As she goes to 5pm, Trevor Nelson is moving into Coxs current 10pm-midnight show. 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. The following 182 pages are in this category, out of 182 total. But what is behind the current raft of departures? Vernon Kay has been announced as Bruces successor on the mid-morning weekday show which he had presented for the past 31 years. 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 radio DJ, 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. Who are you backing for this week's Official Number 1 single? A BBC spokesman said: Ken decided to leave Radio 2 and its always been known hes leaving in March. Hes a hugely talented, warm and witty host who has already proved himself to be a firm favourite with our listeners when hes presented many and varied shows across the station. A small spurt of positive publicity, from the announcement of Zoe Ball as Evanss successor, was offset by disappointment from some listeners, who would have preferred Sara Cox. Saturday mornings were never to be the same again when Steve Wright jumped ship from Radio 1 and secured the top late morning slot on Radio 2. Tony talks about life on Radio Caroline and his move to Radio 1 - including a roadshow where the tide came in so people ended up in the sea! The BBC has publicly said that Mayo and Whiley were paid the same for their Radio 2 show. Zoe reminisces about Radio 1 in Ibiza where she first met Fatboy Slim, a 13-hour round trip in a van to see a Super Furry Animals gig the night before a breakfast show, and being in the BBC bar with her dad and The Two Ronnies. Vernon Kay has joined BBC Radio 2 after the station confirmed him as Ken Bruce's replacement on the morning show. As the memory of flower power faded the Radio 2 daily soap Waggoners Walk went on air. Following Wogan's death last year, fans launched a campaign to get his folk-pop single The Floral Dance into the Official Chart, sending it to Number 21. Bruce has suggested he will be leaving the BBC earlier than intended. 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart. Even the biggest Frozen fans will be in for some surprises, as the production features brand-new music from Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, writers of the unforgettable Let It Go. Owain takes over from Vanessa Feltz, who stepped down from presenting the Early Morning Breakfast show in July this year. Sounds Of The 60s with Tony Blackburn is a 7digital production. 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. Croeso Owain!. Simon Mayo described it as an "annual turkey shoot", while Graham Norton said it was "not comfortable and not nice". 2023 BBC. The Weeknd? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. A BBC Audio production. View the full Top 20 below: 1. Going back to the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, the music choices include titles such as Twiddling with the Knobs On The Radio by Dorrie Dene; Are You Having Any Fun? Paul OGrady also quit his Radio 2 Sunday afternoon show, which he had presented for around 14 years because he was not happy with a schedule shake-up which saw him share the slot with comic Rob Beckett. Top Radio DJs & Presenters in the UK - Best Radios Presenters - Radio - LBC past and present, was incomparable, and to listen to him introducing his often recherch favourites was invariably educational and often fun . The BBC has employed many journalists and newsreaders to present its news programmes as well as to provide news reports and interviews. Lord Hall of Birkenhead, the BBC director-general, warned that this might become a poachers charter, tipping rivals off about how much to bid. Everyone is welcome from nine to 90.". "They couldn't give me any reason other than, they just wanted a change.". Vernon said he was "absolutely over the moon" to be handed the microphone . Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. How could you conceive of a new station from scratch, what would it sound like? The veteran BBC presenter Ken Bruce has claimed the broadcaster forced him to leave his long-running slot on Radio 2 earlier than planned. Huw Edwards BBC News. She is also a guest presenter for The One Show. "And it's not just salaries - top news stars have their third party earnings disclosed if they're doing a conference or after-dinner speaking gig, and that is very unappetising for a lot of presenters.". Most importantly to what has happened, Clause 1:36:2 of the Ofcom licence requires the BBC to reflect the diversity of the United Kingdom, and Clause 1:37 to make demonstrable year-on-year progress towards greater diversity both on and off air. Danny Baker16. Wrong-footing the BBC publicity department, Mayo, in an interview scheduled to talk up the launch of the new show, admitted that it had been difficult and upsetting to lose his own Drivetime. 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. It could be be a formidable line-up of broadcasters, with the benefit of putting a previously older-bloke station at the front of the diversity curve. Murray trained at RADA, was a popular Come Dancing presenter, and fronted two Eurovision Song Contests. Since 2017, the BBC has been required to publish the salaries it pays sections of its top talent. In fact, said Goodier breezily, the only regular presenters on today are Simon and Jo at 5pm!. Its a dream come true to join the Radio 2 family and I cant wait to start.". 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. The 48-year-old presented his own BBC Radio 1 show between 2004 and 2012, and another on Radio X between 2015 and 2017. Owain Wyn Evans will host the all new Early Breakfast Show (Monday to Friday, 4am-6.30am), and the new live show will come from Wales. Love-ins at Woburn and San Francisco, the devaluation of Sterling, the Monkees and the Maharishi, and the beginning of the 'exciting new sound of wonderful Radio 1. Read about our approach to external linking. Steve Wright will reveal the Official Top 40 biggest (sales and streams) all-time debut albums to be released in the UK since records began in 1956. The BBC confirmed Gary Davies, host of the stations Sounds of the 80s, would present the mid-morning show from 6 March until Kay joined on a yet to be confirmed date in May. And it feels as if that casualness and that callousness is applying not just to the presenters but to the audience. Shell be speaking to some of those involved in making the album and people its influenced during that time. 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. It will be a fascinating insight into how we now judge the music of the past. For young people in 1967 the old service was a turn off, BBC surveys of the time proved that. Launching a new radio station is no mean feat. The presenter of the Radio 2's mid-morning weekday show Ken Bruce has become . "Returning to Wogan House for a week after a month of broadcasting the Piano Room sessions at Maida Vale provided a natural break. 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. The song spent 17 weeks at No. PinkPantheress? On the Monday Mayo tweeted that he was leaving Radio 2, it was school half-term in many areas, so the stations schedule was filled with stand-ins for vacationing regulars. Steven Barnett, professor of communications at the University of Westminster, says: "Because the BBC was forced - partly through a campaign driven by a self-interested press - to reveal top salaries, its commercial competitors know exactly where to pitch their offer. There was further staff exasperation when, last Thursday, the quarterly Rajar radio listening figures revealed that Radio 2s audience had fallen year-on-year by 800,000 listeners, including a half-million fall in Evanss figures. Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said Kay was picked as a hugely talented, warm and witty host who is already a firm favourite with listeners after filling in for other hosts. When an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. John Peel 3. 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). Presenters point out that there is no evidence that any manager involved in the reputationally and financially disastrous lost legal case against Sir Cliff Richard, the gender pay or presenter contract controversies has faced any consequences at all. Let's enjoy the week ahead!". 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. bbc radio 2 presenters past and present. A large number of presenters have left the BBC in recent months - either by force or by choice. 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. This list may not reflect recent changes. When I sit in front of a BBC microphone, Im instantly transported back, to my childhood, when I first heard the wonderful music and funny voices, coming out of my parents radio. February 28, 2023 2:00am. "So it's difficult to say to anyone in a job they enjoy that it's time for them to go - especially if the reasons are not explained. Talent manager Chris North, who identifies, nurtures and promotes up-and-coming presenters, says: "Evolution is inevitable in every walk of life. Kay said: Im absolutely over the moon to be handed the microphone to present the mid-morning show on Radio 2, and what an honour to follow in the footsteps of the mighty Ken Bruce. Read on for everything you need to know about his departure. ", "Whilst we of course want new listeners to discover Radio 2, we are focused on providing the 14.5 million people who tune in each week with a brilliant range of programmes, hosted by some of the UK's best-loved presenters. Speaking about his new role, Kay said: Im absolutely over the moon to be handed the microphone to present the mid-morning show on Radio 2, and what an honour to follow in the footsteps of the mighty Ken Bruce. However, the problem, an insider argues, is that: The bosses have never admitted, privately or publicly, that the Mayo-Whiley decision was gender equality driven. If so, this was likely to be on legal advice: changing Mayos working arrangements purely on the basis of his being male could be seen as law-breaking discrimination. 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. Some stars, like Zoe Ball and Gary Lineker, have taken pay cuts following the scrutiny. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast. Over the seven weeks since Evans announced his departure, Radio Times has repeatedly asked for someone senior at BBC Radio to speak about Radio 2 for this article. 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. "We must remember we are talking about human beings, at the end of the day, who want to stay in a job they enjoy doing, who are experienced and talented in their field," notes North. But he said he understood the need to freshen schedules and attract younger audiences. Tony Wadsworth (now at BBC Radio Leicester) Julie Mayer (now at BBC Radio Leicester) Andy Whittaker (now at BBC Radio Nottingham) Nicky Steele. 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. I look forward to playing some of the best music in the world whilst in the company of the Radio 2 listeners who I feel Ive got to know over the last 18 months. The resulting show was a disaster, and Mayo left for Bauer, where he currently presents on Greatest Hits Radio. 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. Both have left their BBC radio jobs in recent years. On previous occasions, though, the BBC has insisted that its triplicate radio leaders have distinct and separate responsibilities, and, in relation to the Radio 2 issues, defenders of management argue privately that they have done their best with a combination of planned and unplanned change, both inevitably difficult. How Radio 2 became the station we hear today via soothing instrumental light music, middle of the road classics, and a weekly soap opera. Starting with music presenting, news reading, and acting work on the British Forces Network in Germany, Brian went on to train at RADA in 1949. To see the world differently, listen - how Radio 4 reinvented itself from the Home Service. Vernon Kay will replace Ken Bruce on his mid-morning weekday slot on BBC Radio 2. The recording sat untouched in a dusty BBC vault for decades. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. A lot of that is driven by the need to reduce costs, and therefore a lot of people have simply taken voluntary redundancy (VR) and left by choice.". Read about our approach to external linking. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Although the track was never released as a single in the UK, Madonna promoted the song in February 1983 at nightclubs including Heaven and Camden Palace in London and the Haienda in Manchester (now available on BBC Sounds). The veteran BBC presenter Ken Bruce has claimed the broadcaster forced him to leave his long-running slot on Radio 2 earlier than planned. Presenters Paul OGrady and Vanessa Feltz have also departed from the station in the past year. To mark this, the Official Charts Company has created a chart featuring the most streamed song released in each year since the inception of the chart back in 1952. This issue is compounded by the ever-expanding media industry, which means there are more companies around to do the poaching. This opened up opportunities for new formats on Radio 2, with greater potential for new music genres of all types, provided they were still light. Visit our TV Guide, Radio Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. Vanessa Feltz, Simon Mayo, Andrew Marr, Peter Crouch, Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, Dan Walker, Steve Wright, Paul O'Grady, Craig Charles, Graham Norton, Shaun Keaveny and Sue Barker are some of the biggest names who have either been poached, dropped or demoted. 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. A Year in The Life: 1962 - which narrates the breakthrough year for the band via the recollections of those who knew and worked alongside them in 1962, narrated by Liverpool contemporary Roger McGough with contributors including Bill Harry, editor of Merseybeat, Klaus Voorman (close friend from Hamburg and the artist responsible for Revolver's sleeve), their original drummer Pete Best, Joe Brown and Mike Berry who shared bills with the group shortly before their national fame, Andy White, the studio session drummer who played on Love Me Do, and publicist Tony Calder who promoted their first single (first broadcast in 2012). In the early days much of the output was still shared with Radio 1, so there was a curious mix of instrumental music up against the likes of Jimi Hendrix! Brian Redhead12. The veteran broadcaster announced on air in January 2023 that he would be leaving the station, ending a 31-year stint in the role. Subscribe to Radio Times magazine and get 12 issues for 1. Paul O Grady has explosively admitted his 'disappointment' at leaving Radio 2 last year, suggesting that the channel had been keen to appeal to a younger audience and that it didn't 'make sense'. For tickets, visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio2. 3 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and reached No. Brian Sounds of the Sixties Matthew tops the poll for being one of the longest serving broadcasters in the UK, having begun his career in 1946. 40 to 21 will be available on BBC Sounds from Saturday 8 October. It has survived not only five centuries, 25. december. But he has previously hosted BBC radio, including his own Radio 1 show between 2004 and 2012. His Eurovision commentaries were, of course, legendary! Jane Garvey 8. Feltz, for example, moved to the recently-launched Talk TV, while the huge investment in podcasts has seen Maitlis, Sopel and Radio 1's Chris Stark move to Global. 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. If you want to be optimistic, then the departures of Evans and Mayo have, in a messy way, achieved Radio 2s need to refresh and feminise its line-up. And yet, it is hard to pinpoint a single driving force behind the recent exodus, because there's a whole host of reasons for it. He continued hosting his film show on Radio 5 Live with Mark Kermode, but that was recently poached too, by Sony. He always felt it was a disrespectful imposition.. Labour politician Roy Hattersley described his style as "courtesy with a cutting edge", and so it was for 30 years. This years Radio 2 Gala performance in aid of BBC Children In Need is Frozen The Musical. Frank Stewart. Maitlis, meanwhile, was told off for impartiality breaches during her time at the corporation. Louise started her career at the Latin American Section of the BBC World Service. "I can see their point. Where this dusty bureaucratic road leads to the Mayo-Whiley fiasco is that, under the new arrangements, all BBC services became subject to two operating licences: one from Ofcom and another from the BBC Board. Join me every day for the best music and lets switch off from the world for a couple of hours and have a laugh.. John Peel3. bbc radio 2 presenters past and presentgreek green beans with canned tomatoes. With its Home Counties sensibility and assumed audience of housewives, the show conjured up a sense of middle class sociability. A rambling house of bed sits and flats in Belsize Park was the setting, where young things rubbed shoulders with more sensible characters. The number of these changes, and the speed of them, can drive audiences up the wall. Summaya won a talent search at BBC Radio Nottingham last year to present and produce their weekday evening show and was such a hit then joined BBC Radio Leicester . Their replacements, including Scott Mills, Rob Beckett and Owain Wyn, are all younger, leading to ageism complaints from some listeners. Part of the audience was demanding something new. Stars Simon Mayo and Chris Evans are leaving, listeners are switching off Mark Lawson investigates who is to blame for the crisis at the nation's favourite radio station, "With Radio 2, you make changes like a porcupine makes love very carefully.. Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker and Sounds Of The 80s with Gary Davies are Listen productions. In the interim between Bruce's exit and Kay's new slot, Radio 2 favourite Gary Davies will host the slot from Monday 6th March. While some DJs view the songs as an occupational threat to their on-air monologues, shes one of those with specialist enthusiasm and knowledge, and it was impossible sometimes not to detect a critical cringe as she introduced Drivetime playlist hits that clearly wouldnt be let near her iPod. The Radio 2 Festival in a Day outside broadcast has brought people closer to the station when they thought they never were a typical Radio 2 listener! BBC Radio 2 'bound to have a female presenter on daytime' Controller says he has boosted number of female presenters, but can't guarantee when the daytime balance will change Radio 2. What's he waiting for? The Radio 2 mess is not expected to be an exception. Although audiences, and even journalists, often regard structural changes in broadcasting as boring, the shake-down (or, as some see it, meltdown) at Radio 2 was shaped by three backroom bureaucratic decisions. Jenni Murray11. Having been a familiar voice on Radio Cymru, he went on to present radio shows for a number of BBC Local Radio stations including Radio York, Radio Leeds and Radio Manchester. They believe that when they are presenting on the BBC, they are talking to the nation.". Someone who has a long-time involvement with Radio 2 says bluntly: The managers are mainly s**t. And there are so many of them that, if you complain to one of them about something, they tell you the decision was made by another one. The presenter of the Radio 2's mid-morning weekday show Ken Bruce has become the latest BBC star to quit for pastures new. "A big one that we've seen in recent months and years is reorganisation at the BBC, particularly in the newsroom. Some even say that it was made clear to Mayo that the effective choice was no Jo means no show. I'm on 6 Music six days a week [but] the Radio 2 show was performing well," he said earlier this week. I dont think that I would have been exempt from that at all. Terry Wogan2. Bruce will present his final 9.30am to midday show on March 3, the BBC confirmed. ", He continued: "I look forward to playing some of the best music in the world whilst in the company of the Radio 2 listeners who I feel Ive got to know over the last 18 months. "A growing number of broadcast competitors have deeper pockets and can afford to lure on-screen talent away.". Kay, who is celebrating his 20th wedding anniversary to Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly this year, is known for fronting various shows on Channel 4's T4 as well as ITV programmes including All Star Family Fortunes, Just The Two Of Us, and Beat The Star. Dorothy Byrne, former Head of News & Current Affairs at Channel 4 News, says: "Key journalistic talent now leave because they believe rightly that the BBC's erroneous interpretation of regulation regarding impartiality prevents it from telling viewers and voters the truth. BBC Radio 2 - Past Presenters. 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