Oldie Goldie deejay Webster B. Tucker, who passed away this weekend, was best know to the Bermuda public for his weekend radio shows for the Bermuda Broadcasting Company and then on VSB.But BBC chief executive officer Rick Richardson said he was more than that, describing him as a leading person in the company who also taught many BBC employees all aspects of broadcasting.Mr Tucker was “a no-nonsense character in the job,” but “young at heart,” and added that he was also the person who ran BBC’s social events. “He was a popular fellow.”The deejay and manager had started his employment with ZBM before its merger with ZFB, when the two stations came under the new entity of the BBC. Mr Richardson said: “I remember when Webster was one of the leading persons in the company. He was one of the mid level managers and he was responsible for training people,” adding that he himself was one of those people whom Mr Tucker trained.“He put us through a rigorous training programme. He would mark out the studio for a camera angles and movement for the actual shooting and production of a live show, and for the production of commercials — which were shot live during a television show.“At that time, when you came into BBC, you had to do an all-round training programme: camera work, radio, editing, announcing training, and he was at the fore of that training. Not only was he a senior controller, but he also trained a great number of us.”Mr Richardson said the popular manager made ‘Studio C’ his home — one of two audio and commercial recording studios at the broadcasting company. “Studio C was where promotional work for television and radio was done, and it was very competently and well-run by Webster,” said Mr. Richardson.“Webster was one of those colourful characters of the station who was working all of the time. Outside of his supervisory duties, he was ever the socialite of the station — he ran the social events and he was a popular fellow. He also did something at VSB. He was very popular.”As a deejay, Mr Richardson said he was “second only” to BBC deejay and talk show host Everest DaCosta “for music selection and knowledge, of the artist, what they recorded and when they visited Bermuda. The only other person who can do that is Everest DaCosta.Mr Tucker joined VSB after his retirement at the age of 60 from BBC to deejay an Oldie Goldie radio show for them. News editor Bryan Darby said: “He was a veteran, with all the experience that he brought, and he was particularly encouraging to young people.”His choices of music when deejaying his radio show “would have touched most of us,” he said.Mr Richardson said: “We will miss him. He was a part of things — part of the whole ZBM family, and even before it merged with ZBM he was a lead personality and character.”Mr Tucker was 72 when he died, but his former CEO said: “He was a younger person that his chronological age — he was young at heart.”