Nicky Horne

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Broadcaster Nicky Horne was a road manager for Emperor Rosko in 1969, before presenting shows on BBC Radio 1, from 1970 - 1973.

Horne was one of the original line-up on London's Capital Radio, where he presented shows such as Your Mother Wouldn't like it, Mummy's Weekly & 6 of the Best. He remained on Capital Radio until 1986.

Since then, he re-joined Radio 1 in the early 1990s where he was a stand-in presenter. At the same time, he presented a weekend afternoon show on Classic FM. 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 in 1995, working 7 days a week. He took over the Drivetime show from the sacked Nick Abbot and 2 weekend shows as well. In 1997 he took on the weekday afternoon show from 1-4pm, before leaving the station in 1998.

In 1998 Horne joined BBC Radio 2, presenting the weekend overnight show (Fridays/Saturdays 12midnight-3am & Saturdays/Sundays 1-4am), before his shows were taken over by Lynn Parsons in 1999.

At the beginning of 2003, Nicky replaced Charles Nove 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 every Sunday afternoon fronting a Classic Album Show. Presently, he can be heard on digital station Planet Rock as the weekday evening presenter. The owners of Planet Rock have announced that Planet Rock will Close on 31st March, 2008 unless a buyer is found. Nicky continues extra-radio work as a voiceover artist and corporate host & can be heard on Gold radio every Saturday afternoon from 2pm with the Sport's Saturday show & also every Sunday from 4pm with his Classic Album Show.