colleague.

Relationship with John Peel
Many of the DJs of the era were extremely flamboyant and actively sought as much media coverage as they could get. Peel clearly had little respect for many of his colleagues for such behaviour, with Tony Blackburn perhaps his great nemesis in this respect. Nevertheless, his rivalry with Blackburn was of a fairly friendly nature and nowhere near as intense his contempt for certain other Radio One DJs. Blackburn describe himself and Peel as the Yin and Yang of Radio One.

Links

 * Tony Blackburn wikipedia entry


 * Audio clip of Peel discussing DLT


 * Favourite John Peel quotes