Annie (formerly known as Anne) Nightingale MBE (born in London on April 1, 1942) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. She was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 and since the death of John Peel in October 2004 has been its longest-serving presenter. Her career at the station is more than twenty years longer than that of the second longest-serving presenter, the dance DJ Pete Tong. This is testimony to her rare ability to move with the times and reinvent herself musically. She was known professionally as "Anne" until the early 1990s when she adopted the name "Annie". The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... This page redirects from Radio 1. See Radio 1 (disambiguation). ... “Peel Sessions” redirects here. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pete Tong (born July 1960) is a British DJ who works for BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom. ...

After attending Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, Middlesex and the Polytechic of Central London School of Journalism, she began her career as a journalist in Brighton. Nightingale's Radio 1 career began with a Sunday evening show in 1969. She hosted the singles review show "What's New" in the early 1970s before graduating to one of the late-night "progressive" rock shows then simulcast on the Radio 2 FM frequency. After these had been dropped, she presented a Sunday-afternoon request show during the later part of the 1970s, and by 1980 was presenting a Friday night show and the non-music-based Radio 1 Mailbag. In 1978, Nightingale began presenting the The White Room on BBC2. The Lady Eleanor Holles School is a selective, independent girls school in Hampton, a suburb of London, England, originally founded in 1711. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The White Room is the name of a 1991 worldwide No. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and...

In 1982 her best known show - the Sunday-night request show, for most of its life broadcast on FM just after the Top 40 - began its 12-year run. The show was one of the first on British radio to regularly play music from CDs. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

Her gimmick was to allow the intro of the first song in her show to play uninterrupted before saying "Hi" in the very last second before the vocals started.

In 1994 Annie Nightingale began her "reinvention" by ending the request show and moving to a weekend overnight dance music show, initially called "The Chill Out Zone". She can still be heard overnight, although now in midweek. On her current show (2-4am on Monday mornings on Radio 1) she spins breaks, and she often features headline breaks DJs like the Plump DJs, Freestylers, Noisia, and Meat Katie. Annie also regularly plays at clubs and festivals around the UK and Europe. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... The Plump DJs DJing at the Breakfest festival The plump DJs (Lee Rous and Andy Gardner) are one of the most popular DJs and producers of Nu skool breaks, a style of electronic dance music that has gained a large following in recent years. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Noisia (the word VISION rotated 180 degrees) is a Dutch drum and bass trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, (The Netherlands). ... Mark Pember, also known as Meat Katie, is a London-based breakbeat producer and DJ. He has gained popularity in recent years in developing his style of tech-funk, combining techno, tribal, electro, breakbeat and house music. ...

Nightingale has published two autobiographical books: Chase The Fade (1981) ISBN 0713711671 and Wicked Speed (1999) ISBN 0283061979. She has also compiled two Albums Annie On One (1996, Heavenly Recordings) and her own installment of the Breaks DJ mix series Y4K (2007, Distinctive Records).

External links

• Annie Nightingale's page at BBC Radio 1
• Radio Academy Hall of Fame page
• Official MySpace page
• Annie Nightingale MP3 Archive
• Annie Nightingale Documentary