Pete Myers
On the strength of his success at Radio Ghana, he was hired in 1963 by the BBC External Service (BBC World Service since 1965) as the first host of Good Morning Africa for the BBC African Service. On the programme, he "anarchically scattered jokes, competitions and fictional guests like the American Vietnam commander ‘General Wastemoreland’ between the ‘pop, politics and personalities’ of the programme’s sub-title."   Myers's success gave him celebrity in Africa, with fans gathering in the thousands to greet him at airports.