Tony Blackburn is a veteran radio presenter famous for becoming the first DJ heard on Radio 1 in 1967. He was sacked by the BBC on February 23, 2016, after the Dame Janet Smith Review report linked him to the investigation into the Jimmy Savile scandal. Blackburn insists he is innocent of any wrongdoing and he was “devastated” by the sacking. He was reinstated on October 19, 2016.
