It is the bedrock of why people come to us.". Speaking to the Guardian in December, Feltz said of her departure: I was aware of women over the age of 60 suddenly biting the dust. These programmes are now available as a boxset on BBC Sounds - all are BBC Audio productions: On 14 November the UK Singles Chart celebrates its 70th birthday. Louise started her career at the Latin American Section of the BBC World Service. Pages in category "BBC Radio 2 presenters" The following 182 pages are in this category, out of 182 total. Radio 2's multi-generational appeal serves a 35+ audience, a target which hasn't changed in decades, and we are proud to feature the best music from the 60s to the present day, which is key. 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. That was soon to change! The big political interview, which was to become a regular feature of the show, often made the headlines. I dont think that I would have been exempt from that at all. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Sue MacGregor4. She is also a guest presenter for The One Show. 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. One of the debates about what has happened at his most popular radio service is the extent to which Hall may have been proved right by the departure of Evans to Virgin, and unconfirmed rumours that Mayo may resurface at a commercial network such as Smooth. CBBC presenters past and present celebrate 30th . Sir Terry Wogan has been named as the greatest BBC radio presenter of the last 50 years in a poll marking the 50th anniversary of BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4. A Strauss House production. Getting impartiality right can be tricky - people on both sides of the political divide regularly complain the corporation is biased in favour of the other. Addressing Radio 2 listeners in the Radio Times, former BBC producer Trevor Dann said: "If you're seething about the high-handed way the bosses are treating you, don't bother writing to complain, because they don't care what you think. Radio 2's multi-generational appeal serves a 35+ audience, a target which hasn't changed in decades, and we are proud to feature the best music from the 60s to the present day, which is key. ", A spokesman for the station said: "Throughout the years Radio 2 has stayed relevant to its millions of listeners by evolving its schedule. Visit our TV Guide, Radio Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. 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. Frank Stewart. Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker and Sounds Of The 80s with Gary Davies are Listen productions. Rylan talks about his new found love of radio - something that he never listened to when growing up - once he joined Radio 2, his love of Mr Blobby and getting to do karaoke on air with his hero, Craig David. After a few years, the 4 strong writing team got it right, the press and public loved it, but it fell victim to the huge cuts underway in the BBC in 1980, and Radio 2 never again broadcast a daily drama. "A growing number of broadcast competitors have deeper pockets and can afford to lure on-screen talent away.". "What the BBC does have is an unrivalled platform," says Kanter. 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. Bruce announced he was leaving the BBC in January before confirming he would be moving to Bauers Greatest Hits Radio in April to present a new mid-morning show from 10am to 1pm. Why shouldn't the BBC do that more often, and let long-established names leave? Prominent in the pledges for 201819 was to reflect the full diversity of the whole of the UK, with a promise to be the industry leader in on- and off-air diversity by 2020. And it was the perception of many listeners that a broadcaster previously noted for his gentle calm on air sounded upset and in difficulties during a show that featured uneasy silences and not much easier exchanges between the co-hosts. 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. Kay also hosted Radio X between 2015 and 2017. Maitlis, meanwhile, was told off for impartiality breaches during her time at the corporation. Has Greta Thunberg declared war on environmentalism? Lewis Capaldi, RAYE, The 1975 and more to play BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 2023, Annie Mac to leave Radio 1 after 17 years, Miley? Vernon Kay has been announced as Bruces successor on the mid-morning weekday show. Whiley also seemed to be finding the pairing tough and, for her, the music may have been as excruciating as the chat. Hell be saying "love you, hi" to everyone with music and laughs to get listeners through the afternoon, taking their calls and messages and, as friend to the stars, who knows who else might pop-up! Let's enjoy the week ahead!". 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. The BBC are celebrating 50 years of Radio 1 from September 30, Search through all every Official Chart EVER in our archive. Danny Baker16. 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. 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. The salaries of this trinity cost the licence payer around 778,000 a year. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Eddie Mair10. There he remained until he was 88, when in 2017, he presented his final Sounds of the Sixties, his best remembered programme. All went well on day one, and listeners liked what they heard. The Weeknd? That complaint relates to the fact that BBC Radio has three separate, very senior figureheads. Scott says: A brand new era begins for me at my new home, BBC Radio 2. Many of them have left the corporation entirely, although a few still do some work for the BBC. ", Radio listeners are famously resistant to change, and often sceptical that it's even possible to attract young audiences to stations that skew older. Vernon Kay will be replacing Bruce on his mid-morning Radio 2 slot, the BBC has confirmed, however Kay's new show won't launch be launching until May 2023. Now, how they do it, who they choose, when they choose - that's where the argument comes. 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. 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. Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said: Radio 2 is home to some of the UKs best-loved presenters, and Im thrilled to welcome Vernon to mid-mornings on Radio 2. 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. 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 . But, if the new schedule, resulting from a combination of choices and accidents, is to succeed, it will require the audience to adapt quickly from the porcupine decades to the year of the rabbit. The truth of the Radio 2 crisis lies, as is often the case, somewhere between the counter-accusations. 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. Scott Mills will launch his new weekday afternoon show on Radio 2 on Monday 31 October, from 2pm-4pm. February 28, 2023 2:00am. Consumer information, recipes and current affairs was the staple diet of the Jimmy Young Show, aired on Radio 2 (and Radio 1 until 1973). 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. Tony Blackburn. He announced on Twitter that he would be presenting his final show on Friday 3rd March, writing on Friday 24th February: "I had intended fulfilling my contract until the end of March but the BBC has decided it wants me to leave earlier. Although no longer reporting for domestic media, I continue to freelance for overseas news agencies, including BBC World Service and Canada's CBC Television. His departure follows a number of high-profile exits and reshuffling at BBC Radio recently, including Scott Mills leaving BBC Radio 1 after 24 years at the network to join Radio 2 for a new weekday show. Bruce has suggested he will be leaving the BBC earlier than intended. 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