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. "I spoke to a well-known BBC radio presenter recently, who was offered a lot of money to join a rival. The 48-year-old TV presenter will take over in May to replace the Scottish broadcasting veteran, who announced last month he would be stepping down from presenting on Radio 2 after 31 years. Following Wogan's death last year, fans launched a campaign to get his folk-pop single. 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. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake. 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. 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. Linda Smith19. 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. 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 number of these changes, and the speed of them, can drive audiences up the wall. Returning to Wogan House for a week after a month of broadcasting the Piano Room sessions at Maida Vale provided a natural break. Eddie Mair10. 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. 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. She presents BBC Breakfast on BBC One, which is the most-watched breakfast programme in the UK. His successful Round Midnight arts programme was equally popular, and ran for 12 years. 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 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. 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. 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. Danny Baker16. ", Radio listeners are famously resistant to change, and often sceptical that it's even possible to attract young audiences to stations that skew older. 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. The truth of the Radio 2 crisis lies, as is often the case, somewhere between the counter-accusations. DeSantis won't say he's running. Its like: Oh, we dont need you and we dont want you. When an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. The networks presenters include Michael Ball, Zoe Ball, Rob Beckett, Tony Blackburn, OJ Borg, Rev. Nick Clarke20. 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. PinkPantheress? And it feels as if that casualness and that callousness is applying not just to the presenters but to the audience. In this period, the Radio 4 Womans Hour presenter Jane Garvey, in the past an occasional fill-in presenter for Ken Bruce and Jeremy Vine, directly targeted Radio 2 as part of a wider campaign against unequal opportunities and unfair pay rates for BBC women. Schedule changes are also sometimes made, controversially, for reasons of diversity. The Bolton-born TV and radio star best known for presenting Channel 4's T4 along with a myriad of other programmes will host his first Radio 2 show in May, replacing Ken Bruce. Shell be speaking to some of those involved in making the album and people its influenced during that time. Radio 2 is going through a particularly tumultuous time, while many of the biggest names in news and podcasting have been lured away. 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. 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. 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). Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. 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. 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. "Its great to be back on BBC Radio 2. 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. I'm on 6 Music six days a week [but] the Radio 2 show was performing well," he said earlier this week. The fast paced formula, described as radios very own Grandstand, became a fixture for many. But two more obscure pieces of governmental shuffling are at least as significant as the pay disclosures. I wasnt allowed to play anything loud or fast, said Sheila recalling her first radio show in 1963. The storylines were laden with social issues and a permissive attitude to sex, but the approach didnt quite fit the mood of the cash strapped 1970s. 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. 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. The song spent 17 weeks at No. "For example, top stars absolutely loathe having their salaries published.". The 51-year-old presents the show from Monday to Wednesday alongside co-presenter Dan Walker. 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. But soothing instrumental light music, middle of the road classics, and a weekly soap opera were the mainstay when the station opened in 1967. This is a list of newsreaders and journalists formerly employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio. 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. The veteran BBC presenter Ken Bruce has claimed the broadcaster forced him to leave his long-running slot on Radio 2 earlier than planned. 1/6 Anneka Rice Challenge Anneka to flatten her cap peak? After Bolton's exit, one tweeted: "This is exactly what's wrong in the BBC. 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. 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