{"id":41900,"date":"2023-12-14T14:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T13:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1945011"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:23:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:23:01","slug":"tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blackburn steps down from BBC radio job after 40 years at station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The popular DJ clarified that he will be continuing his work on other BBC radio channels. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 14 December 2023 at 13:11 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Tony Blackburn has announced that he is stepping down from BBC Radio London.<\/p>\n<p>The radio DJ \u2013 who has presented numerous shows on the station since 1981 \u2013 will host his last Soul on Sunday show this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/tony-blackburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackburn<\/a> took to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonyblackburn\/status\/1734924915168412113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, which was recently re-branded as X, on Thursday (14th December) to share the news that he has left the show because it is \u201ctime to move on\u201d, but clarified that he would still be continuing his work on other BBC radio channels, including BBC Berkshire, BBC Radio 2 and Radio Solent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi everyone, just thought I\u2019d let you know that after many happy years on @BBCRadioLondon I have decided to leave the station and this Sunday will be my last Soul On Sunday,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years we have had a lot of fun with some fantastic live shows for Children in Need and have played some great music. I will still be continuing @BBCBerkshire @BBCOxford and @BBCRadioSolent on Sunday afternoon and of course on the great @BBCRadio2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is totally my decision and thanks to the many happy years there, but time to move on. Thanks for listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi everyone, just thought I\u2019d let you know that after many happy years on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCRadioLondon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCRadioLondon<\/a> I have decided to leave the station and this Sunday will be my last Soul On Sunday. Over the years we have had a lot of fun with some fantastic live shows for Children in Need and have\u2026<\/p>\u2014 Tony Blackburn (@tonyblackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonyblackburn\/status\/1734924915168412113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>A BBC spokesperson said: \u201cTony has been a huge part of BBC Radio London for a long time and we\u2019d like to thank him for everything he has done for the station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe very much remains a valued part of the wider BBC Radio family and will continue to broadcast as usual across BBC Radio Berkshire, Oxford &amp; Solent, and nationally on his BBC Radio 2 show at the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans were quick to express their disappointment at Blackburn\u2019s announcement on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In response to one user, who said she was glad that Blackburn would be continuing in other roles, he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonyblackburn\/status\/1735020967762493487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cI have a deep love of radio and I love doing it, I am so lucky to work at radio stations I love and work with such wonderful people who make me very happy and the fact I have the most incredible loyal listeners and my live Sounds Of The Sixties theatre show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly lucky thank you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>To discover your new favourite programmes, <\/strong><strong>visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Radio Times podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The popular DJ clarified that he will be continuing his work on other BBC radio channels. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":41901,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station-scaled.jpg",2560,1704,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station-1536x1022.jpg",1536,1022,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/tony-blackburn-steps-down-from-bbc-radio-job-after-40-years-at-station-2048x1363.jpg",2048,1363,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The popular DJ clarified that he will be continuing his work on other BBC radio channels.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/41900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}