Richard Skinner (born December 26th 1951) is a British radio and televison broadcaster. The only presenter to have fronted the three BBC 'flagship' programmes Whistle Test, Top Of The Pops and Radio 1's Top 40. See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC television music show that ran from September 1971 until 1987. ... Top of the Pops was a long-running British music chart television programme and indeed the longest-running music show in the world shown each week on BBC and now licensed for national versions around the world. ...

Early Career

He grew up in Portsmouth where he began his career as a newspaper journalist, before joining BBC Radio Solent as a news reader. Portsmouth is a city of about 189,000 people located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of Great Britain. ... BBC Radio Solent is the BBC Local Radio service for the Isle of Wight and the English counties of Hampshire and Dorset. ...

Radio 1

He joined BBC Radio 1 in 1973 as one of the original presenters of Newsbeat. He continued in this role for some years, also working as an in-vision continuity announcer for Thames Television. BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music aimed at the 16-24 age bracket. ... Thames Television was an British television production company, and between 1968 and 1992, it was the weekday ITV company serving London. ...

He then went onto present music shows for Radio 1 in early 1981 taking over the Monday -Thursday evening show from Mike Read, who had taken over the Breakfast show. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mike Read (born March 1, 1951) is an award-winning broadcaster from the UK, renowned for his work on both radio and television. ...

In late 1981, Skinner moved to the Rock On show on Saturday Evenings & also Roundtable on Friday evenings, where he & a panel of guest would review the new releases. He continued with this until late 1985 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In addition to Roundtable, in 1983, Skinner moved to the Saturday Live show from 4-6.30pm alongside Andy Batton-Foster & on September 30, 1984, 17 years to the day after Radio 1 began, he took over the Sunday afternoon Top 40 show, also broadcast on FM, on the same day that David Jensen, who had just left Radio 1 at the time, started presenting the Network Chart on commercial radio in direct competition. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... David Kid Jensen (*July 4, 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born British radio DJ. // Early career After beginning his career in his home country at the age of sixteen, joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in 1968. ... Commercial Radio Hong Kong is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting company in Hong Kong (the other being Metro Radio). ...

In mid 1984 Skinner made a brief return to the Monday - Thursday evening show when regular presenter David Jensen lest the station to move to Capital FM 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Kid Jensen (*July 4, 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born British radio DJ. // Early career After beginning his career in his home country at the age of sixteen, joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in 1968. ... The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. ...

On BBC Television, he also presented Top of the Pops and Whistle Test, and also played two definitive roles in the Band Aid and Live Aid phenomena of the 1980s - Bob Geldof announced the Band Aid project on Skinner's Radio 1 show in 1984 instead of publicising new Boomtown Rats material as planned; then Skinner made the famous opening announcement ("it's 12 o'clock in London...") at Live Aid as the event got underway. He also fronted the first stint of BBC TV's coverage of the event. Top of the Pops was a long-running British music chart television programme and indeed the longest-running music show in the world shown each week on BBC and now licensed for national versions around the world. ... The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC television music show that ran from September 1971 until 1987. ... © Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Inc. ... Live Aid (not to be confused with Live 8) was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... © Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Inc. ... The Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats (1975-1985) were a punk rock/new wave group headed by Bob Geldof, who was later known for organizing charity rock concerts such as Band Aid (intended to help famine victims in Ethiopia), Live Aid, Live 8, and Hands Across America (intended to help...

Capital FM

In the spring of 1986 Skinner left Radio 1 to join Capital Radio, and was replaced on the chart show by Bruno Brookes. At Capital, he presented on its FM Album Rock station "CFM", and hosted The Way It Is - Capital's equivalent of Radio 1's Newsbeat. The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. ... Bruno Brookes (born Trevor Neal Brookes in Stoke-on-Trent, 25th April, 1959) is a British radio presenter who shot to fame in the 1980s. ...

Back to Radio 1

In October 1988, when Radio 1 - which had recently acquired its own FM transmitters - extended its broadcasting hours, Skinner rejoined the station to host a midnight show which tended to play adult rock music of the sort associated with Q magazine, but also championed The Stone Roses, a band of whose merits John Peel was notably sceptical. He also presented Top of the Pops again around this time. In additionm to this, in late 1989, Skinner took over the Saturday afternoon Radio 1 show (the 'Saturday Sequence') from the late Roger Scott. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Stone Roses were an influential rock band from England active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Autobiography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Born in the UK in 1943, former merchant seaman Roger Scott began his broadcasting career at WPTR, Albany, NY, USA, in April 1966. ...

In April 1990 he was replaced on the midnight show by Bob Harris, but still continued with the Saturday sequence, where he remained until 1991, when his show was taken over by Johnnie Walker. This article is about the year. ... Whispering Bob Harris (born in Northampton on 12 April 1946) is a radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music three nights a week. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker MBE (born Peter Dingley, 30 March 1945 in Birmingham, England) is a radio disc jockey. ...

GLR

In the early 1990s, while he was still at Radio 1, Skinner was also presenting a daily show on BBC GLR, to present a mix of music, both recorded and live, and a range of live interviews featuring most people from pop to politics. BBC London 94. ...

Virgin Radio

In January 1993, he joined the launch team at Virgin Radio, working as Head Of Music at the station and presenting the weekday morning show until the Autumn of 1996. Virgin Radio is a British commercial music radio station based in London. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

It's Magic

After a short spell at London's Liberty Radio as Breakfast presenter alongside Carol McGiffen, in 1997 Richard joined London's Melody FM, which later became Magic 105.4, presenting the station's mid-morning show until September 2003, which included 12-months of networked programming on Magic's newly-rebranded heritage stations in the north of England. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Melody Radio was an Independent Local Radio station, broadcast to Greater London between 1990 and 1998, when it was purchased by media group Emap and rebranded as Magic 105. ... Magic 105. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Virgin Radio Classic Rock

In late 2003 Skinner joined Wave 105 on the Solent, & in addition to that, in early 2004 Richard rejoined Virgin Radio on their London digital station Virgin Radio Classic Rock, where he hosted the mid-morning show which were were pre-recorded, but then went out live in early 2005. During this period, he was also heard providing holiday cover on Virgin Radio. He eventually left in December 2005. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... External link Official web site Categories: | ... Satellite image showing the Solent, separating the Isle of Wight from mainland Britain The Solent is a stretch of sea separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of Great Britain. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Virgin Radio is a British commercial music radio station based in London. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... A sister station to Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Classic Rock is a radio station broadcasting to London via DAB, as well as worldwide on the internet. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Virgin Radio is a British commercial music radio station based in London. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Current Work

After freelancing on the Classic Gold network, Richard can now be heard on BBC Radio Berkshire, every Sunday morning from 10am & also provides holiday cover for many weekday presenters. Classic Gold is one of the biggest gold formatted radio networks in the United Kingdom, with a potential audience of 47 million. ... BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire. ...

Miscellaneous

Richard is married to 'Delightful' Deborah, one of Steve Wright's sidekicks on his 1980s Radio 1 show. He has 2 sons, Christopher, born in 1977, and Jamie, born in 1996.

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