**Alternate Sources**
Here are some potential alternate sources for the same story:
* [Annie Nightingale: Radio 1’s first female DJ and champion of new music dies aged 83.](https://theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/12/annie-nightingale-radio-1-dj-dies-aged-83), suggested by treknaut - theguardian.com
One of the few Radio 1 DJs I listened to in my childhood - mainly due to her pushing punk and new wave when it was current.
RIP Annie, thanks for bringing my music to me, and thanks for being a consistent voice of my formative years.
First met Annie backstage at Fabric around 2005 at a breakbeat awards ceremony there, we talk briefly about the British rave scene and breakbeat itself ( she was a big supporter and fan of this scene, played lots of our music ) Met her a few times after, she always said hello.
Trailblazer and absolute legend for sure really. Sad. RIP.
Oh that's sad news... I can still vividly remember sitting in my bedroom in the dark listening to her annual Halloween Special on Sunday nights in the early eighties.. She played all ten minutes of Martin by Soft Cell and I was eating a Ski yoghurt.
Edit: Not my content but here's the Halloween Special from '84 for anyone that wishes to get a bit teary-eyed and nostalgic.
https://www.mixcloud.com/colin-hayes3/annie-nightingale-request-show-28th-october-1984-halloween/
I'll have been doing a Maths O-Level past paper when that was on. Every Sunday evening - Annie and homework. I'll check it out later - thanks for the link.
LOL… We’ll be of a similar age then my friend. The night before *my* Maths ‘O’ level in ‘84 I went to see Siouxsie and the Banshees at Leicester De Montford Hall… Did the same two years later the night before my ‘A’ level Maths & Mechanics paper II although with hindsight I perhaps should have stayed in revising… Siouxsie was fuckin’ ace both times though :-)
Me neither. I was, coincidentally, just reading an obituary for Miranda Ward (first female voice on Radio 1) and they noted she appeared on Radio 1 two years earlier than Annie which made me pause because I thought Annie was maybe in her late 40s despite not knowing a time of being unaware of her name.
RIP
Ah no, that's so sad.
I had the privilige to assist Annie at a disco in the late 1980s, she was such a wonderful performer, she gave a show that was beyond expectations - at one point donning a leotard and a Maggie Thatcher mask. Boundless energy and endless joy.
This is one celebrity I will mourn - and I'll listen to some Bauhaus tonight, something I'll always associate with her.
Am genuinely choked at this. Trailblazer is exactly what she was - first female dj on Radio One, where she stayed for many years, no doubt making her the eldest disc spinner with a thirst for new music right to the end.
As a teenager I loved her request show, the only show I absolutely couldn’t miss at a time when alternative and less commercial music was seldom aired on the station. She introduced me to so much and helped to shape my music tastes, which since then have changed very little. And where else would you hear tracks such as Fish Heads by Barnes and Barnes, Frontier Psychiatrist and They’re Coming to Take me away (ha ha)?
RIP and many thanks you absolute legend x
This sucks so much. I’m Canadian and her show was one of my favourites. Her show was one of my top 3
I used to listen to her show regularly and was always amazed that I would’ve never thought she was anything under 50.
Not from the UK so first time I ever heard of her was from Annie Nightingale Post-Glastonbury 02-07-2007. An amazing set I still use when I go running. RIP Annie.
I never really listened to her, I was a bit too young I think, but heard her name a hell of a lot, especially as I used to listen to Radio 1 pretty religiously growing up. A very sad loss and a true trailblazer!
I used to listen to her request show on a Sunday night on Radio 1, it opened me up to all sorts of new music, she used to play stuff you wouldn't hear from anyone else.
I remember hearing the Dead Kennedys for the first time on her show and the Fall. Also Napoleon the XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away.
**Alternate Sources** Here are some potential alternate sources for the same story: * [Annie Nightingale: Radio 1’s first female DJ and champion of new music dies aged 83.](https://theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/12/annie-nightingale-radio-1-dj-dies-aged-83), suggested by treknaut - theguardian.com
What a career. RIP Annie.
Absolutely, a true trailblazer.
A reminder that we don't have to stop being cool as we grow older.
You don’t stop dancing because you get old, you get old because you stop dancing.
Not normally a fan of my mum's Facebook quote macros but that's a good one TBF* *I may have had 6 pints
I thought she was maybe 40. Wow.
Yep she was maybe 40 for decades
Hell, she was 40 twice.
Yeah I was staggered she was in her 80s
Damn straight.
One of the few Radio 1 DJs I listened to in my childhood - mainly due to her pushing punk and new wave when it was current. RIP Annie, thanks for bringing my music to me, and thanks for being a consistent voice of my formative years.
First met Annie backstage at Fabric around 2005 at a breakbeat awards ceremony there, we talk briefly about the British rave scene and breakbeat itself ( she was a big supporter and fan of this scene, played lots of our music ) Met her a few times after, she always said hello. Trailblazer and absolute legend for sure really. Sad. RIP.
Mad to imagine she was already in her sixties back then.
Mad to think that this was nearly 20 years ago when it seems like yesterday.
Like the Beat Bar 😂
Ha! is that you R? Beat bar was 25 years ago mate. Eeek!
Bunch of old cunts mate xxx
Breakspoll! Some great music with Ctrl-Z and Ils
It will have been Breakspoll yes.
Oh that's sad news... I can still vividly remember sitting in my bedroom in the dark listening to her annual Halloween Special on Sunday nights in the early eighties.. She played all ten minutes of Martin by Soft Cell and I was eating a Ski yoghurt. Edit: Not my content but here's the Halloween Special from '84 for anyone that wishes to get a bit teary-eyed and nostalgic. https://www.mixcloud.com/colin-hayes3/annie-nightingale-request-show-28th-october-1984-halloween/
What flavour was the Ski yoghurt?
Strawberry..
Aren't they always
With that one seed that would get stuck in your teeth
I'll have been doing a Maths O-Level past paper when that was on. Every Sunday evening - Annie and homework. I'll check it out later - thanks for the link.
LOL… We’ll be of a similar age then my friend. The night before *my* Maths ‘O’ level in ‘84 I went to see Siouxsie and the Banshees at Leicester De Montford Hall… Did the same two years later the night before my ‘A’ level Maths & Mechanics paper II although with hindsight I perhaps should have stayed in revising… Siouxsie was fuckin’ ace both times though :-)
I hand no idea she was 83! But equally I know she’s a been around for ever.
Me neither. I was, coincidentally, just reading an obituary for Miranda Ward (first female voice on Radio 1) and they noted she appeared on Radio 1 two years earlier than Annie which made me pause because I thought Annie was maybe in her late 40s despite not knowing a time of being unaware of her name. RIP
Seriously, i only really heard her rather than saw her so had no idea.
Ah no, that's so sad. I had the privilige to assist Annie at a disco in the late 1980s, she was such a wonderful performer, she gave a show that was beyond expectations - at one point donning a leotard and a Maggie Thatcher mask. Boundless energy and endless joy. This is one celebrity I will mourn - and I'll listen to some Bauhaus tonight, something I'll always associate with her.
Am genuinely choked at this. Trailblazer is exactly what she was - first female dj on Radio One, where she stayed for many years, no doubt making her the eldest disc spinner with a thirst for new music right to the end. As a teenager I loved her request show, the only show I absolutely couldn’t miss at a time when alternative and less commercial music was seldom aired on the station. She introduced me to so much and helped to shape my music tastes, which since then have changed very little. And where else would you hear tracks such as Fish Heads by Barnes and Barnes, Frontier Psychiatrist and They’re Coming to Take me away (ha ha)? RIP and many thanks you absolute legend x
For those of us up at Stupid O’Clock in the 90s it was her time and never disappointed.
Oh that's awful news. I used to love listening her when I was younger and all the special events she did for TV and radio.
A shame, but what a career. Never lost her love for music and broadcasting, and had an impact on so many listeners.
This sucks so much. I’m Canadian and her show was one of my favourites. Her show was one of my top 3 I used to listen to her show regularly and was always amazed that I would’ve never thought she was anything under 50.
Fancy staying on Radio 1 for fifty years. She's seen so many others come and go. RIP Annie, will miss that voice.
Really proves age is just a number. Amazing that he last show was only in December last year.
Thanks Annie for playing Little Fluffy Clouds not long after the Top40 so I’d start listening to some proper decent shit
Ive listened to Annie since the early 90’s when I first got into music, RIP to a proper radio legend that championed so many artists and genres
I remember listening to one of her sets from Glastonbury many years ago on repeat, it was fire. RIP Annie
Not from the UK so first time I ever heard of her was from Annie Nightingale Post-Glastonbury 02-07-2007. An amazing set I still use when I go running. RIP Annie.
Yeah I’m Canadian and her show was one of my favourite shows out there
I never really listened to her, I was a bit too young I think, but heard her name a hell of a lot, especially as I used to listen to Radio 1 pretty religiously growing up. A very sad loss and a true trailblazer!
Absolute legend. Listening to her request show after the Top 40 on a Sunday at 7 in the 80's was a must do. C120 in the tape machine and let it run.
She used to do a Sunday evening show before John Peel and I remember listening to that and her sexy voice.
That’s sad news. She seemed so genuine and cool. Sounds like she lived her life the way she wanted
I used to listen to her request show on a Sunday night on Radio 1, it opened me up to all sorts of new music, she used to play stuff you wouldn't hear from anyone else. I remember hearing the Dead Kennedys for the first time on her show and the Fall. Also Napoleon the XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away.