Punk era Peel's enthusiasm for music outside the mainstream occasionally brought him into conflict with the Radio 1 hierarchy. On one occasion, the station controller Derek Chinnery contacted John Walters and asked him to confirm that the show was not playing any punk, which he (Chinnery) had read about in the press and of which he disapproved. Chinnery was evidently somewhat surprised by Walters' reply that in recent weeks they had been playing little else.
Punk era Peel's enthusiasm for music outside the mainstream occasionally brought him into conflict with the Radio 1 hierarchy On one occasion the station controller Derek Chinnery contacted John Walters and asked him to confirm that the show was not playing any punk which he (Chinnery) had read about in the press and of which he disapproved Chinnery was evidently somewhat surprised by Walters' reply that in recent weeks they had been playing little else