Others, though, contend that another factor in the presenter/ management stand-off is the character attacks, and back-tax demands, caused by the use of tax-reducing personal service companies, which some broadcasters insist that the BBC told them to set up. Steve says: Im thrilled to mark this years National Album Day on BBC Radio 2 by playing top tunes from some awesome music debuts. In this first instalment, he meets three DJs from across the networks line-up - Tony Blackburn, Zoe Ball and Rylan - who discuss a range of topics including their first encounters with the BBC (Saturday 15 October). How could you conceive of a new station from scratch, what would it sound like? KenBruce says BBC has hastened his Radio 2 exit, Its like signing Messi: Ken Bruces move a coup for Greatest Hits Radio, KenBruce to leave BBC for new radio show, BBClocal radio stations face big cuts to content made for their area, Radio presenter Tim Gough dies during breakfast show, Michael Gove lined up to become presenter on News UKs Times Radio, Steve Wright signs off from Radio 2 afternoon show after 23 years, Steve Wright to leave BBC Radio 2 weekday show after nearly 24 years, So much more stuff to know: why Brain of Britain has got much harder, announced last month he would be stepping down. Nick Clarke20. At the end of the show, Radio 2 presenter Sara Cox will be joined on stage by Pudsey, with Radio 2 presenters also in the audience watching the show. The veteran BBC presenter Ken Bruce has claimed the broadcaster forced him to leave his long-running slot on Radio 2 earlier than planned. - BBC News Find out more about Tony. Tony Blackburn. The recording sat untouched in a dusty BBC vault for decades. Covid-19 'most likely' from Chinese lab, FBI director says, Iran can now make enough material for nuclear bomb in 'about 12 days', The Ukrainian postal workers keeping the front line moving, moving to Bauers Greatest Hits Radio in April. Humphrey Lyttelton 9. The presenter of the Radio 2's mid-morning weekday show Ken Bruce has become the latest BBC star to quit for pastures new. The 48-year-old TV presenter will take over in May to replace. "So they have a responsibility. Although no longer reporting for domestic media, I continue to freelance for overseas news agencies, including BBC World Service and Canada's CBC Television. The Radio 2 about page says: "With a repertoire covering more than 40 years, Radio 2 plays the widest selection of music on the radiofrom classic and . That was the motto of Jim Moir, when Controller of the network, reflecting the view that the station on which Ken Bruce has hosted the same show for 26 years, Steve Wright for 19 and Jeremy Vine for 15 has an unusually stable schedule, which is rewarded by exceptional listener loyalty: the stations reach of 28.1 per cent of the population and cost per listener (0.5p) are both exceptional by BBC radio standards. Tony Wadsworth (now at BBC Radio Leicester) Julie Mayer (now at BBC Radio Leicester) Andy Whittaker (now at BBC Radio Nottingham) Nicky Steele. (former light programme show) Also heard on Radio 2 : Bob Holness: BBC Light Programme: Terry Wogan: BBC Light Programme: Barry Alldis: BBC Light Programme: Mike Lennox: Radio London: The 48-year-old presenter - who first joined the BBC in 2004 and started. Try 12 issues for 1 today - never miss an issue. In this culturally thrilling vintage music show, the programmes celebrate the centenary of the BBC with Barrys very own selection of thought-provoking and witty songs by artists who made their name during the earliest days of British broadcasting. So Drivetime was seen as the only option for the desired diversification. The whole chart will be available from Friday 4 November as a BBC Sounds collection called The UKs Official Most Streamed Songs. James Naughtie17. Their departures have invited some uncomfortable headlines and questions for the corporation in the process. How Radio 2 became the station we hear today via soothing instrumental light music, middle of the road classics, and a weekly soap opera. At its height in 2008, 8.1 million people were listening, beating Radio 1 in the ratings war. Eddie Mair10. I'm on 6 Music six days a week [but] the Radio 2 show was performing well," he said earlier this week. Presenters Paul OGrady and Vanessa Feltz have also departed from the station in the past year. But, even by the low standards of online comment, she suffered spectacularly vituperative criticism for having, as protestors saw it, ruined Drivetime; comments which Mayo commendably described as appalling in his resignation tweet. When Chris Evans swapped Radio 2 for Virgin, he went from having around nine million listeners to around one million. It seems to be a casual culling and jettisoning of proper broadcasting adornments. A keen drummer since the age of seven, Owain shot to international fame when, during lockdown in 2020, he produced a video of himself drumming to the BBC News theme tune, which was viewed tens of millions of times around the globe. Starting with music presenting, news reading, and. This is a list of newsreaders and journalists formerly employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio. ", He points out: "Career development for everyone is cyclical - the people who are now moving on once replaced someone who made way for them. Acting was not to be, and after various roles at the Old Vic in London he became a milkman, before being scooped up by the BBC in 1954. He will be counting down from 20 to the No. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Summaya is one of BBC radio's rising stars. The 80s were Terrys heyday as his early evening chat show on BBC 1 really took off. A BBC spokesman said: Ken decided to leave Radio 2 and its always been known hes leaving in March. Kanter suggests: "What we're going to see increasingly, I think, is the BBC effectively hiding salaries through its commercial division or independent production companies. Findings in a BBC review in the early 90s showed that 40 somethings felt dispossessed, and no longer knew if they were Radio 1 or 2 listeners. Find out more, Radio DJ Ken Bruce said he had intended to fulfil his contract with Radio 2, Kay is celebrating his 20th wedding anniversary to Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly this year, Ken Bruce will join Greatest Hits Radio in April to continue his career 'in a slightly different way in the next few years', Watch: The robot elephant created to end animal cruelty at Indian temple, Greece train crash: Station master arrested after head-on collision kills at least 36. She was the first woman newsreader on Radio 4 (1973), one of the few female trombonists in the UK, and presenter of the only BBC radio programme devoted to truck drivers! He will introduce a new weekday pop quiz to replace Bruces popular PopMaster format, as well as continuing his own radio show, which he has fronted since 2018. Barry Humphries says: In this three-part series Im celebrating the centenary of the BBC, an institution thats older even than me! BBC Radio 2 is the UKs most listened to radio station, with a weekly audience of 14.53 million (RAJAR Q2, 2022), and won Station Of The Year at the Music Week 2021 awards. Replacing someone audiences love is difficult, for the presenter as much as fans. Hell be telling the story of the UKs affinity with the charts over the last seven decades, looking at the part they played in our childhoods and how friends and family would gather round the radio to listen. But two more obscure pieces of governmental shuffling are at least as significant as the pay disclosures. All went well on day one, and listeners liked what they heard. She sometimes also features on The World This Weekend; a current affairs weekend programme. But that they have to try is an undoubted factor, I think. A rambling house of bed sits and flats in Belsize Park was the setting, where young things rubbed shoulders with more sensible characters. He is a familiar face on Radio 2 having previously filled in for presenters including Zoe Ball, Steve Wright, Rylan Clark and Dermot O'Leary. "This presenter weighed that offer up, but ultimately decided that the platform they have on the BBC was more compelling than the cash. There are credible industry rumours that another popular BBC podcast is also about to jump to the commercial sector at the end of its current season, taking its presenters with it. Vernon Kay will replace Ken Bruce on his mid-morning weekday slot on BBC Radio 2. The number of these changes, and the speed of them, can drive audiences up the wall. Her 21 years spent as presenter on Radio 2s Big Band Special won her most acclaim, and in 2004 she returned to the show to play the trombone as part of the BBC Big Band itself. But it is a widespread belief at the BBC and among media commentators that the network became committed to social engineering. The broadcasting icon, who died last year aged 77, finished first place in a poll of 50 BBC radio broadcasters, beating the late John Peel, who came in second place. For tickets, visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio2. Id go in with a big-last-payday mega-offer for Steve Wright and see what happened. Mahfuz riad. Paul Hollingdale was the first voice to be heard on the new station, complete with American style jingles, news, requests, and the shipping forecast. Scott says: A brand new era begins for me at my new home, BBC Radio 2. During his career, Kay has also hosted the ITV game show All Star Family Fortunes, Beat the Star, The Whole 19 Yards and Skating with the Stars over in the US. The most publicised was the order from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport that the BBC must publish the names of anyone paid more than 150,000 per year. Radio 2 will also broadcast each decade's charts from 1960-1999 during the Sounds Of The 60s/70s/80s/90s shows on Saturday and Sunday 11 and 12 November, alongside a one-off programme on BBC. The programme came to a natural end when BBC Radio 5 started, as all radio sport moved to the new network. And while GB News has attracted and retained some top talent, such as Eamonn Holmes, former BBC presenters Andrew Neil and Simon McCoy did not stay for long. That's how the conveyer belt of talent works. Published: Saturday, 3rd November 2018 at 8:00 am, Its a lot of change for listeners to accept at once, Simon Mayo to leave Radio 2 after 17 years, he was leaving to join Virgin Radio in 2019, the announcement of Zoe Ball as Evanss successor, publish the names of anyone paid more than 150,000 per year, strongly criticised the BBC for its handling of this issue. But he said he understood the need to freshen schedules and attract younger audiences. Sara Cox to become new host of BBC Radio 2's Drivetime; Simon Mayo to leave Radio 2 after 17 years . Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. For a generation of a certain age, Radio 2 could never be complete without a daily dose of Wogan. BBC Radio 2 - Past Presenters. Another factor in Mayos unhappiness seems likely to have been the fallout from the publication of salaries. Steve Wright also left his weekday afternoon show last year replaced by former Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills but still hosts Sunday Love Songs and occasional specials. Bruce Belfrage - announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio during the Second World War. The Beatles At The BBC - a rare chance to hear The Beatles in 1963 and 1964, featuring extracts from Pop Go The Beatles, Public Ear, From Us To You, The Alan Freeman Show, and Saturday Club, to create a revealing portrait of how British audiences would have originally heard the Beatles, the way they presented themselves and the impressions that they left. Both have left their BBC radio jobs in recent years. As she goes to 5pm, Trevor Nelson is moving into Coxs current 10pm-midnight show. The 72-year-old, who started at the BBC in his early 30s, said he would always be proud of his association with the BBC and Radio 2, but that he wanted to continue his career in a slightly different way in the next few years. Although it wont become clear until next summers publication of this years figures which will be skewed by Mayos early departure the BBC could have achieved equality either by raising Whileys pay or cutting Mayos. Owain takes over from Vanessa Feltz, who stepped down from presenting the Early Morning Breakfast show in July this year. Let's enjoy the week ahead!". While there is little sympathy for the bosses, what has happened at the station is rooted in off-air developments that show the BBC is not as creatively free as the licence payers may think. 2023 BBC. First Look: Could PinkPantheress or The Weeknd challenge Miley for Number 1? Ill be presenting my personal selection of the most thought-provoking and entertaining songs by artists, who became famous during the earliest days of radio.. CBBC presenters past and present celebrate 30th . The resulting show was a disaster, and Mayo left for Bauer, where he currently presents on Greatest Hits Radio. A well-known presenter says: If you ran a company that made chocolate bars and you lost one of your biggest products to a rival, and then had a spectacular relaunch that had to be abandoned after a few months, youd be sacked. It's also worth remembering that moving to a rival broadcaster is not always successful. Its a dream come true to join the Radio 2 family and I cant wait to start.. Radio 2 is going through a particularly tumultuous time, while many of the biggest names in news and podcasting have been lured away. Radio 2 will also broadcast each decades charts from 1960-1999 during the Sounds Of The 60s/70s/80s/90s shows on Saturday and Sunday 11 and 12 November, alongside a one-off programme on BBC Sounds - Most Streamed Songs of the 50s - to showcase the songs from 1952-1959, presented by Paul Gambaccini (BBC Audio production). Humphrey Lyttelton9. Jane Garvey 8. Other popular presenters who made it into the Top 20 include Alistair Cooke at 5, current Woman's Hour host Jane Garvey at 7 and Official Chart and Top of the Pops host Tony Blackburn at 20. And, within the BBC, presenters and producers in what is inevitably an off-the-record collage of impressions because they have been instructed (under a standard clause in contracts) not to speak publicly give a picture of a serious breakdown in trust and communication between the hosts and makers of programmes and the bosses. James Purnell, a former Labour cabinet minister, is Director, Radio and Education, while Bob Shennan is Director, Radio and Music, but the heads of the networks (including Lewis Carnie at Radio 2) actually report to a third person, Graham Ellis, who is Controller, Production (Radio). Radio 2 spin doctors were still struggling to find support for the optimistic line that all format changes take time to settle when, in September, they had to deal with the fallout from Chris Evanss announcement live on air that, after eight years on the breakfast show, he was leaving to join Virgin Radio in 2019. Many of them have left the corporation entirely, although a few still do some work for the BBC. The BBC confirmed Gary Davies, host of the stations Sounds Of The 80s, will present the mid-morning show from March 6 until Kay takes over the helm in May on a date which is yet to be announced. On 3 April 2017, Ofcom, the government approved media regulator, was for the first time given external scrutiny of the BBC, which had previously dealt with all editorial issues internally. This list may not reflect recent changes. Pop Music, News, Newsmakers. O'Grady left the station after being forced to share his slot with Rob Beckett, a younger comedian who co-hosts a successful parenting podcast. Its a dream come true to join the Radio 2 family and I cant wait to start.". Owain says: When I asked my parents for a pair of turntables and a mixing desk from a DJ shop in Llanelli when I was 13 I never allowed myself to dream that one day I'd have my own show on Radio 2! Also to mark the 70th anniversary of the UK Singles Chart, Steve Wright will present The Listeners Charts available on BBC Sounds from Friday 4 November. The TV presenter, 48, will . No young people are going to listen to Feedback, even if you get HRVY or Joe Sugg to present it, because BBC Radio 4 isn't on their radars.". This list may not reflect recent changes . That complaint relates to the fact that BBC Radio has three separate, very senior figureheads. And then, on 22 October, Mayo resigned from the station, dissolving the new co-hosted Drivetime after barely six months, with Whiley given her second schedule move in a year, to launch a new music show from 7.00 to 9.00pm, starting in January. Many listeners must have been astonished that Goodier made no reference to the fact that the move of those hosts was currently leading news sites. Naga Munchetty, Charlie Stayt, Nick Ross, Diana Moran and Francis Wilson spoke with Radio Times magazine about major moments from 40 years of BBC Breakfast. Bruce will present his final 9.30am-to-midday show on 3 March. From Monday 6 March, Radio 2 favourite . 1969 and singing London was still swinging just. Jenni Murray. Roger Bolton was recently dropped from Radio 4's Feedback, to listeners' (and his own) disappointment. View the full Top 20 below: 1. The BBC Executive, led by Lord Hall, is also now required by the new Board, headed by chairman Sir David Clementi, to publish an annual Action Plan, personally signed off by the DG. Bruce has suggested he will be leaving the BBC earlier than intended. Radio 4 presenter Sue MacGregor, former presenter of Woman's Hour and the Today programme, finished third, while Annie Nightingale - who became the first ever female DJ on Radio 1 in 1969 - took fourth. 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