"from outside. Roy Plomley enforced these rules strictly. He did, however, grant a special dispensation to Princess Michael of Kent, who chose her pet cat. The rules are, however, less strictly enforced today; for instance, Lawley allowed John Cleese to take Michael Palin with him, on the condition that he was dead and stuffed. Examples of luxuries have included champagne and a piano, the latter of which is one of the most requested luxuries. After Plomley's death in 1985, the programme was presented by Michael Parkinson and from 1988 by Sue Lawley. Lawley stepped down in August 2006 after 18"
"""Desert Island Discs"" on 28 April 1969. She died at Wynberg, South Africa, and was buried at Hout Bay Cemetery. Elsie Hall Elsie Maude Stanley Hall (22 June 1877 – 27 June 1976), commonly referred to as Elsie Stanley Hall, was a prominent Australian-born South African classical pianist. She was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the oldest daughter of William Stanley Hall (c.1845 – 19 June 1927), a journalist, and his wife Mary Ann, née Sadgrove, a piano teacher. The name ""Stanley"" was carried in recognition of his mother's family. She was a sister of Rev. Jacob Stanley, president of"
"Sunshine Sue Mary Workman (born Mary Arlene Higdon, Nov 12, 1912 - June 13, 1979), better known by the stage name Sunshine Sue, was an American country music singer best known for her work on the ""Old Dominion Barn Dance"" radio program. Her obituary, distributed by the Associated Press, noted that she was ""the first woman radio show emcee in the country."" The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Higdon, Workman was born in Keosauqua, Iowa. She and her husband formed a country music duo that entertained on small Iowan radio stations. They gained more attention by appearing on the"
"Belva Davis Belva Davis (born Belvagene Melton; October 13, 1932) is an American television and radio journalist. She is the first African-American woman to become a television reporter on the U.S. West Coast. She has won eight Emmy Awards and been recognized by the American Women in Radio and Television and National Association of Black Journalists. After growing up in Oakland, California, Davis began writing freelance articles for magazines in 1957. Within a few years, she began reporting on radio and television. As a reporter, Davis covered many important events of the day, including issues of race, gender, and politics."
"Karen Mixon Cook Karen Mixon Cook became the first professional female nightclub disco disc jockey (“Disco DJ”) in the United States in 1974. While there had been female professional radio disc jockeys in the U.S. since at least 1966, none had been focused on the disco club music scene. Karen mixed a seamless sequence of dance songs mostly undetectable by dancers on the floor; songs blended from one to another because she listened to music in advance, wrote beats per minute on album covers, noting times for specific breaks in songs that would allow a good transition to the next"
"Delilah (radio host) Delilah Rene Luke (born February 15, 1960, North Bend, Oregon) is an American radio personality, author, and songwriter, best known as the host of a nationally syndicated nightly U.S. radio song request and dedication program, with an estimated 8 million listeners. She first aired in the Seattle market as Delilah Rene, though she is now known mononymously as Delilah. Delilah's family moved from Coos Bay, Oregon to neighboring, Reedsport, in 1969 where she attended school. In 1974 she won a middle-school speech contest judged by owners of the local AM radio station. Delilah began her radio career"
"Adele Arakawa Adele Arakawa (born August 31, 1957) is a retired American evening news anchor for NBC affiliate station KUSA-TV of Denver, Colorado. She was the first female radio disc jockey in Knoxville, Tennessee. As of June 2007, she provides the female voice of the airport train system at Denver International Airport. She retired on June 30, 2017. Born Adele Hausser on August 31, 1957, Adele was raised in Hawaii and later east Tennessee. At age 16, she began taking college courses at Tennessee Tech University and working as a radio disc jockey in her hometown of La Follette, Tennessee."
"Ann Colone Ann L. Colone (June 11, 1930 – June 12, 2007) was a pioneering female broadcaster in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, whose career as TV host spanned three decades. She was the first female radio disc jockey for WGL (AM) and was a regular contributor at WANE-TV, which is a CBS affiliate, since it went on air in 1958, and she became well known as the first local female TV host of her own afternoon program with residents, local news makers, and national celebrities as guests. Her parents Joseph and Mary (née LaRosa) Colone were Italian-American grocers and"
"Martha Jean Steinberg Martha Jean ""The Queen"" Steinberg (September 9, 1930 – January 29, 2000) was an influential African-American radio broadcaster and later was also the pastor of her own church. She was born Martha Jean Jones in Memphis, Tennessee. Her first radio job was on Memphis’s WDIA starting in 1954. There, she was one of the first female disc jockeys in the United States, with a program that included the latest R&B hits along with the typical ""household hints"" programming that was ""de rigueur"" at the time for female radio personalities. In 1963 she moved to Detroit, Michigan, where"
"15 May 2018. The panel comprises four women from various professions in the entertainment and journalism industries. Carol McGiffin holds the record for the most appearances; she has appeared in 1,222 episodes since first joining in 2001, followed by Andrea McLean, Coleen Nolan, Sherrie Hewson, Jane McDonald, Kaye Adams, Janet Street-Porter, Nadia Sawalha, Denise Welch and Jane Moore respectively. Kaye Adams and Nadia Sawalha were the original presenters on the show. Nadia Sawalha left in 2002, after the birth of her first child; Kaye Adams kept the role for the first ten series until the end of 2006, when she"
"Rosalie Allen Rosalie Allen (born Julie Marlene Bedra; June 27, 1924 – September 23, 2003) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, columnist and television and radio host who was noted for her yodeling. She was known as the Queen of Yodeling, and was the first woman inducted into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame. Rosalie Allen was born in Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (some sources give her given birth name as Julia, or Juliana rather than Julie) Allen grew up the daughter of a Polish immigrant miner in a family of 12 children in Pennsylvania. During the"
"Yvonne Daniels Yvonne Daniels (1937 – June 21, 1991) was an American radio host in Chicago from the 1960s to 1980s. Daniels was a member of the first all-woman radio team in 1967 for WSDM and the first woman radio host for WLS in 1973. Daniels was posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1937, Daniels was born in Jacksonville, Florida, a daughter of singer Billy Daniels. As a teenager, she began working as a singer and a R&B radio host. Daniels attended school at Stanton High School and Tuskegee University. In 1956, Daniels worked"
"radio programme ""Desert Island Discs"", on February 26, 1952 and November 18, 1990; her latter appearance is now part of the programme's online archive. Elisabeth Welch Elisabeth Margaret Welch (February 27, 1904July 15, 2003) was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her best-known songs were ""Stormy Weather"", ""Love for Sale"" and ""Far Away in Shanty Town"". She was American-born, but was based in Britain for most of her career. Welch was born in Englewood, New Jersey, where her father was chief gardener of an estate. Her father was of indigenous American and African American ancestry;"
"Dell O'Dell Dell O'Dell was the stage name of Odella Newton (20 October 1897 – 5 February 1962) an American magician regarded in her profession as a pioneer who provided a role model for modern female performers. She was noted for being one of the first magicians to appear on television, on her own show, ""The Dell O'Dell Show"", on ABC's local station in Los Angeles in 1951. She was also one of few American women to have her own circus, the Della O'Dell Society Circus, which toured the Midwest in 1925 and 1926. Before becoming one of the most"
"Tiya Dely Fidela Magpayo-Reyes, (October 29, 1920 – September 1, 2008) known as Tiya Dely (""Aunt Dely""), was a icon well-loved by generations of listeners and advice-seekers who tuned into her radio counselling programs. She was a pioneer radio broadcaster who debuted in the 1950s, and was among the first wave of broadcasters who popularised Filipino songs as American music still dominated the airwaves following the country's independence from the United States in 1946. Magpayo was also a much sought-after newscaster, commentator, radio dramatist, writer, and producer during her time. She came to be recognized as the ""First Lady of"
"Marjorie Anthony Linden Marjorie Anthony Linden (October 10, 1935 – April 1, 2013) was a Canadian broadcaster and media executive. She achieved multiple ""firsts"" for women in broadcasting, including being the first all-night woman disc jockey in Montreal, the first woman vice-president in the Canadian television industry, and the first female president of the Broadcast Executive Society. Born in Mill Village, Nova Scotia, she was one of eight children of Barbara, who died when Marjorie was three years old, and Roy Anthony, a plumber. She was raised by an elder sister and various housekeepers. An entertainer from an early age,"
"Paige Palmer Paige Palmer (1916 (or 1917) – November 21, 2009) was a pioneer American fitness and exercise expert, author, columnist, writer, model, television personality, and entrepreneur. Palmer was born Dorothy Rohrer and raised in Akron, Ohio. She was the hostess of the first daily televised fitness-oriented television show in the United States. The ""Paige Palmer Show"" ran on WEWS-TV, Cleveland, Ohio from 1948 to 1973. She is sometimes referred to as the ""First Lady Of Fitness"". Palmer also designed exercise equipment and fashions for women. Palmer has written numerous travel guides, and was also the first person in the"
"Nadia Sawalha, Coleen Nolan, Karren Brady and Pattie Coldwell. They were joined by new regular panellists Carol McGiffin, Anne Diamond, Emily Symons, Jenny Powell, Jenni Trent Hughes, Denise Black, Kathryn Apanowicz, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Kim Hughes. Guest panellists included Denise Welch (2001), Lorraine Kelly (2000), Jenni Murray (2000), Tracy Shaw (2000), Sally Gunnell (2001), Julie Peasgood (2001), Kate Garraway (2001), Lauren Booth (2001), Heather Mills (2001) and Sheila Hancock (2001). In late 2008, ITV released ""Let Loose: The Very Best of Loose Women"", a DVD featuring highlights of Series 12 and 13. The DVD is introduced by Jackie Brambles and"
"Ellie Dylan Ellie Dylan (born Elinor Angel Helman September 8, 1952) is currently the president and founder of The Skyshapers Foundation (dba Skyshapers University) and the CEO, president and founder of SKY U, LLC. Both companies are involved with motivating children to excel. Dylan began her career in radio as a college disc jockey and rose to become ""the most listened to female disc jockey in the United States"" on NBC Radio: Dylan took her 7:00pm-to-midnight time shift on WMAQ from 17th place in the ratings to the number-one rated show in Chicago, and then became the first woman to"
"Gwen Ifill Gwendolyn L. ""Gwen"" Ifill ( ; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American Peabody Award-winning journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first woman of African descent to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with ""Washington Week in Review"". She was the moderator and managing editor of ""Washington Week"" and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of ""PBS NewsHour"", both of which air on PBS. Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice-presidential debates. She authored the best-selling book ""The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in"
"Gwen Ifill Gwendolyn L. ""Gwen"" Ifill ( ; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American Peabody Award-winning journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first woman of African descent to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with ""Washington Week in Review"". She was the moderator and managing editor of ""Washington Week"" and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of ""PBS NewsHour"", both of which air on PBS. Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice-presidential debates. She authored the best-selling book ""The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in"
"Davinia Palmer Davinia Palmer (born in Swansea, South Wales, UK on March 7, 1980) is a Welsh TV presenter and voiceover artist now based in the US. Davinia Palmer began her career in entertainment as a radio host in 1997. She was a ‘new music’ reviewer on Leigh Jones' evening show on Swansea's The Wave 96.4 FM Her first solo show was in 1998 at Preston’s 97.4 Rock FM; where she presented weekend overnights. In 1999 Davinia went on to host at Cardiff’s Red Dragon FM. Davinia began presenting the ""Hot 30 Countdown"" at 2 Ten FM in Reading in"
"Doris Arnold Doris Grace Arnold (1904 – 5 October 1969) was a BBC Radio presenter and producer, and a pianist. Born in 1904, Arnold joined the BBC in 1929, as a typist. She first appeared on air as a stand-in for a pianist who was unwell. She married fellow pianist, BBC producer and songwriter Harry S. Pepper, and the two would perform piano duets together on air. As the presenter of ""These You Have Loved"", playing and talking about light classical recordings, she was one of the BBC's (and thus the United Kingdom's) first female disc jockeys. She also arranged"
"and stayed there until 1981. After leaving WANE-TV, she worked for Arata Medical Group and hosted ""Ask The Physician"" for radio about health and medical topics. She was also a well known actor in many local plays for years. Ann Colone Ann L. Colone (June 11, 1930 – June 12, 2007) was a pioneering female broadcaster in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, whose career as TV host spanned three decades. She was the first female radio disc jockey for WGL (AM) and was a regular contributor at WANE-TV, which is a CBS affiliate, since it went on air in 1958,"
"have ectrodactyly; she reacted very strongly on her blog to Oprah Winfrey's implication that a ""normal"" child would have all their fingers and their toes. Walker was nominated and inducted into the San Diego Women's Hall of Fame in 2010 a collaboration between Women's Museum of California, Commission on the Status of Women, University of California, San Diego Women's Center, and San Diego State University Women's Studies. Bree Walker Bree Walker (born Patricia Lynn Nelson; February 26, 1953) is an American radio talk show host, actress, and disability-rights activist. She gained fame as the first on-air American television network news"
"Marie Torre Marie Torre (c. 1924, Brooklyn, New York – January 3, 1997) was a television personality who appeared on KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1962 to 1977. She was the station's first woman anchor and one of the first female anchors in the United States. She showed great versatility, easily moving from covering hard news stories, including the kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, in May 1966, to interviewing such notables and newsmakers as President Lyndon B. Johnson and Coretta Scott King. She hosted a daily interview talk show, ""Contact"", later renamed ""The Marie Torre Show"", as"
"""The truth is always left of center!"" Elsa Knight Thompson Elsa Knight Thompson, née Elsie Eloise Knight (April 6, 1906 – February 12, 1983), was an American radio documentary maker and broadcaster. Knight Thompson was Public Affairs Director at Pacifica Radio's KPFA in the San Francisco Bay Area, from 1957 to the early 1970s. She later worked as KPFA's Program Director. Her documentary programs and interviews won numerous broadcasting awards. She was a pathfinder for women in broadcasting and a leading figure in the history of Pacifica Radio and KPFA. Her style of radio influenced generations of public broadcasters. While"
"Amanda Seales Amanda Seales (born July 1, 1981), formerly known by her stage name Amanda Diva, is an American comedian, actress, disc jockey (DJ), recording artist and radio personality. Aside from her solo career, she was also a touring member of the musical group Floetry. Amanda Seales was born in Inglewood, California at Daniel Freeman Hospital on July 1, 1981. Her mother was born and raised in Mt. Moritz, Grenada. Her father is an American of European descent. As a result, her mother is a dual citizen of the United States of America and Grenada. She moved to Orlando, Florida"
"seasons, producing over 600 documentaries from both in-house and independent filmmakers. The program has also produced original digital reporting and analysis, and worked to innovate the documentary form through interactive documentaries and virtual reality journalism projects. More than 200 ""Frontline"" documentaries are available on the program's website, with new ""Frontline"" documentaries made available for free online streaming at the same time as their PBS television broadcast. The program debuted in 1983, with NBC anchorwoman Jessica Savitch as the show's first host, but Savitch died later after the first-season finale. ""PBS NewsHour""s Judy Woodruff took over as host in 1984, and"
"Carol Burnett Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer and writer, whose career spans seven decades of television. She is best known for her groundbreaking television variety show, ""The Carol Burnett Show"", originally aired on CBS. It was the first of its kind to be hosted by a woman. She has achieved success on stage, television and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedic roles. She has also appeared on various talk shows and as a panelist on game shows. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Burnett moved with her grandmother to Hollywood, where"
"Napua Stevens Napua Stevens Poire (born Harriet Daisy Kawaiala Kao'ionapuaopi'ilani Stevens, August 31, 1918 – January 7, 1990) was a well-known Hawaiian entertainer, singer, hula dancer, musician, teacher, radio-TV personality, producer and author. Noted for her hits such as ""Beyond The Reef"" and ""Hawaiian Hospitality"" in the late 1940s, in the 1950s and later embarked upon a successful media career as a radio DJ for her own show KTRG and presenting her own TV cooking show ""Napua's Kitchen"" in the 1960s. She made two guest appearances in the popular series ""Hawaii Five-O"" and also presented the ""Aloha Week"" and Kamehameha"
"on the perspectives of Savitch biographer Alanna Nash. Jessica Savitch Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television news presenter and correspondent, best known for being the weekend anchor of ""NBC Nightly News"" and daily presenter of NBC News updates during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network news broadcast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs documentary program ""Frontline"" from its January 1983 debut until her"
"Gina Dirawi Gina Dirawi (; born 11 December 1990) is a Swedish television presenter, singer-songwriter, radio personality, blogger, comedian and actress. While she is best known as the first woman ever to host Melodifestivalen on three occasions, she has also hosted several other television and radio shows. She has also released music and played the lead role in the play ""Donna Juanita"" on Stadsteatern in Stockholm. Dirawi was born on 11 December 1990 in Sundsvall, Sweden, the second of four children. She is of Palestinian descent and her family comes from Lebanon. Dirawi's paternal grandparents convinced her father to move"