Talk:Johnnie Walker (DJ)

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Modifications

Hi folks some minor additions / mods have been made to expand on JW's career, and popularity based on radio 2 official boigraphy and Walkers autobiography. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.246.142 (talk) 02:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is far from obvious what this sentence means: "However his stance is not completely defiant, often outlining the hideousness in the pedantic views of the politically correct". Can the author please have another crack at it ? Gerry Gerbil 15:24, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore this glowing testimonial of an article seems as if it were written by his agent. --Jigsawpuzzleman 17:17, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some discussion as to the choice of his name would seem sensible I believe he has said that it was a result of a jingle from an American DJ (presumably the one referenced on Wikipedia in Maryland) being available (and more professional than anything they could produce) when he first started on pirate radio having been brought over by American technicians --AndyCPrivate 18:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I linked the "WHFS" mention to the WHFS historic site, where Johnnie is listed...there was some confusion about whether is was the American JW, or the Brit. I listened to him, he influenced my work there later on...Susan 21:30 MT, 28 February 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.9.108.94 (talk) 04:32, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Bay City Rollers

About 30 years after Johnnie was sacked by Radio 1 for describing the Bay City Rollers' music as 'musical garbage' he apparently apologised live on air to Les McKeown (the Rollers' lead vocalist) for his comments and McKeown for his part admitted that they had been making garbage. Meltingpot (talk) 16:33, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a useful addition is some source(s) were available. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:42, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Death date

While it makes sense to assume that Walker died today, the sources don't explicitly state as much, today was just when it was announced. It's not out of the question that he passed yesterday, or possibly even a week or more ago. Adding the day strikes me as original research unless we can get a source that clearly states he died today. For the sake of not edit warring, I'm bringing this to the talk page rather than reverting. Taffer 😊 (talk) 17:31, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wholly agree. So I think we should ask ~~Midlandbuses~~ Ollie231213 to kindly self-revert, unless they have an actual source. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:41, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ollie231213 is the one who restored the date after it was removed. Ollie, you stated the source said he died today, could you quote which part of the cited article states as much? I've read through it a few times and haven't seen any mention of it. Taffer 😊 (talk) 17:51, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clarifying. Have now adjusted above. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:03, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC article quotes his wife saying ""And if I may say - what a day to go. He'll be celebrating New Year's Eve with a stash of great musicians in heaven." The date of death is hardly in dispute. Theroadislong (talk) 18:18, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quote, I must have missed that. Removing the cn tag. Taffer 😊 (talk) 18:18, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Theroadislong, had not spotted that. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:22, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kiss in the car (radio slot)

Whilst on board Caroline he had cars flashing their headlights at the ship 3miles out in the North Sea, setting up a “conversation “ with himself on board and cars on the foreshore. 92.19.131.195 (talk) 17:52, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've heard that before somewhere. Do you have any source(s)? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:59, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tiggy's surname

Companies House here lists her as "Tiggy Jarvis Walker". Martinevans123 (talk) 14:34, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]