NoTV: Veteran BBC DJ DIes at 83

[Mark Jeffries]

Annie Nightingale was the first woman DJ hired by BBC Radio 1 in 1970--her last program was on this past Dec. 19--working at night allowed her not to follow a playlist but follow her heart, supporting punk and new wave in the 70s and techno music for many years thereafter--on television, she was also a host of the long-running BBC2 music show "The Old Grey Whistle Test"--she died Thursday at her London home after a short illness:

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