John Walters (broadcaster)

For other people named John Walters, see John Walters (disambiguation).

John Walters
John Walters, 1980
Born(1939-07-11)11 July 1939
Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England
Died30 July 2001(2001-07-30) (aged 62)
Oxted, Surrey, England
Spouse
Helen Gallagher
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(m. 1966)​
Career
CountryUnited Kingdom

John Walters (11 July 1939 – 30 July 2001) was a British radio producer, presenter and musician. Initially a schoolteacher and a jazz enthusiast, he played trumpet in The Mighty Joe Young Jazz Men and the 1960s pop group The Alan Price Set before joining BBC Radio 1 in 1967, where he was John Peel's producer from 1969 to 1991.