Bernie Michael, known by the stage name Dixie Peach is a British

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and musician. Peach was one of the starting line-up on

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when i
re-launched
on 20 August 1983. He used his backing singer skills to introduce songs - blending his voice into the song. Peach joined

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in 1984 presenting a Saturday evening show called ''Midnight Runner'' which specialised in American style rock and funk. He was the third black Radio DJ (after Al Matthews and

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) on Radio 1. On television, he hosted editions of ''

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''.BBC Genome Project - Dixie Peach
/ref> In 1987, he left Radio 1 and in 1991 joined CNFM where he hosted the morning show. He later departed from the station in late 1992 and joined

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where he presented ''Music Choice Europe''. A keen music fan, Peach has recorded backing vocals on songs for

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and Hall & Oates.

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