BBC Radio Norfolk presenter Wally Webb who retires from the station on January 2 2021.
Long-serving BBC Radio Norfolk presenter Wally Webb has officially bowed out after celebrating 40 years on the station.
Mr Webb, who has worked at Radio Norfolk since 1980, has been taking part in his final broadcast on the station on Saturday as a guest on Kirsteen Thorne s breakfast show.
Radio Norfolk favourite Wally Webb
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Glowing tributes have been paid to Mr Webb by listeners and colleagues, past and present, during the show which has been bidding a fond farewell to a local legend .
Speaking about his retirement, Mr Webb said: It s very odd. I m not sad and I m not happy because I loved doing it.
BBC Radio Norfolk host Wally Webb is leaving the station after 40 years on-air.
Wally was one of the original presenters on the service when it launched in 1980.
He announced his decision to leave in November and will be heard for the final time today. He said: “It’s something that I’ve been contemplating for a little while now but who would’ve imagined this year would’ve been the way it was?
“But the way it’s all turned out, I’ve decided that after 40 plus years it’s time that I retired and let some of the young guns get in there as well, if you know what I mean.”
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