Janice Long RIP

[V8covin]

BBC radio presenter Janice Long dies aged 66 after 'short illness' https://mol.im/a/10345419 via https://dailym.ai/android

[Pastor Of Muppets]

Sad news indeed. Janice was one of the best in the business, a pioneer for woman in radio & such a lovely voice, a top Scouser who truly knew her craft.

RIP Lovely lass.

[crankedup5]

Comes as a real shock to learn that she has passed. Very sad. R.I.P.

[craigjm]

66 is no age

[Amused2death]

If I recall correctly her first TV appearance was as a contestant on Ted Rogers gameshow "321"

[renmure]

Sorry to read this.

I was never much into music or radio as a teen so wouldn't have appreciated she was a pioneering female Radio 1 DJ back in the day, but I do remember liking her show and the music she played which I always thought of as being a bit edgy compared to most of Radio 1 at that time.

[craigjm]

Amused2death said:

If I recall correctly her first TV appearance was as a contestant on Ted Rogers gameshow "321"

Was the first episode

[TwigtheWonderkid]

craigjm said:

66 is no age

Indeed. And her brother, Keith Chegwin, was just 60 when he died.

[andySC]

Janice was great with Peel on the 80’s TOTP’s. They obviously both knew the ridiculousness of what they were doing & hammed it up accordingly.

[smifffymoto]

Janice kept me sane when doing night trunks.

[Turn7]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

craigjm said:

66 is no age

Indeed. And her brother, Keith Chegwin, was just 60 when he died.

If true, then I never knew that.....
Wasnt really a fan back then, she was shacked up with Peter Powell at the time, and i didnt like him much either...

Thanks to Laser 558, I was able to give up on Radio 1 back then....