Annie Nightingale5. On the same day, a new Unitary Board (combining both BBC high-ups and independent non-executive directors) took over internal oversight of the corporation from previous committees of governors or trustees. I can't wait to hear his brilliant new show.. 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. "They couldn't give me any reason other than, they just wanted a change.". The programme came to a natural end when BBC Radio 5 started, as all radio sport moved to the new network. 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.. Now, how they do it, who they choose, when they choose - that's where the argument comes. 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. 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. James Naughtie17. 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 History 1990-99 New presenters during this . Returning to Wogan House for a week after a month of broadcasting the Piano Room sessions at Maida Vale provided a natural break. Radio 2 broadcasts (8 October) a newly extended version of Terry Wogan: In His Own Words which first aired in April this year, 50 years after Terry broadcast his first ever breakfast show on the BBC in 1972. 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. John Peel3. His successful Round Midnight arts programme was equally popular, and ran for 12 years. Huw Edwards BBC News. 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. bbc radio 2 presenters past and present. Vernon Kay is returning to the BBC to replace Ken Bruce on his Radio 2 mid-morning weekday show, the broadcaster has confirmed. Youre too old, youre too staid, youre too middle-class, youre too middle-aged., Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning. 04:00 Owain Wyn Evans Food. This week it was announced she will present the coveted Radio 1 breakfast show as part of the station's new talent Christmas line-up. 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. 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). Id go in with a big-last-payday mega-offer for Steve Wright and see what happened. 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. Jane Garvey8. It has survived not only five centuries, 25. december. Following a request for stories on Jeremy Vines show, listeners have sent in their special recollections about, for example, the big chart battles between the likes of The Beatles and Rolling Stones, Blur and Oasis, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Victoria Beckham. Vernon Kay has been announced as Bruces successor on the mid-morning weekday show which he had presented for the past 31 years. His Eurovision commentaries were, of course, legendary! But some feel it isn't necessarily a bad thing when long-established presenters move on. 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. Frank Stewart. But many talent agents won't be best pleased when their clients do this, as they lose some of their commission in the process. A BBC Audio production. Paul O'Grady left Radio 2 after management forced him to share his slot with Rob Beckett, Sopel and Maitlis will not be as restricted by impartiality rules at Global as they were at the BBC, Graham Norton still hosts his BBC One chat show, but left his Radio 2 show to join Virgin Radio, Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has stayed at the BBC - but taken a pay cut, After Christine Bleakley left The One Show, the BBC hired the relatively unknown Alex Jones (pictured), Steve Wright has hosted his weekday afternoon show on Radio 2 since 1999, Craig Charles said of his Radio 2 departure: "They couldn't give me any reason other than, they just wanted a change", Former Radio 2 host Simon Mayo described the star salaries' publication as an "annual turkey shoot", Vanessa Feltz (pictured with partner Ben Ofoedu) waved goodbye to the BBC for a new job at Talk TV, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. DeSantis won't say he's running. 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. The presenter has previously had his own shows on Radio 1 and Radio X, and currently hosts Radio 2's Dance Sounds of the '90s with his 'Back to Bolton Cheesy Bangers'. 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). 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. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. 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. We wish Ken all the best for the future.. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake. One reader will win a pair of premium tickets to see Aspects of Love at the Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue and overnight stay in one twin or double room at the Clermont Hotel, London with a 3-course meal from the table dhote menu and breakfast. Their replacements, including Scott Mills, Rob Beckett and Owain Wyn, are all younger, leading to ageism complaints from some listeners. Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley famously failed to transplant their chemistry from The One Show to ITV's Daybreak. The following 182 pages are in this category, out of 182 total. Disneys multi-award winning musical brings Elsa and Annas story to the stage with incredible special effects, jaw-dropping scenery, and all the songs you know and love, starring Samantha Barks as Elsa. For example, Alex Jones was relatively unknown to national audiences before she was hired by The One Show, but that move made her a star. 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. 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. ", The BBC's director-general Tim Davie has said: "Trust in our impartiality is not a nice to have, it is the very essence of who we are. This years Radio 2 Gala performance in aid of BBC Children In Need is Frozen The Musical. This list may not reflect recent changes . Both have left their BBC radio jobs in recent years. The salaries of this trinity cost the licence payer around 778,000 a year. 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. 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. Try 12 issues for 1 today - never miss an issue. 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! 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. But what is behind the current raft of departures? 1 album with the programme available on BBC Sounds from that morning - and the countdown from No. Following Wogan's death last year, fans launched a campaign to get his folk-pop single. It's tough. 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). The drawback, though, is that its a lot of change for listeners to accept at once especially after almost a decade of presentational stasis and that the game of music-show chairs may not be over. RADIO 1 ORIGINAL PRESENTER LIST AS PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 4th 1967. 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. How Radio 2 became the station we hear today via soothing instrumental light music, middle of the road classics, and a weekly soap opera. He continued hosting his film show on Radio 5 Live with Mark Kermode, but that was recently poached too, by Sony. Rhuanedd Richards, Director of BBC Cymru Wales says: Im delighted that Radio 2 listeners will be starting their weekdays in Owains company - live every weekday from BBC Wales home in Cardiffs Central Square. She will assuredly be much happier at 7pm, playing records she respects. 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. 40 to 21 will be available on BBC Sounds from Saturday 8 October. Its a dream come true to join the Radio 2 family and I cant wait to start.. Its a dream come true to join the Radio 2 family and I cant wait to start.. Bruce is moving to rival commercial station Greatest Hits Radio to present a new mid-morning show from 10am to 1pm. Enjoy this party classic with an updated RT twist - fun for all the family! 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. 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 . In May this year, Simon Mayo, after eight years on the Drivetime show, was joined by Jo Whiley, in a pairing that proved to irritate fans of both their previous solo shows. jimmy durante cause of death; the best fifa football awards 2021; At its height in 2008, 8.1 million people were listening, beating Radio 1 in the ratings war. I have also been a presentation and voice coach for TVNZ . But that they have to try is an undoubted factor, I think. To see the world differently, listen - how Radio 4 reinvented itself from the Home Service. Replacing someone audiences love is difficult, for the presenter as much as fans. That was soon to change! The Weeknd? by Norman Long, Dont Lets Sing About The War by Ronald Frankau and The Broken Record by Henry Hall. 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! The Radio 2 managers, an insider claims, became terrified of Garvey. First Look: Could PinkPantheress or The Weeknd challenge Miley for Number 1? "Its great to be back on BBC Radio 2. Vernon Kay will replace Ken Bruce on his mid-morning weekday slot on BBC Radio 2. Maitlis has also accused the BBC of "both side-ism" - in other words, providing a superficial balance. Some even say that it was made clear to Mayo that the effective choice was no Jo means no show. Tony Wadsworth (now at BBC Radio Leicester) Julie Mayer (now at BBC Radio Leicester) Andy Whittaker (now at BBC Radio Nottingham) Nicky Steele. Known on-air as JY, he had been a crooner in the 1950s, and broadcast on Radio Luxembourg before joining the BBC. , Albums coming in 2023: Ed Sheeran, Miley Cyrus, Mimi Webb and more, Battle of the pop girls - it's Miley Cyrus vs Lana Del Rey, Libianca talks People, collaborating with J Hus and Dave and more, Ed Sheeran announces release of acoustic album Subtract, 10 years in the making, Matilda The Musical makes it three weeks at Number 1, Who is Mae Stephens - the 19-year-old behind viral hit If We Ever Broke Up, Official Trending Chart: Pink, Niall, Mae Stephens and more, Americana albums to look forward to in 2023, It's Gorillaz vs. Gracie Abrams for this week's Number 1 album. 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. Terry had already had a presenting career, beginning as an announcer on RTE in Ireland and then freelancing for the BBC. Vernon Kay has been announced as Bruces successor on the mid-morning weekday show. We're delighted to announce that Vernon Kay will be taking over the mid-morning show on Radio 2 later this year! We're grateful to all the presenters, past and present, who have played their part in the success of the station, and we also look forward to welcoming refreshed shows, new ideas and different voices to Radio 2, as we always have done. 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. Vernon Kay is returning to the BBC to replace Ken Bruce on his Radio 2 mid-morning weekday show, the broadcaster has confirmed. 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. 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. Sue MacGregor4. A rambling house of bed sits and flats in Belsize Park was the setting, where young things rubbed shoulders with more sensible characters. 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. The chart represents the incredible embryonic starts to magnificent pop careers. 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. 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. Roger Bolton was recently dropped from Radio 4's Feedback, to listeners' (and his own) disappointment. Radio 2 announces forthcoming presenter and programming highlights for the coming months. pic.twitter.com/IVm3xYbOpw. 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. But it is a widespread belief at the BBC and among media commentators that the network became committed to social engineering. The BBC Concert Orchestra has been performing live editions of Friday Night is Music Night since the programme began in 1953, and a one-off highlight came from EMIs Abbey Road studio when Jo Wiley met the legendary Stevie Wonder. His deep connection with Wales is obvious and Im delighted he will be broadcasting live from Cardiff every weekday morning. 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. 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! Terry Wogan 2. Announcing his exit from weekday afternoons earlier this year, Steve Wright said: "My friend and boss Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said she wanted to do something different in the afternoons." If his pay was reduced, it may have given him another reasonable cause to feel unease at the BBC. This type of primitive news management is one of the things that has given BBC managers a bad name with presenters. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. Will everything work technically? Live music has always been a big feature of Radio 2, from venues up and down the UK and abroad. Radio 2 Celebrates Country Steve Wright: They Don't Normally Sing Country Steve explores unlikely practitioners of country music - from Bee Gees to Lady Gaga. It sounded stuffy so pop music moved to Radio 1. The presenter of the Radio 2's mid-morning weekday show Ken Bruce has become . "I can see their point. One reader will win a pair of premium tickets to see Aspects of Love at the Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue and overnight stay in one twin or double room at the Clermont Hotel, London with a 3-course meal from the table dhote menu and breakfast. It comes after 72-year-old 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 brand new mid-morning show from 10am to 1pm. The following year he fronted the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, taking over from Sir Terry Wogan. All went well on day one, and listeners liked what they heard. "Vernon is a lovely bloke and I wish him all the best," Bruce told BBC News, adding that he "wouldn't dare give anyone else tips about broadcasting". "A growing number of broadcast competitors have deeper pockets and can afford to lure on-screen talent away.". 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. We only have one shot at this and then it's gone. I cant wait to help kick start the day on Early Breakfast live from Cardiff. Radio 2 is going through a particularly tumultuous time, while many of the biggest names in news and podcasting have been lured away. This extended version includes more from Terrys in-depth conversation, longer clips from the programme in Brighton and extra contributions from former BBC Director General Greg Dyke, Blankety Blank guest Lorraine Chase and excerpts from his successor Chris Evans, paying tribute at the Westminster Abbey Service Of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Sir Terry Wogan in September 2016. 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. In The Making of Spiceworld, 25 Years on from the release of one of the defining albums of the 90s Fearne Cotton looks at how it was made, its impact at the time and what it means now in 2022. 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. You dont need to be a lawyer to see that a radio station whose presenters between 6.30am and 7.00pm are five white men over the age of 52 was potentially vulnerable to challenge. 3 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and reached No. Our timeline explores the highs and lows of the station that rocked the nation. 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? Terry Wogan2. I have had good reactions from people who say their ideal station is somewhere between (Radio 1 and 2). He always felt it was a disrespectful imposition.. 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. Sheila was something of an enigma. The programme also has interviews with the group and a glimpse behind the scenes as they attempt to record I Feel Fine for a Saturday Club session (first broadcast in 2013). Join me every day for the best music and lets switch off from the world for a couple of hours and have a laugh.. Alistair Cooke6.Kenny Everett7. The 51-year-old presents the show from Monday to Wednesday alongside co-presenter Dan Walker. The BBC are celebrating 50 years of Radio 1 from September 30, launching a pop-up channel called Radio 1 Vintage, which will include aspecial show looking at the evolution of the Official Chart over the years. Putting sport on Radio 2 was a clever move by BBC management. 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. The July 2018 list, covering the period before their pairing, placed Whiley in the 170,00 to 179,999 band and Mayo on between 340,000 and 349,999. 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. Everyone is welcome from nine to 90.". The salary publication acts as what former director general Tony Hall described as a poacher's charter - giving commercial rivals a chance to outbid the BBC for top stars. For tickets, visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio2. 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. 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. Sounds Of The 60s with Tony Blackburn is a 7digital production. "So they have a responsibility. It will be a fascinating insight into how we now judge the music of the past. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. 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. BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Summaya is one of BBC radio's rising stars. 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. 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 . Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. I don't understand why people would be confused about not wanting new presenters to come through - it is inevitable.". Although no longer reporting for domestic media, I continue to freelance for overseas news agencies, including BBC World Service and Canada's CBC Television. 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