Peter White (broadcaster)

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Peter White (b. Winchester, United Kingdom, 1947) is a British broadcast journalist and DJ. He has been a regular presenter on BBC Radio Solent since the station lanched in 1971. His Radio Solent show was suddenly axed in November 2006, when several long-serving and well-respected presenters were sacked in an attempt to improve listener figures.

Blind since birth (as was his older brother), he is closely associated with disability issues. He has presented the BBC Radio 4 series In Touch since 1974 and was the presenter of both Channel 4's Same Difference (1987-1989) and Central Television's Link (1989-1991). He was made the BBC's Disability Affairs Correspondent in 1995.

He has also written a column for the Guardian 'G2' magazine which appeared on 8 September 2006 and provoked many positive responses.

Peter White was awarded the MBE in 1998 and published an autobiography, See It My Way, in 1999.b He was awarded Sony Speach Broadcaster of the Year 2001 and currently presents You and Yours on Radio 4.


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