![From Radio Caroline to Radio 2, DJ Tony Blackburn is picking the pops | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV | Express.co.uk From Radio Caroline to Radio 2, DJ Tony Blackburn is picking the pops | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/590x/10f27tony3PH-481363.jpg)
From Radio Caroline to Radio 2, DJ Tony Blackburn is picking the pops | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV | Express.co.uk
BBC Radio 2 - Tonight - Friday Night is Tony Blackburn Night as we celebrate Tony's 50 years in broadcasting. His first broadcast was on 28th July 1964 on Radio Caroline South.
![Radio 2 DJ Tony Blackburn to return to BBC after being taken off air over sexual abuse investigation | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard Radio 2 DJ Tony Blackburn to return to BBC after being taken off air over sexual abuse investigation | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard](https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/02/25/11/TONYBLACKBURN2502A.jpg?width=968&auto=webp&quality=50&crop=968%3A645%2Csmart)
Radio 2 DJ Tony Blackburn to return to BBC after being taken off air over sexual abuse investigation | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
![Tony Blackburn will return to Radio 2 after claiming he was 'scapegoat' in sex abuse scandal | Daily Mail Online Tony Blackburn will return to Radio 2 after claiming he was 'scapegoat' in sex abuse scandal | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/19/17/3986163B00000578-3851050-Radio_comeback_Tony_Blackburn_pictured_at_home_today_said_he_can-a-33_1476896213803.jpg)
Tony Blackburn will return to Radio 2 after claiming he was 'scapegoat' in sex abuse scandal | Daily Mail Online
![Tony Blackburn takes over from Brian Matthew on Sounds of the Sixties as Radio 2 shakes up its schedule with new gigs for Dermot O'Leary, Ana Matronic, Anneka Rice and Zoe Ball Tony Blackburn takes over from Brian Matthew on Sounds of the Sixties as Radio 2 shakes up its schedule with new gigs for Dermot O'Leary, Ana Matronic, Anneka Rice and Zoe Ball](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2017/02/130060.1d49ad0f-cb23-4ba0-86a5-731c8209093d.jpg?quality=90&resize=480,320)
Tony Blackburn takes over from Brian Matthew on Sounds of the Sixties as Radio 2 shakes up its schedule with new gigs for Dermot O'Leary, Ana Matronic, Anneka Rice and Zoe Ball
![Legendary DJ Tony Blackburn signs new BBC Radio 2 deal - and hopes he lives to see the end of it - Daily Record Legendary DJ Tony Blackburn signs new BBC Radio 2 deal - and hopes he lives to see the end of it - Daily Record](https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article11950680.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/DJ-Tony-Blackburn-leaving-home-after-BBC-row.jpg)
Legendary DJ Tony Blackburn signs new BBC Radio 2 deal - and hopes he lives to see the end of it - Daily Record
![Tony Blackburn wants to keep working on the radio: 'Retirement is a big mistake because your mind goes' - Mirror Online Tony Blackburn wants to keep working on the radio: 'Retirement is a big mistake because your mind goes' - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article8101413.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/BBC-DJ-Tony-Blackburn.jpg)