Radio presenter Johnnie Walker has been described as a "broadcasting legend" following his death aged 79. The DJ died on Tuesday, two months after calling time on his 58-year radio career because of ill health.

Johnnie Walker, one of the BBC’s longest-serving radio DJs, has died. Walker died earlier today at 79 following a long battle with lung disease, two months after calling time on his radio career. Tributes flooded in from BBC top brass.

Walker first rose to fame among British music fans as a disc jockey on pirate station Radio Caroline in the Sixties, and later became a favourite among BBC listeners, even if he did hate the Bay City