Editing Janice Long (section)

===Early career===
Long became a station assistant at [[BBC Radio Merseyside]] in Liverpool in 1979.<ref name="Guardian">{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> After interviewing [[Paul Gambaccini]] for her new afternoon show, the latter recommended her to [[BBC Radio 1]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>