<s>
Johnnie	B-Application
Walker	I-Application
,	O
MBE	O
(	O
born	O
Peter	O
Waters	O
Dingley	O
;	O
30	O
March	O
1945	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
English	O
radio	O
disc	O
jockey	O
and	O
broadcaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
began	O
his	O
career	O
on	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
,	O
most	O
notably	O
on	O
Radio	O
Caroline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
joined	O
BBC	O
Radio	O
2	O
in	O
1998	O
and	O
currently	O
presents	O
Sounds	O
of	O
the	O
70s	O
on	O
Sunday	O
afternoons	O
and	O
The	B-Application
Radio	I-Application
2	I-Application
Rock	I-Application
Show	I-Application
on	O
Friday	O
nights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walker	O
's	O
father	O
sold	O
electroplating	O
equipment	O
for	O
car	O
parts	O
,	O
at	O
W	O
.	O
Canning	O
&	O
Co	O
.	O
Johnnie	B-Application
Walker	I-Application
was	O
educated	O
at	O
two	O
independent	O
schools	O
in	O
Solihull	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1988	O
,	O
Walker	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
presenters	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
BBC	O
local	O
station	O
in	O
London	O
BBC	O
GLR	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
lineup	O
which	O
included	O
Nick	O
Abbot	O
,	O
Emma	O
Freud	O
,	O
Tommy	B-Application
Vance	I-Application
and	O
Dave	O
Pearce	O
and	O
was	O
run	O
by	O
future	O
Radio	O
1	O
controller	O
Matthew	O
Bannister	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1999	O
,	O
Walker	O
's	O
show	O
was	O
temporarily	O
suspended	O
after	O
he	O
became	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
a	O
tabloid	O
exposé	O
over	O
his	O
cocaine	B-Application
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
subsequently	O
fined	O
£	O
2,000	O
for	O
possession	O
of	O
cocaine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2006	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Walker	O
would	O
step	O
down	O
as	O
host	O
of	O
Radio	O
2	O
Drivetime	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
from	O
Ed	B-Application
Stewart	I-Application
on	O
Sunday	O
afternoons	O
and	O
conduct	O
interviews	O
with	O
musicians	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
autobiography	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
31	O
May	O
2007	O
–	O
while	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
another	O
book	O
,	O
Johnnie	B-Application
Walker	I-Application
–	O
Cruisin	O
 '	O
The	O
Formats	O
,	O
put	O
his	O
radio	O
work	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
radio	O
development	O
over	O
forty	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
9	O
to	O
14	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
Walker	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
former	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
disc	O
jockeys	O
at	O
BBC	O
Essex	O
's	O
six-day	O
revival	O
of	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
marking	O
the	O
40th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
Marine	B-Application
Offences	I-Application
Act	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Saturday	O
7	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
Walker	O
began	O
a	O
new	O
ten-week	O
series	O
called	O
Pirate	O
Johnnie	B-Application
Walker	I-Application
on	O
BBC	O
Radio	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
show	O
recreated	O
the	O
sounds	O
of	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
from	O
the	O
1960s	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
other	O
Pirate	O
DJs	O
from	O
the	O
era	O
as	O
guests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
he	O
launched	O
his	O
"	O
Alternative	O
Johnnie	B-Application
Walker	I-Application
"	O
podcast	O
which	O
aimed	O
to	O
"	O
Open	O
the	O
door	O
to	O
an	O
alternative	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
featuring	O
inspirational	O
and	O
radical	O
thinkers	O
dedicated	O
to	O
improving	O
life	O
on	O
Planet	O
Earth.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
14th	O
2022	O
Walker	O
hosted	O
a	O
show	O
on	O
Boom	O
Radio	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
station	O
's	O
celebration	O
of	O
Offshore	B-Application
Radio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
midnight	O
,	O
on	O
that	O
date	O
in	O
1967	O
,	O
the	O
Marine	B-Application
Offences	I-Application
Act	I-Application
came	O
into	O
force	O
,	O
outlawing	O
the	O
pirates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walker	O
's	O
hobbies	O
include	O
photography	O
,	O
backgammon	B-Application
and	O
travelling	O
in	O
a	O
campervan	O
.	O
</s>
