Andy Peebles

Andy Peebles

Andy Peebles (born 13 December 1948 in Hampstead, London) is a radio DJ.

Early life

The son of a head postmaster, Peebles attended Bishop's Stortford College, Hertfordshire before training in hotel management.After DJing at a college dance he was offered a job at Samanthas in Bournemouth.He worked at Chelsea Village,The Scotch of St James in London and at the Hardrock in Manchester.

Radio career

He began his broadcasting career in 1973, presenting a Saturday morning show for BBC Radio Manchester. In 1974, Peebles helped launch Manchester's Piccadilly Radio, before joining BBC Radio 1 in 1978, where he presented the Monday-Thursday 8-10pm evening show.

In September 1979, Peebles briefly presented weekday afternoons,taking over from Tony Blackburn, before moving to a 10.30am-12.30pm weekday show.

Peebles' name was thrust into the media spotlight in December 1980 when John Lennon was murdered in New York. He had conducted the last British media interview with Lennon at the Record Plant studio, two days before Lennon's death. The Lennon interview was later published in print as The Lennon Tapes, now in print as The Last Lennon Tapes.

In 1981, Peebles began to present a regular Friday evening show, mixing music & sport ,& in 1983, he started a weekly show entitled "My Top 10", where he would interview stars from music,the arts & sport.

In 1987, he presented his weekly "Soul Train" show, firstly on Sunday nights from 9-11pm & in 1989, it went out on Saturday evenings.

In September 1990, Peebles moved to the 12-2am slot on Friday night/Saturday morning & in May 1991 he was heard from 12-4am as Radio 1 started broadcasting 24 hours a day.

Peebles left Radio 1 in March 1992.He then joined BBC Radio Lancashire,presenting the morning show before presenting the Late Show for BBC North.He has presented shows on BBC Radio 5 & commentated on cricket for BBC Network & Local Radio for 27 Seasons.

Peebles joined BBC Radio 2 from 1999 - 2002, where he presented his Soul Show on Wednesday evenings. He then joined Jazz FM in both London and the North West of England presenting a weekly show, mixing soul music with sport.

He can now be heard on Smooth Radio in the North West every weekday evening from 9pm-Midnight.Andy Peebles Soul Train can be heard on the Smooth Radio network on Saturday 6-9pm.

Peebles is a supporter of Manchester City Football Club.

External links

* [http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/andy_peebles_page.htm Archive Andy Peebles images, bio and audio clips from Radio Rewind website]
* [http://www.smoothradionorthwest.co.uk/presenters/andy_peebles/ Smooth Radio profile]


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