in a broadcasting career that spanned five decades, she was also the first woman to present top of the pops. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, looks back at her life. it s with a band who have been together for a year, they come from leighton buzzard. it s their first appearance on top of the pops, it s kajagoogoo with too shy. janice long making history. the first regular female host on top of the pops. it s u2 in at number 23 and new year s day. she ended nearly 20 years of men dominating the presenting line up. i was absolutely thrilled to bits with the fact that i was introducing u2. and that doesn t get, you know, your first top of the pops! # all is quiet. show business ran in the family. herfirst tv appearance was alongside her younger brother, keith chegwin, on the children s show multi coloured swap shop.
the structure to give away. on sunday, rising waters overwhelmed another damn further north. people in more than 100 cities in the philippines are without power following typhoon rai which tore through the country. disaster officials want it could take until february to restore electricity supplies. tens of thousands of homes were damaged and there is a lack of food and clean water. 378 people are now known to have been killed by the typhoon. the bbc radio presenter janice long, who was the first woman to have her own daily show on radio one, has died at the age of 66. in a broadcasting career that spanned five decades, she was also the first woman to present top of the pops. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, looks back at her life. it s with a band who have been together for a year. they come from leighton buzzard. it s their first appearance on top of the pops. it s kajagoogoo with too shy. janice long making history.
now on bbc news. janice long was the first woman to have her own show on radio one and she has passed away. her career spanned five decades and she was the first woman to present mac top of the pops. we look back at her life. it s with a band who have been together for a year. they come from leighton buzzard. it s their first appearance on top of the pops. it s kajagoogoo with too shy. janice long making history. the first regular female host on top of the pops. it s u2 in at number 23 and new year s day. she ended nearly 20 years of men dominating the presenting line up. i was absolutely thrilled to bits with the fact that i was introducing u2. and that doesn t get, you know, your first top of the pops! # all is quiet. show business ran in the family. herfirst tv appearance
across the final of scotland but you see some sunshine. a5 across the final of scotland but you see some sunshine. as this rain clears it will brighten up in the west. still a lot of cloud in central and eastern parts, but it will be windy tomorrow, especially so across england and also wales. dan thank you very much that. carol was paying tribute to janice long. some lovely tributes of last year ours. kind, witty and a brilliant story teller they re just a few of the plaudits used to describe janice long after her death, at the age of 66, was confirmed yesterday. in a couple of minutes we ll speak to herformer radio1 colleague mike read. first, lizo mzimba looks back at the life of a broadcasting pioneer. it s from the band who ve been together for a year, they come from leighton buzzard. it s their first appearance on top of the tops it s kajagoogoo! janice long making history the first regular female host on top of the pops. it s u2 in at number 23, and new year s day! she end