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Bobby Chariot said:
Greatest Hits Radio will now have Mark Goodier, Jakki Brambles, Simon Mayo, Ken Bruce......and could Steve Wright end up there too? 😲
Not forgetting Richard Allinson, Paul Gambaccini who also have shows on GHR.
Shocking what radio 2 bosses have done to the station recently, only Liza, Paul Gambo, Johnnie W & Tony Blackburn are left & worth listening to, on weekends only now.
There's a list of talent as long as your arm that bbc have got rid of, from G Norton to Ken now.
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My dad has been an avid Radio 2 listener for years but all of a sudden all his favourites have gone. Don Black was the start then Paul O'Grady then followed by Steve Wright. The only ones left were Ken Bruce and OJ Borg.

I gave him the news about Ken today and said I'd tune his radio to Greatest Hits after Ken leaves. That would be fab if Steve Wright ends up there too.
 
FenellaTheWitch said:
My dad has been an avid Radio 2 listener for years but all of a sudden all his favourites have gone. Don Black was the start then Paul O'Grady then followed by Steve Wright. The only ones left were Ken Bruce and OJ Borg.

I gave him the news about Ken today and said I'd tune his radio to Greatest Hits after Ken leaves. That would be fab if Steve Wright ends up there too.
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The sad thing is, bbc try to determine everything by age.
You don't need to be old to like 50's or 60's music or young to like music from the 00's.
Not a chance they'll attract younger listeners who already probably prefer their own playlists on spotify or whatever.
I think Ken has played a blinder here, maybe even caught the bbc out a little bit, as his announcement came out of the blue.
 
GHR already have Ken on their homepage. Well done to their marketing team. Quite the coup especially if he is taking Popmaster with him and it stays at 10.30am. Hopefully Ken has done very nicely out of it.

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Bobby Chariot said:
The sad thing is, bbc try to determine everything by age.
You don't need to be old to like 50's or 60's music or young to like music from the 00's.
Not a chance they'll attract younger listeners who already probably prefer their own playlists on spotify or whatever.
I think Ken has played a blinder here, maybe even caught the bbc out a little bit, as his announcement came out of the blue.
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I think Ken thought after what they did to Steve Wright it was only a matter of time he was for the same treatment.

It's so stupid when TV and radio go on about attracting younger listeners or viewers. The oldies are their main audience. They don't seem to realise that you naturally migrate as you get older. I started on Radio 1 like every other young person then one day, as if by magic, I found myself shouting answers at Ken on Popmaster.

It's like shops. One day you're a young and trendy girl about town and the next you're in M&S looking at a sensible cardigan :ROFLMAO:
 
What happened to owain wynn jones taking over early breakfast? It’s still Nicky chapman next week. Not that I listen to R2 anymore I’ve boycotted it now. Just wondered.
 
I used to finish work at 3PM now it's 4PM so I get to listen to some of Rylan, he was at risk of being over saturated at one point, but love how down to earth he still is well apart from is over reaction on X Factor. I like listening to Paul Gambaccini too, I listen on internet radio and BBC are changing how they do whatever so may have to find another station.
 
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