A BBC spokesman said: Ken decided to leave Radio 2 and its always been known hes leaving in March. How could you conceive of a new station from scratch, what would it sound like? The Ofcom document contains a series of requirements for each network that may surprise many listeners with their strictness. 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. "It's important to remember that because of progressive government cuts since 2010, the BBC has suffered a 30% cut in revenue," says Prof Barnett. 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. Terry Wogan2. In the first of a new occasional series, Radio 2 All Stars, Dermot OLeary taps into the musical memories and broadcast recollections of some of the incredible multigenerational Radio 2 presenter line-up. View the full Top 20 below: 1. "What the BBC does have is an unrivalled platform," says Kanter. PinkPantheress? Having started his career as a presenter here in Wales, its wonderful news that hell be taking to the airwaves from Cardiff and waking listeners across the UK. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Whiley, as one of the few women in music radio, had necessarily become mentally tough and used to abuse. In July 2017, when the income of top BBC presenters was published for the first time, Garvey said: Radio 2 extraordinarily male and entirely pale and big salaries. In further interventions, she publicly urged the BBC to sack one of the stations big boy beasts. "This presenter weighed that offer up, but ultimately decided that the platform they have on the BBC was more compelling than the cash. Bruce has suggested he will be leaving the BBC earlier than intended. Sounds Of The 90s with Fearne Cotton is a Somethin Else production. Labour politician Roy Hattersley described his style as "courtesy with a cutting edge", and so it was for 30 years. 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. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. A BBC Audio production. 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. Elsewhere, Craig Charles lost his weekend Radio 2 show (although he is staying on 6 Music). 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? Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only 1 with delivery to your home subscribe now. 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. 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. Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Tony Hall described as a poacher's charter, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, Survivors describe 'nightmarish seconds' as trains crashed, Bieber cancels remaining Justice world tour dates, Daily walk prevents one in 10 early deaths - study, Trump lashes out at Murdoch over vote fraud case, Uranium particles enriched to 83.7% found in Iran, Why the lab-leak theory is being taken seriously, Finland starts construction of Russia border fence. The following list names individuals who are no longer employed by the BBC in its news division BBC News. The presenter of the Radio 2's mid-morning weekday show Ken Bruce has become the latest BBC star to quit for pastures new. It takes place on Sunday 6 November at Londons Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. A BBC Audio production. 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. 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. Its like: Oh, we dont need you and we dont want you. 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? CBBC presenters past and present celebrate 30th . Steve says: Im thrilled to mark this years National Album Day on BBC Radio 2 by playing top tunes from some awesome music debuts. A friend of Mayo says: He definitely said, If I have to co-host, then it would be Jo. But the important words were if I have to. Fi Glover18. There he remained until he was 88, when in 2017, he presented his final Sounds of the Sixties, his best remembered programme. He always felt it was a disrespectful imposition.. 04:00 Owain Wyn Evans Food. In an attempt to scare me even more, the bosses have decided my very first show is on Halloween! I can't wait to hear his brilliant new show.. The Radio 2 managers, an insider claims, became terrified of Garvey. I cant wait to help kick start the day on Early Breakfast live from Cardiff. 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. In December 2020 Evans hosted a number of in conversation with shows for BBC Sounds in which he interviewed stars including Little Mix, Kylie Minogue and Dolly Parton. DeSantis won't say he's running. EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is confident that it will stem the flow of its presenter exodus by signing a new deal with its highest-profile news anchor . 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.. 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! 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. Alistair Cooke 6.Kenny Everett 7. We are so very proud of all that we have achieved whilst presenting on the largest BBC local radio station outside of London for the past 7 years. He will be counting down from 20 to the No. Now, how they do it, who they choose, when they choose - that's where the argument comes. Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker and Sounds Of The 80s with Gary Davies are Listen productions. Whiley also seemed to be finding the pairing tough and, for her, the music may have been as excruciating as the chat. Humphrey Lyttelton9. The Weeknd? The networks presenters include Michael Ball, Zoe Ball, Rob Beckett, Tony Blackburn, OJ Borg, Rev. 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! Eddie Mair10. The DJ will usher in Radio 2s new weekday pop quiz to replace Bruces popular PopMaster format as well as continuing his own radio show which he has fronted since 2018. He later moved to mid-mornings in 1986 and after a brief stint on late nights and early mornings, he returned to mid-mornings in January 1992. Why shouldn't the BBC do that more often, and let long-established names leave? Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. "A big one that we've seen in recent months and years is reorganisation at the BBC, particularly in the newsroom. 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. 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. 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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). Personalities like Terry Wogan began to emerge, whilst the formal announcers of the past took a back seat. 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 I've got to know over the last 18 months. In October, as the BBC celebrates its 100th anniversary (18 October), Radio 2 celebrates with the following shows: Theres a new three-part run - and sixth series since 2016 - of Barry Humphries Forgotten Musical Masterpieces on 2, 9 and 16 October, available now as a boxset on BBC Sounds. 1 album with the programme available on BBC Sounds from that morning - and the countdown from No. Last week, a parliamentary select committee strongly criticised the BBC for its handling of this issue. 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. Some licence payers may find this behaviour ironic, given the way in which BBC news presenters routinely mock Government departments and businesses who reply that no one is available to speak about a controversial issue. pic.twitter.com/IVm3xYbOpw. I wasnt allowed to play anything loud or fast, said Sheila recalling her first radio show in 1963. Frank Stewart. Bruce first joined the corporation in 1977 as a BBC Radio Scotland presenter and his first regular slot on Radio 2 was the Saturday Late Show in 1984. That complaint relates to the fact that BBC Radio has three separate, very senior figureheads. jimmy durante cause of death; the best fifa football awards 2021; On 22nd October, announcing his departure from Radio 2, Mayo tweeted: Ive loved working with the exceptional Jo Whiley and when the show was reconfigured, she was my first and only choice., That is true but, perhaps due to diplomacy or the Twitter space limit, that isnt the full story. It sounded stuffy so pop music moved to Radio 1. This was the springboard for his incredible record-breaking 24-hour Drumathon for Children In Need, which raised over 3.8m, making it the most successful 24-hour challenge in the 41-year history of BBC Children In Need. Has Greta Thunberg declared war on environmentalism? Stand-in presenters known to have covered the show include: Ray Moore David Hamilton Sarah Kennedy Ed Stewart Johnnie Walker Richard Allinson Jonathan Ross Alex Lester Ken Bruce Aled Jones Graham Norton Sara Cox Michael Ball Fearne Cotton Matt Lucas Mark Goodier Richard Madeley Ryan Tubridy Patrick Kielty Gary Davies Nicki Chapman Vernon Kay Friends of Whiley, meeting her during the summer, were so horrified by her visible levels of distress that they privately contacted a senior producer to check that the BBC was aware of the toll the show was taking on her, and were assured that it was. To see the world differently, listen - how Radio 4 reinvented itself from the Home Service. He became famous for having read the nine o'clock news on 15 October 1940 when Broadcasting House was hit by a German bomb: Belfrage carried on as if nothing had happened. 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. Radio 2, for example, is instructed that in each Financial Year at least 40 per cent of the music in Daytime is from United Kingdom acts; in each Financial Year at least 20 per cent of the music in Daytime is New Music. His successful Round Midnight arts programme was equally popular, and ran for 12 years. Vernon Kay is returning to the BBC to replace Ken Bruce on his Radio 2 mid-morning weekday show, the broadcaster has confirmed. In a tweet on Friday, Bruce said he had intended to fulfil his contract with Radio 2, due to finish at the end of March, but that the BBC had "decided it wants me to leave earlier". While its true that Whiley was his only choice, the negotiations over what Mayo calls a reconfiguration appear to have given him no choice about having to have a female co-host. Brian Redhead12. Hosted by Zoe Ball, this is Terry - in his own words - telling his own story and take on his life and career, with contributions from Dame Joanna Lumley, Dallas star Patrick Duffy, Gaby Roslin, Claudia Winkleman, Fearne Cotton, Scott Mills, Ken Bruce, Dermot O'Leary, Chris Moyles, Greg James and Michael Ball. But he said he understood the need to freshen schedules and attract younger audiences. They felt they had to do something.. Will everything work technically? Vernon said he was "absolutely over the moon" to be handed the microphone . As she goes to 5pm, Trevor Nelson is moving into Coxs current 10pm-midnight show. The presenter of the Radio 2's mid-morning weekday show Ken Bruce has become . Enjoy this party classic with an updated RT twist - fun for all the family! 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. Danny Baker16. (His 5 Live film show with Mark Kermode, as it is made by an independent production company, would bring a separate, unrevealed fee.). 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. That's how the conveyer belt of talent works. Sara Cox to become new host of BBC Radio 2's Drivetime; Simon Mayo to leave Radio 2 after 17 years . Kay also hosted Radio X between 2015 and 2017. Terry hosted breakfast on Radio 2 from 1972 until 1984 when he left for his own TV show, returning to the early morning slot from 1993-2009. 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. 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. 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. I have had good reactions from people who say their ideal station is somewhere between (Radio 1 and 2). Last weekend, Sounds Of The 80s hosted by Gary Davies celebrated the 40th anniversary of Madonnas first single, Everybody (released in the US on 6 October, 1982). Jenni Murray11. 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. My past overseas postings include reporting roles with Australia's Network Ten in Sydney, and the IBS radio news agency in London. 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. 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. 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. The programme centres on a rare, intimate and - before it went out this year - previously unheard interview with Terry, recorded at the height of his fame in the 1980s following an outside broadcast in Brighton. Pages in category "BBC Radio 2 presenters" The following 182 pages are in this category, out of 182 total. Bruce has also presented Radio 2s coverage of Eurovision since 1988, and has been a regular presenter of Sunday Night Is Music Night. 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 to the station's continued success.". Returning to Wogan House for a week after a month of broadcasting the Piano Room sessions at Maida Vale provided a natural break. "I spoke to a well-known BBC radio presenter recently, who was offered a lot of money to join a rival. 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