Just announced – Colin Berry has died aged 79.<\/p>\n
Disc jockey\/presenter and newsreader Colin Berry is best known for his many years at BBC Radio 2, having started his radio career reading news on Radio Caroline in 1965.<\/p>\n
Colin had a brief stint with BBC Radio 1 writing and presenting programme trails, before joining BBC Radio 2 as an announcer\/presenter in 1973, where he stayed on the staff for thirty-three years, presenting such shows as Night Ride, The Late Show, Music Through Midnight, European Pop Jury, Band Parade, The Early Show, You & The Night & The Music and countless other shows and concerts. He also deputised for most of the main daytime presenters, including Terry Wogan, Jimmy Young and David Hamilton.<\/p>\n
During this lengthy period Colin presented programmes for BFBS, and also Inflight Productions for which he remains on their list of presenters. He has also taken part in various TV programmes over the years.<\/p>\n
Info via RCML<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"