BBC Radio Presenters Not Appalling Apart from Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo
“apart from Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo the presenters are appalling. Even Ken today played some DREADFUL music, why ? The newsreader (female) has no news to speak of and apparently has no idea what's actually going on in the world. So I'm not listening to this rubbish any more.”
Summary
Ken Bruce left BBC Radio 2 in 2023 and now presents on Greatest Hits Radio, and Simon Mayo is no longer a regular presenter on Radio 2. Current Radio 2 line‑up features hosts such as Vernon Kay and Sara Cox, not the two named. There is no evidence to support the claim about a female newsreader’s incompetence.
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- Sara Cox replaces Scott Mills on Radio 2 breakfast show - BBC News
The mid-morning slot, currently hosted by Vernon Kay, has been the most popular radio programme in the UK since 2019, a record it first achieved under Kay's predecessor Ken Bruce. Before taking over the teatime slot from Simon Mayo in 2019, Cox presented other shows on the station including Sounds of the 80s and the weekday late-night programme.
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In a quarter which saw Sara Cox run five marathons in five days, raising an incredible £12m for Children in Need, listeners tuned into Radio 2 for just over 11 hours each week, a four- year record for the station. BBC Radio 3 also had a strong quarter with 1.91m listeners, up 6% on the previous, with highlights including Carols Across the Country, Train Tracks - a day of broadcasting from the Highland Chieftain train - and Prime Minister Keir Starmer joining Michael Berkeley on Private Passions. Radio 3 Breakfast, presented by Tom McKinney, also performed well, up 22% on the quarter and up year-on-year.
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- List of BBC Radio 2 timeslots and presenters - Wikipedia
The mid-morning show (traditionally 09:30–12:00) evolved from a light-entertainment strand in the 1970s into one of the network's biggest music-and-chat shows. It became synonymous with Ken Bruce, who fronted the slot for over three decades until he left for commercial radio in 2023.
- Ken Bruce - Wikipedia
Kenneth Robertson Bruce (born 2 February 1951) is a Scottish radio and television presenter. He hosted a weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 between 1986 and 1990, then again from 1992 to 2023. Since April 2023, he has presented the same slot on Greatest Hits Radio.
- BBC Radio 2 - Wikipedia
According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 12.6 million with a listening share of 13% as of June 2025. The network was launched at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday 30 September 1967, replacing the BBC Light Programme, with some ...
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