News about Don Black

You know you're getting old when you find yourself listening to Radio 2 and you think it's Radio 1. That was the standing joke 50-odd years ago when disc jockeys like David ' Diddy ' Hamilton, Jimmy Young and Alan 'Fluff' Freeman were transferred from 'Won-der-ful Ray-de-O One!' to pipe-and-slippers Radio 2. Not 'arf. Back then, the stalwarts at 2 were leftovers from the days when the station was known as the Light Programme - legendary broadcasters such as David 'Juke Box Jury' Jacobs and Jack Jackson, the 'Housewives' Choice', who joined the BBC in 1931.