WING OF NEW BROADCASTING HOUSE NAMED IN JOHN PEEL'S HONOUR...

WING OF NEW BROADCASTING HOUSE NAMED IN JOHN PEEL'S HONOUR
The BBC has announced that part of the new development at its central London HQ, Broadcasting House, will be named the Peel Wing, after the late, great John Peel.

The new building, part of the wider overhaul and extension of Broadcasting House, has so far been known as the Egton Wing, named after the old building it replaced, which from 1985 to 1996 housed Radio 1. The nation's favourite, currently housed in a building four minutes away off Great Portland Street, will take over the top floor of the new extension at the BBC HQ in the autumn and, for reasons not clear to anyone really, will have its own street level entrance, which will be in the Peel Wing, making it rather apt to name that bit of the new building after the station's greatest.

Confirming the plan in a memo to staff last week, BBC Director General Mark Thompson said: "John was one of the BBC's great radio talents, broadcasting regularly on Radio 1 from its launch in 1967. With a reputation for being in the vanguard, he was widely recognised as a champion of new music, supporting punk, reggae and hip hop before they went mainstream".

He continued: "Well known to our global audiences through his work on the World Service, he later won over a whole new legion of fans with 'Home Truths' on Radio 4. John's death in 2004 was sudden and shocking, especially for those of us who had grown up with him. However, his legacy lives on today not just in the UK, but around the world. He was a great ambassador for the BBC, and as we move into the BBC's iconic new home at Broadcasting House, the Peel Wing will be a fitting tribute to a man who personified so much of what the BBC stands for - quality, creativity and innovation".

Source: http://www.unlimitedmedia.co.uk/

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