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Jun 9 22:16 UTC 2006

Charlie Gillett has announced that he cannot return to his 
Saturday Night program on BBC Radio London, due to health problems:

http://www.charliegillett.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2440

Charlie Gillett was one of the two key DJs in spreading the "world
music" concept into the English-speaking world -- the other was Andy
Kershaw.  I first got introduced to Gillett through a great
internet-only show he hosted on the late, lamented www.wen.com back in
2000; I started listening to his show occasionally on the Internet
around 2003.

A key feature of the two-hour Saturday Night show was "Radio
Ping-pong, where Gillett and a musician guest would take turns
spinning tracks at each other, as one does with visiting friends.

Gillett hopes to continue doing his 30-minute weekly show for the BBC
World Service, which is also available via the internet.