Nicky Horne (born 3 September 1950) is an English DJ, who has worked for a variety of radio stations, including Capital Radio.

Career

Horne worked as a road manager for

Emperor Rosko Michael Joseph Pasternak (born 26 December 1942), known by his stage name Emperor Rosko, is an American presenter of rock music programmes, most widely known for his shows on Radio Caroline and BBC Radio 1 in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s. ...

in 1969, before presenting shows on

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...

, from 1970 to 1973. Horne was one of the original line-up on London's

Capital Radio Capital London is a radio station owned and operated by the Global media company as part of its national Capital FM Network. As Capital Radio it was launched in the London area in 1973 as one of Britain's first two commercial radio stations. I ...

, where he presented shows such as ''Your Mother Wouldn't like it'', ''Mummy's Weekly'' & ''6 of the Best''. He remained on

until 1988, and also sat in for Alan Freeman presenting ''

Pick of the Pops ''Pick of the Pops'' is a long-running BBC Radio programme originally based on the Top 20 from the UK Singles Chart and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme on 4 October 1955. It transferred to BBC Radio 1 (simulcast on BBC Radio 2) from 19 ...

Take 2'' in 1986. He covered

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with Miles Aiken in the 1980s. Since then, he re-joined

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in the early 1990s where he was a stand-in presenter and at the same time, he presented a weekend afternoon show on Classic FM. He also worked on the UK commercial radio overnight sustaining service,

The Superstation The Superstation (or ''Radio Radio'' as it was known in the industry) was set up in 1987 as an overnight sustaining service for Independent Local Radio. The station broadcast from 10.00pm until 6.00am on many of the UK's commercial radio stat ...

. His TV career has included presenting American Football on Channel 4, ''Rock Steady'', and ''Earsay'' also on Channel 4, American Football, and NBA for Sky Sports, and for many years was the presenter of ATP tennis, and Davis Cup worldwide. Horne joined

Virgin Radio Virgin Radio launched in the United Kingdom in 1993. In 2008, Virgin Radio UK was sold to TIML, a subsidiary of The Times of India group, and the name was changed to Absolute Radio; the Virgin Radio name was not included in the sale. In 2001, ...

in 1995. He took over the drivetime show from the sacked

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and two weekend shows as well. In 1997, he took on the weekday afternoon show from 14pm, before leaving the station in 1998. In 1998 Horne joined

BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...

, presenting the weekend overnight show (Fridays/Saturdays 12 midnight3am and Saturdays/Sundays 14am), before his shows were taken over by

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in 1999. At the beginning of 2003, Horne replaced

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on the drivetime show on London's Jazz FM, later moving to mid-mornings until mid-2005, From then on, he was heard on

Capital Gold The Capital Gold radio station started in London in 1988 on Capital Radio's AM frequency, after the Independent Broadcasting Authority had urged stations to end simulcasting (broadcasting the same programmes simultaneously on AM and FM) and t ...

every Sunday afternoon fronting a ''Classic Album Show''. He worked at the digital radio station Planet Rock as the weekday evening presenter until 17 May 2013. He then left to join TeamRock Radio, starting as the evening presenter (69pm) in June. In February 2021 Nicky Horne began presenting a new weekday afternoon show for

Boom Radio Boom Radio (also Boom Radio UK) is an independent, commercial, national radio station in the United Kingdom. Owned by Boom Radio Ltd, the station is aimed at baby boomers, the generation of people born between 1946 and 1964, and is the first rad ...

.Boom Radio website
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References

External links

Nicky Horne on Boom Radio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horne, Nicky British radio personalities Virgin Radio (UK) British radio DJs BBC Radio 2 presenters Living people National Football League announcers National Basketball Association broadcasters Tennis commentators 1950 births Place of birth missing (living people)