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Matthew won a [[Sony Radio Academy Awards|Sony Gold Award]] in 2008: "To celebrate an impressive record of more than 50 years of national and international radio broadcasting. For that lifetime career and in recognition of a truly outstanding contribution to UK radio."<ref name="Obituary" /> On 29 October 2016 Matthew became the oldest regular broadcaster on BBC Radio, following [[Desmond Carrington]]'s retirement.<ref name="That's your lot">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/25/brian-matthew-hosts-his-last-sounds-of-the-60s-thats-your-lot |title=Brian Matthew hosts his last Sounds of the 60s: 'That's your lot' |last=McKee |first=Ruth |access-date=9 April 2017 |work=The Guardian |publication-date=25 February 2017 }}</ref>
On 26 November 2016, [[Tim Rice]] stood in as presenter of the show. Rice announced that he would be sitting in for a few weeks since Matthew was "under the weather".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083lcr7|title=Tim Rice sits in, Sounds of the 60s – BBC Radio 2|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> In fact, Matthew had a fall at home and had spent a few weeks in hospital. On 27 January 2017, the BBC announced that he would not return to the
The BBC's off-hand treatment led to an e-petition signed by thousands of "avids" demanding his return. As a result, Matthew presented his final show on 25 February 2017, which was a compilation of his favourite tracks and moments from his time on the show.<ref name="That's your lot"/> A week later , ''Sounds Of The 60s'' became a live show, hosted by [[Tony Blackburn]], moving to an earlier slot between 6am and 8am, which continues to this day. During Matthew's tenure, the show was pre-recorded.<ref name="That's your lot"/> However a show from 2015 was broadcast in an early morning repeat slot on 6 March 2017, with new links from Matthew.<ref name="Obituary" />
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