Terry Wogan voted the greatest BBC Radio presenter of the last 50 years

Sir Terry Wogan has been named as the greatest BBC radio presenter of the last 50 years in a poll marking the 50th anniversary of BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4. 

The broadcasting icon, who died last year aged 77, finished first place in a poll of 50 BBC radio broadcasters, beating the late John Peel, who came in second place.

Radio 4 presenter Sue MacGregor, former presenter of Woman's Hour and the Today programme, finished third, while Annie Nightingale - who became the first ever female DJ on Radio 1 in 1969 - took fourth. 

Other popular presenters who made it into the Top 20 include Alistair Cooke at 5, current Woman's Hour host Jane Garvey at 7 and Official Chart and Top of the Pops host Tony Blackburn at 20. View the full Top 20 below: 

1. Terry Wogan
2. John Peel
3. Sue MacGregor
4. Annie Nightingale
5. Alistair Cooke
6.Kenny Everett
7. Jane Garvey
8. Humphrey Lyttelton
9. Eddie Mair
10. Jenni Murray
11. Brian Redhead
12. Kirsty Young
13. John Humphrys
14. Melvin Bragg
15. Danny Baker
16. James Naughtie
17. Fi Glover
18. Linda Smith
19. Nick Clarke
20. Tony Blackburn

Following Wogan's death last year, fans launched a campaign to get his folk-pop single The Floral Dance into the Official Chart, sending it to Number 21. 

MORE: Search through all every Official Chart EVER in our archive

The BBC are celebrating 50 years of Radio 1 from September 30, launching a pop-up channel called Radio 1 Vintage, which will include a special show looking at the evolution of the Official Chart over the years.

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