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 1990's where he was a stand-in presenter. At the same time, he presented a weekend afternoon show on Classic FM. His T.V. 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, and can now be heard on Capital Gold every Sunday from 4-7pm, with his Classic Album Show & is also on Digital station Planet Rock every weekday evening from 7pm-11pm He is much used as a voice over artist, and corporate presenter.