John Piper (broadcaster)

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'''John Piper''' was the mid-morning host on [[BBC Radio Solent]] throughout the 1970s.  His programme was called ''Piper's Tune''. The show had a huge following, and consisted of a mix of music, guests and the regular feature, "Give a Neighbour a Hand," in which listeners would offer advice to people who called in asking for help. In 1979, Piper left BBC Radio Solent to join Two Counties Radio in [[Bournemouth]], as the station's first Programme Controller.  He was involved with a programme called ''Without Walls'' in 1995.<ref name=twsB1>{{cite news
 |author= Steven Poole and Serena Mackesy
 |title= small screen 
 |newspaper= The Independent
 |quote= More Kinks coming up your street this Tuesday on Without Walls (9.30pm C4), the second programme in John Piper's "My Generation" series. ...
 |date= 24 March 1995
 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/small-screen-1612522.html
 |accessdate= 2011-01-02
}}</ref> He remained on the air until he retired to Spain with his wife, Dilys. Piper also served as mayor of his home town, [[Sitio de Calahonda]], near [[Málaga]], in the latter half of the 1980s. Piper was also a journalist and naturalist who served in Special Operations during [[World War II]].

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