{"id":312366,"date":"2025-11-27T14:44:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/312366\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:44:05","slug":"tony-blackburn-launches-new-weekly-soul-show-on-bbc-sounds-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/312366\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blackburn launches new weekly soul show on BBC Sounds \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"ysbvegnl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ysbvegnl-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 2\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tony Blackburn OBE will present a new weekly programme called Tony Blackburn\u2019s Sounds of Soul, airing every Saturday from 1 to 2am on Radio 2 and BBC Sounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new show launches on 1 January 2026 on BBC Sounds and will be followed by a three-hour special on BBC Radio 2 from 4 to 7am to mark the launch.<\/p>\n<p>A wide range of soul tracks from across the decades will feature, with Radio 2 also airing a two-hour companion programme on 2 January from 12 to 2pm to showcase the music and introduce listeners to the feel of the new series.<\/p>\n<p>Tony said: \u201cI\u2019m absolutely thrilled to be playing the music I\u2019ve always loved, from classic soul hits right across the decades up to the modern day. I can\u2019t wait to get started, it\u2019s going to be amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helen Thomas, Head of Radio 2, said: \u201cTony, as well as being the much loved host of Sounds of the 60s each Saturday morning and Tony Blackburn\u2019s Golden Hour every Sunday evening, is a true pioneer of soul and R&amp;B in the UK, and we\u2019re thrilled to bring listeners his new weekly show on BBC Sounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis programme will capture everything listeners adore about Tony \u2014 his warmth, deep knowledge, and lifelong passion for the music he has championed from the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait for everyone to rediscover their love of soul and celebrate timeless hits as well as the superstars of tomorrow with national treasure Tony at the helm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Blackburn OBE will present a new weekly programme called Tony Blackburn\u2019s Sounds of Soul, airing every Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-312366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}