Janice Long

Janice Chegwin was born on 5 April 1955 in Liverpool, to Margaret (née Wells) and Colin Chegwin, who encouraged their three children to pursue an interest in stage performance.{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/65136 |title=BFI biodata |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=16 April 2009 |access-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017210659/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/65136 |archive-date=17 October 2012}} Her younger brother, Keith Chegwin (1957–2017), likewise had a career in radio and television.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/keith-chegwins-sister-janice-long-16923851|title=Keith Chegwin's sister Janice Long speaks out about star's final days|last1=McCoid|first1=Sophie|last2=Corner|first2=Natalie|date=16 September 2019|website=liverpoolecho|access-date=20 January 2020}}

Her early employment included two years at Laker Airways as cabin crew, and also as a shop assistant, in telesales and as an insurance clerk.{{cite book|year=1983|author=Sheila Tracy|author-link=Sheila Tracy|isbn=0-437-17600-2|title=Who's who on radio|publisher=Worlds Work Ltd}} In July 1978, Long and husband Trevor won the premiere of 3-2-1, a Yorkshire Television game show.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=26 December 2021|title=Janice Long, broadcaster who championed new music and was the first woman to have her own daily Radio 1 show – obituary|language=en-GB|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/26/janice-long-broadcaster-championed-new-music-first-woman-have/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/26/janice-long-broadcaster-championed-new-music-first-woman-have/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=27 December 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}

Long became a station assistant at BBC Radio Merseyside in Liverpool in 1979.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/26/bbc-radio-presenter-janice-long-dies-aged-66|title=BBC radio presenter Janice Long dies aged 66|website=guardian.com|date=26 December 2021|language=en|access-date=26 December 2021}}

Shortly afterwards she started presenting her own show Streetlife for the station on Sunday evenings, focusing on local bands in the thriving Liverpool music scene. Frankie Goes to Hollywood did their first radio session for her show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bbc-dj-and-new-music-champion-janice-long-has-died-aged-66-3126203|title=Tributes paid to BBC DJ Janice Long, who has died|website=NME|date=26 December 2021}} After interviewing Paul Gambaccini for her new afternoon show, the latter recommended her to BBC Radio 1.{{cite journal |title=The Janice Long Story|journal=Smash Hits |volume=7 |issue=2|date=17 January 1985 |last=Tennant|first=Neil|page=32,33}}

Long joined BBC Radio 1 in 1982, making her debut on 4 December with her own Saturday evening show from 7:30 pm to 10 pm, after being presented as the 'newcomer' on BBC1's chart show Top of the Pops two nights earlier. From 1984 to 1987 she presented the Monday–Thursday evenings from 7:30 pm to 10 pm, a mix of new music and current affairs, and record review programme Singled Out on Friday evenings from 5:45 pm to 7 pm. She was the first woman to have her own daily show on BBC Radio 1.{{Cite news|first1=Marie |last1=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59795298|title=Janice Long: BBC DJ and broadcaster dies at 66|work=BBC News|date=26 December 2021}} On television, Long was a regular presenter of Top of the Pops between January 1983 and August 1988, and was the first woman to become a regular host. She often presented it in partnership with John Peel (after the departure of David Jensen), with whom she struck up a solid friendship.{{cite web|title=Top of the Pops – The Story of 1985|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kt44k|work=BBCFour|access-date=30 January 2018|year=2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215154425/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kt44k|archive-date=15 February 2018}} Long returned to co-present the final show in July 2006.{{Cite news|date=26 July 2006|title=Curtain falls on Top of the Pops|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5215906.stm|access-date=26 December 2021}}

In 2021, Long was among a number of ex-Radio 1 DJs hired by Viacom International Studios{{Cite web|url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/|title=Viacom International Studios UK|website=Viacomstudiosuk.com|access-date=20 January 2022|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120235346/https://viacomstudiosuk.com/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-80s-greatest-hits/|title=Viacom International Studios UK|website=Viacomstudiosuk.com|access-date=20 January 2022|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004122955/https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-80s-greatest-hits/|url-status=dead}} to countdown the Official Charts Company's retro hits of the year on Channel 5's Britain's Favourite Songs,{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-favourite-80s-songs|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=20 January 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-90s-greatest-hits-1990-1999/|title=Viacom International Studios UK|website=Viacomstudiosuk.com|access-date=20 January 2022|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009165801/https://viacomstudiosuk.com/the-90s-greatest-hits-1990-1999/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-favourite-80s-songs/season-2/episode-3|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=20 January 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/?sd=08-01-2022+21:00|title=TV listings guide|website=Radio Times|access-date=20 January 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-nwmmns/britains-favourite-80s-songs-season-1/|title=Britain's Favourite 80s Songs Season 1|website=Radio Times|access-date=20 January 2022}} with Long first being heard on the 1982 episode which also featured Toyah Willcox, Paul Gambaccini and Clare Grogan.

In 1989, she joined London station BBC Radio London (then known as Greater London Radio), taking over from Nick Abbot on the breakfast show.{{Cite magazine|last=Kohler|first=Renate|date=September 1989|title=The Long Road to Radio|url=https://twitter.com/lccmunicipal/status/1320029357130371073|magazine=Radio Times|issue=3434 Saturday 30 September – Friday 6 October 1989|access-date=26 December 2021}} At the time GLR was being run by future BBC Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister and future Radio 1 executive Trevor Dann.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chriscountry.co.uk/on-air/trevor-dann/|title=Trevor Dann|website=Chris Country}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/matthew_bannister_page.htm|title=Radio Rewind - BBC Radio 1 People - Axeman Matthew Bannister|website=Radiorewind.co.uk}} Long left the breakfast show but continued to work for the station, where she took over a weekend show.{{Cite web|title=Janice Long|url=http://www.6thvision.com/artists/janice-long/|access-date=26 December 2021|website=6th vision|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226173159/http://www.6thvision.com/artists/janice-long/|url-status=dead}} In addition to this, she was heard presenting and producing occasional shows on the old BBC Radio 5.{{Cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Daniel|last2=Wright|first2=Benjamin|date=26 December 2021|title=BBC radio presenter Janice Long dies aged 66|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/bbc-radio-presenter-janice-long-22575965|access-date=26 December 2021|website=WalesOnline.co.uk|language=en}} Long became involved with XFM in London when it had a Restricted Service Licence (RSL), and played a crucial part in its bid for a permanent licence.{{Cite web|last=|date=20 July 2018|title=University honour for Janice Long|url=https://www.goodnewsliverpool.co.uk/2018/07/20/university-honour-for-janice-long/|access-date=26 December 2021|website=Good News Liverpool|language=en-GB}}

In 1995, Long moved back up to Liverpool, where she set up a radio station called Crash FM with Bernie Connor. The idea for an alternative music radio station in Liverpool was thought up by Long and Connor in 1994, with the pair having the idea that the station could be the city's answer to XFM.{{Cite web|url=https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2017/02/lost-liverpool-17-rise-fall-crash-fm-missed-opportunity-alternative-voice/|title=Lost Liverpool #17: Crash FM - the rise and fall of radio's alternative voice|date=22 February 2017}} The station was launched on a Restricted Service Licence (RSL) broadcasting for a month from 5 November 1995 at Mabel Fletcher College on Greenbank, and with presenters such as Inspiral Carpets member Clint Boon{{Cite web|url=https://themanc.com/news/thank-you-janice-long-tributes-pour-in-for-trailblazing-dj-after-her-death-on-christmas-day/|title=Tributes pour in for trailblazing DJ Janice Long after her death on Christmas Day|date=27 December 2021|via=themanc.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/clint-boon-my-life-in-media-5332822.html|title=Clint Boon: My Life In Media|date=15 April 2007|website=The Independent}}{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/01/radio-xs-clint-boon-joins-bbc-radio-manchester/|title=Radio X's Clint Boon joins BBC Radio Manchester|date=4 January 2016}} getting their first radio presenting jobs.

Over the next few years, the station received support from Bob Geldof, Boy George and Primal Scream amongst others, and successfully bid for a permanent licence on 107.6FM.{{Cite web |last=Connor |first=Bernie |date=22 February 2017 |title=Lost Liverpool #17: Crash FM – the rise and fall of radio's alternative voice |url=https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2017/02/lost-liverpool-17-rise-fall-crash-fm-missed-opportunity-alternative-voice/ |access-date=26 December 2021 |website=Getintothis}}{{Cite web |date=19 July 2018 |title=Broadcaster Janice Long celebrates receiving Honorary Doctorate from Edge Hill University |url=https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2018/07/broadcaster-janice-long-celebrates-receiving-honorary-doctorate-from-edge-hill-university/ |access-date=26 December 2021 |website=Edge Hill University |archive-date=26 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226134836/https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2018/07/broadcaster-janice-long-celebrates-receiving-honorary-doctorate-from-edge-hill-university/ |url-status=dead }}

In 1999, Long started appearing on BBC Radio 2, presenting a Saturday afternoon show from 3 pm to 6 pm. In April 2000, she began as a weekday presenter, hosting the show originally from Birmingham and then (from April 2008) from BBC Radio 2 studios in London. Long promoted a number of acts through live music sessions on her show including Adele, The Zutons, Primal Scream, Kasabian, Amy Macdonald, Hard-Fi, Faithless, The Manic Street Preachers, Marillion, Josh Ritter, The Stranglers, Paul Weller, Moby, The Dandy Warhols, Stereophonics, Aslan and a significant number of new and unsigned bands such as Elle S'Appelle, Vijay Kishore, Damien Dempsey, Senses and Sam Isaac. Amy Winehouse performed her first radio session after Long was the first presenter to give her airtime.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03h1rqn|title=BBC Radio 2 – After Midnight, With Janice Long, Amy Winehouse Interview & Session from 2003|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=20 January 2020}}

In January 2010, due to a reorganisation of the breakfast schedule on Radio 2, her show was cut to two hours, and ran from midnight to 2 am, Monday to Friday. At the time Long was earning £137,000 a year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/top-talent-pocket-163-54-million-a-year-from-licence-fee-payers-bbc-reveals-1-790017|title=Top 'talent' pocket £54 million a year from licence-fee payers, BBC reveals|website=scotsman.com|language=en|access-date=20 January 2020}}

With the announcement of the new After Midnight programme on Radio 2 from October 2014, the show was on Mondays to Thursdays, midnight to 3 am. Long left her regular BBC Radio 2 slot after further changes to its schedule.{{cite web|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/bbc-radio-2-cuts-live-overnight-presenters/|title=BBC Radio 2 cuts live overnight presenters|date=9 January 2017|publisher=radiotoday.co.uk|access-date=9 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110083430/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/bbc-radio-2-cuts-live-overnight-presenters/|archive-date=10 January 2017}} Her final After Midnight show was on 26 January 2017.{{cite web|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/janice-long-says-a-teary-goodbye-on-radio-2/|title=Janice Long says a teary goodbye on Radio 2|date=26 January 2017|publisher=radiotoday.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126181928/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/janice-long-says-a-teary-goodbye-on-radio-2/|archive-date=26 January 2017}}

She returned to BBC Radio 2 standing in for Jo Whiley for a week commencing 10 April 2017,{{Cite web|date=2017|title=JANICE LONG TO JOIN BBC RADIO WALES FOR SUMMER NIGHTS|url=http://www.6thvision.com/news/janice-long-to-join-bbc-radio-wales-for-summer-nights/|access-date=26 December 2021|website=6thvision.com}} and was given her own series called A Long Walk With...{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09v5qp9/episodes/guide|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With... - Episode guide|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} which went out between 2017 and 2018.

A Long Walk With... was an hour long series of interviews initially broadcast on BBC Radio 2 from 9 August 2017 at 10pm. Each week, Long walked through the streets of a different city with a popstar from the 1980s or 1990s as they remembered the key places, characters and music that shaped their pop career. The first series featured Holly Johnson's Liverpool,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08zqx6s|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With..., Series 1, Holly Johnson|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} Alison Moyet's Basildon,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0903wbz|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With..., Alison Moyet|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} Richard Hawley's Sheffield{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b090fy4q|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With..., Richard Hawley|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} and a walk through west London with Gary Numan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b090v68f|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With..., Gary Numan|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} The second series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9pm in 2018 with Jim Kerr,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b538s5|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With..., Series 2, Jim Kerr of Simple Minds|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} Chris Difford,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b9zfvb|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With..., Series 2, Chris Difford of Squeeze|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} James Dean Bradfield,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbsqfl|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With..., Series 2, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} and Tracey Thorn{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bclw0f|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With..., Series 2, Tracey Thorn|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}} being the popstars featured.

From the station's founding and launch in 2002 to 2004 Long presented Dream Ticket{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/janice_long/ |title=Dream Ticket web page from BBC 6 Music in 2003 |date=4 December 2003 |access-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614221704/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/janice_long/ |archive-date=14 June 2004 }} on BBC Radio 6 Music, which aired from 10 pm to midnight five days a week, with a Saturday and Sunday early morning follow-up from 6 am to 8 am.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/schedule/ |title=BBC 6 Music schedule from 2002 |date=6 August 2002 |access-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806025031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/schedule/ |archive-date= 6 August 2002 }}

As well as a daily show on BBC Radio 2, Long presented for a time on BBC Radio WM on Saturday mornings from 9 am to noon, but left in July 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2006/03/13/janice_long_feature.shtml |title=BBC Birmingham profile of Janice Long |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006213649/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2006/03/13/janice_long_feature.shtml |archive-date=6 October 2008 }} On 28 March 2017 the BBC announced that she would start presenting a new evening show on BBC Radio Wales from 22 May, airing Mondays to Thursdays from 7:00pm–10:00pm.{{cite web|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/03/new-show-for-janice-long-on-bbc-radio-wales/|title=New show for Janice Long on BBC Radio Wales|date=28 March 2017|publisher=radiotoday.co.uk|access-date=28 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328185430/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/03/new-show-for-janice-long-on-bbc-radio-wales/|archive-date=28 March 2017}}

She took time away from the programme from 11 December 2017 following the death of her younger brother, Keith Chegwin. Adam Walton stood in for Long during her absence.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hw493 |title=BBC Radio Wales – Janice Long, Adam Walton sits in |access-date=12 December 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215154424/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hw493 |archive-date=15 February 2018}} She returned to the show on 18 December 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09j4j1v |title=BBC Radio Wales – Janice Long, Including exclusive live tracks from al Lewis in concert |access-date=27 December 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215154425/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09j4j1v |archive-date=15 February 2018}}

Long presented her final show on BBC Radio Wales on 9 December 2021 and Adam Walton presented the station's tribute show to Long on 27 December 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012nwc|title=BBC Radio Wales - A Tribute to Janice Long|date=27 December 2021|access-date=22 September 2024}}

In January 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/uk/news/remembering-janice-long/|title=Remembering Janice Long, 1955 – 2021|website=Greatest Hits Radio|access-date=20 January 2022}} Long joined Bauer Radio when their 'Bauer City 2' stations were rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio. In addition to her show on BBC Radio Wales, Long started a Saturday afternoon show, 1pm-4pm, on Greatest Hits Radio, and on AM and FM across the UK as part of the Bauer Media brand. Long's show was broadcast from the Radio City Tower in Liverpool, amid schedule changes at the station that saw the hiring of a number of BBC Radio presenters like Alex Lester, Simon Mayo, Mark Goodier, Matt Williams, Richard Allinson, Pat Sharp, Ken Bruce, Jackie Brambles, and Paul Gambaccini.{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/02/alex-lester-joins-greatest-hits-radio-for-overnights/|title=Alex Lester joins Greatest Hits Radio for overnights|website=RadioToday|date=10 February 2020|language=en-GB|access-date=24 February 2020}}

The station's tribute show to Long (called Remembering Janice){{Cite web |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/player/187637169/?region=gh0 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-date=1 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101225112/https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/player/187637169/?region=gh0 |url-status=dead }} was broadcast from 1pm to 4pm on New Year's Day 2022 and was presented by Alex Lester, who also contributed his reminiscences to the show. The programme featured audio archive from Top of the Pops, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, and Live Aid, contributions from her husband and widower Paul and radio colleagues such as Richard Allinson, Paul Gambaccini, Mark Goodier, Jackie Brambles{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2021/12/jackie-brambles-joins-greatest-hits-radio-to-host-evenings/|title=Jackie Brambles joins Greatest Hits Radio to host evenings|website=Radiotoday.co.uk|date=16 December 2021|access-date=20 January 2022}} and Simon Mayo, as well as contributions from musicians, including Stephen Duffy, Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Nasher and Carl Hunter from The Farm.{{Cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/schedule/|title = Greatest Hits Radio - Latest Show Schedule|website=Planetradio.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/shows/janice-long/|title = Remembering Janice on Greatest Hits Radio|website=Planetradio.co.uk}} In addition to GHR's tribute on 1 January 2022, a BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Merseyside simulcast tribute programme called Janice Long: A Life In Music was broadcast on 23 January 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013v7n|title=BBC Radio 2 - Janice Long: A Life In Music|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl8v/2022/01/23|title=BBC Radio 2 - Schedules, Sunday 23 January 2022|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}}

Long appeared on The X Factor, Countdown and The Biography Channel, and provided the voiceover for the documentary Desperate Midwives on BBC Three television channel. She was one of the personalities at Live Aid in July 1985, in which she mainly interviewed the performers backstage.{{cite web|url= http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/janice_long_page.htm|title= Radio Rewind profile of Janice Long|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090211091513/http://radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/janice_long_page.htm|archive-date= 11 February 2009}} In the mid-1990s, she presented a programme on the BBC World Service, which was a mix of science and popular music called Pop Science.{{Cite magazine|last=Luck-Baker|first=Andrew|date=October 2020|title=Much-loved radio producer in World Service Science Unit|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mypension/en/prospero_oct_2020.pdf|magazine=PROSPERO|page=9|access-date=26 December 2021}}

Long won the DJ celebrity special of quiz show The Weakest Link, shown on BBC One on 5 September 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mppmq|title=BBC One – Weakest Link, Radio DJs Special|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=20 January 2020}} She also presented The Janice Long Review Show on Vintage TV and The 2ube on local TV station Made in Liverpool.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3bSxSW0gP9Yd1VJ03jrykf9/life-at-lipa-in-pictures|title=BBC Radio 4 – Life at LIPA, The Big Performance – Life at LIPA in pictures|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=20 January 2020}}

In 2016, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors presented Long with a Gold Badge award for her contribution to the music industry.{{Cite web|title=BASCA Gold Badge Award winners revealed|url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/basca-gold-badge-award-winners-revealed/066139|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Musicweek.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2016-10-02|title=Gold Badge Awards 2016: Recipients|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/gold-badge-awards-2016-recipients/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=The Ivors Academy|language=en-GB}} She received an honorary doctorate from Edge Hill University, West Lancashire, in 2018, in recognition of her commitment to music. The same year, she was featured in the Royal College of Art’s First Women UK exhibition, celebrating 100 pioneering 21st-century British women.

Long was a patron of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/27/janice-long-obituary|title=Janice Long obituary|date=27 December 2021|website=The Guardian}}

In 1977 Janice married Trevor Long in Liverpool; they divorced in 1982.{{cite web | url=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5538&r=5538&db=ONSmarriage1984&F2=Long&F4=36&F5=0564&F0=Chegwin&rank=0 | title= England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916–2005|website=Search.ancestry.co.uk}} The couple appeared as winning contestants on the first edition of Yorkshire Television's game show 3-2-1 in 1978.{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/janicelongdj/status/432269536034037760?lang=en | title=Yes it was me on 321 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215154425/https://twitter.com/janicelongdj/status/432269536034037760?lang=en | archive-date=15 February 2018}}

In her early days at Radio 1 she entered a relationship with fellow DJ Peter Powell which lasted from October 1984 to July 1985. From 1987 until her death, she was in a relationship with Paul Berry; they married in September 2017 and had two children.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=14 September 2003|title=The long and winding road|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music/the-long-and-winding-road-3551492|access-date=26 December 2021|website=Liverpool Echo|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Dimery|first=Paul|date=11 December 2017|title=Heartbroken Maggie Philbin shares emotional tribute to her ex-husband Keith Chegwin|url=https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/news/heartbroken-maggie-philbin-shares-emotional-tribute-to-her-ex-husband-keith-chegwin/|access-date=26 December 2021|website=Entertainment Daily|language=en-GB}}

Long died at home from pneumonia on 25 December 2021, at the age of 66, surrounded by her family.{{Cite news|last=Hardy|first=Jack|date=26 December 2021|title='Trailblazing' former Radio 1 DJ Janice Long dies aged 66|language=en-GB|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/26/janice-long-presented-top-pops-dies-aged-66/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/26/janice-long-presented-top-pops-dies-aged-66/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=26 December 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}

Many musicians and fellow broadcasters paid tribute to Long. BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James said, "She picked the greats and got them in session before other DJs had even heard of them", while James's colleague Adele Roberts said Long had forged a path for women; television presenter Carol Vorderman wrote on Twitter, "Rest In Music lovely vibrant trailblazer Janice Long”. Peter Hook of the band New Order said she was "always a great friend", while Tim Burgess, frontman of The Charlatans, praised Long for her support of fledgling bands.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/top-of-pops-presenter-janice-long-dies-at-66-fscqbqq7j |title=Top of Pops presenter Janice Long dies at 66 |work=The Times |date=27 December 2021 |access-date=27 December 2021}}

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