John Walters (broadcaster)
- John Walters (broadcaster)
John Walters (July 11, 1939, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire – July 30, 2001) was a British radio producer and presenter and musician educated at Newcastle University. Initially a teacher and a jazz enthusiast, he played trumpet in the 1960s pop group The Alan Price Set before joining BBC Radio One in 1967.
He was long-term producer of DJ John Peel's radio show, and responsible for giving many recording artists their first big break. He turned down the Sex Pistols for a Peel session when, drawing on his schoolteacher's experience, he said Johnny Rotten "didn't look like the kind of boy you would trust to give out the scissors". He reportedly regretted this decision later - but he was responsible for getting The Smiths their first session after witnessing an early concert.
As a broadcaster he presented the long-running Radio One arts magazine "Walters' Weekly" and was heard reviewing the music papers on the Janice Long show in the 1980s. In the 1990s he was a reporter on the BBC's current affairs magazine "Here and Now".
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1466346.stm BBC article on John Walters]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/aug/01/guardianobituaries2 Guardian obituary]
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