aNNIE NIGHTINGALE
What a career! From Juke Box Jury to wunnerful Radio 1 wher she found her ideal home on the sui generis Sunday-afternoon request show. Replaced Whispering Bob on The Old Grey Whistle Test. She can still be heard in the early hours of Wednesday mornings on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra, dropping some fresh beats and regularly DJs live at clubs and festivals around the UK and Europe. In 2002 she got an OBE for her services to radio broadcasting. In 2004, she was the first female Radio 1 DJ to be inducted into the Radio Academy Hall Of Fame.
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Am yrfa! O Juke Box Jury i’r ‘bendigaid’ Radio 1 a’i sioe geisiadau di-gymar ar bnawn Sul. Yna, cymryd lle Whispering Bob ar ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’. Ac mae hi’n dal wrthi – yn chwalu’r tonfeddi yn oriau mân bob bore Mercher ar BBC Radio 1, yn ogystal â DJio’n gyson mewn clybiau a gwyliau ledled y DU ac Ewrop. Yn 2002 derbyniodd OBE am ei chyfraniad unigryw i fyd darlledu radio. Yn 2004, cafodd ei derbyn i Oriel Anfarwolion yr Academi Radio – y DJ benywaidd cyntaf o Radio 1 i ennill yr anrhydedd honno.
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