Annie Nightingale: Trailblazing Radio 1 DJ dies
Nightingale was the station's first female presenter and stayed on air for more than 50 years.
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Nightingale was the station's first female presenter and stayed on air for more than 50 years.
Female DJs and presenters were among those to praise the radio host for paving the way after the news that she died on Thursday at her London home.
Tributes are being paid to Annie Nightingale, Radio 1's first female DJ and its longest-serving broadcaster, following her death at 83 - with former colleagues Zoe Ball, Jo Whiley and Greg James among those highlighting her extraordinary and "trailblazing" career.
Tributes have come in for "original trailblazer" and broadcast icon Annie Nightingale - Radio 1's first female DJ - who has died aged 83....
The broadcasting icon, who became BBC Radio 1's first female DJ when she joined the station in 1970, passed away at home aged 83 after a short illness, her family announced today.