Herdle White's career highlights include interviewing a young reggae superstar named Bob Marley
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Herdle White will present his final reggae and soca music programme on BBC Radio Leicester on Friday before retiring.He said his career highlights included interviewing Bob Marley when he visited the city."She was at home with our second child," he said."They asked her to come in and help them because she's a primary school teacher.Image source,White, who also worked as a motoring engineer, was asked to do a five-minute Caribbean music news bulletin on BBC Radio Leicester.
White went on to interview several other famous artists from the Caribbean including Hot Chocolate's Errol Brown and reggae star Freddie McGregor.In 2007 White won a prestigious Frank Gillard Award for his Outstanding Contribution to BBC Local Radio.White said he planned to spend his retirement playing sport and listening to his favourite music.BBC Radio Leicester presenter Aminata Kamara interviewed White for her show Vibrant Intelligent Black Entertainment .
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