Richard Allinson as Ken Bruce's replacement would be ideal but he got unceremoniously dumped by Aunty Beeb years ago. Of the current retinue Gary Davies has to be the best option Dunno if the current R2 head honcho is the same one who went mad for 'presenters' who ain't DJ's by any reasonable measure: Rylan, Dermot, Rob Beckett FFS! If he/she is responsible for those travesties I fear mid-morning will follow suit. R2's a music station and the mid-morning show has just about the largest audience nationally. It needs a radio DJ: Davies, Allinson, Mark Goodier, Jackie Brambles, Alex Lester (unlikely as he's actually noctornal). Sticking a 'presenter' let alone a 'celebrity' in that slot will be ruinous
For Popmaster devotees - GHR can be listened to retrospectively thru its website - means we can listen back to the quiz and skip the adverts It's part of Planet Radio and has its own app
@Billy_Mix, agree with your post, except I like Dermots Saturday morning show and he is good at it....however Goodier is a good shout. I, as you would have seen from my post, would like Allinson, but whether he would return I guess is doubtful.
Listening to boom right now ....how radio should be ..great playlists and great variety much better than heart/magic. If you are really ancient try boom light as another option
I’m afraid too many of the replacement preferences expressed here are unlikely to happen as the outcome would be you staying tuned into R2. You are not the audience they want I’m afraid.
Thanks for the heads up re Greatest Hits radio. Found it on Sky channel 0151 & after KB at 12 noon I switch over. Just listening to Simon Mayo's drivetime with Confessions & the "its later than you think" intro. Bliss.
You should see the figures for regional BBC radio, it's been dying a a very slow death for the past decade or so. The commissioners have no idea what to do with it. They axed hundreds of regional jobs across the England last year, so I'm not surprised by this huge slump. Radio 4 is the money pit, they spend exactly twice the licence fee on R4 as they do R1 and R2 combined to achieve less than half the listenership.
Always liked Ken - he's got a great face for radio! Thing is they need a refresh every 20/30 years or so as their audience gets older and dies. It's the circle of life,
Yet another celeb/personality taking the place of a proper radio jock.
Radio 2 has really gone downhill. I only now listen to it for Ken & then turn over to Greatest Hits. Loving the Simon Mayo drivetime show - its like its never gone away. Pesky ads don't help but anything is better than what Radio 2 are now offering.
When was in my teens and listened to Radio 1, l always thought R2 was for the over-90s. Surprised to read that the intended age group is 30-40. Needs to be brought up to date with wall to wall gangster rap and a fewer grandads presenting
Yet another celeb/personality taking the place of a proper radio jock.
Radio 2 has really gone downhill. I only now listen to it for Ken & then turn over to Greatest Hits. Loving the Simon Mayo drivetime show - its like its never gone away. Pesky ads don't help but anything is better than what Radio 2 are now offering.
You don’t actually think Ken Bruce is a proper radio Disc Jockey do you ? What year do you think he ( or any radio 2 presenters ) last played a record or a CD or even anything digitally?
That’s what they have producers for and have done many years . They are are just there to talk .
Strange decision by the BEEB to ask Ken to leave at the end of this coming week? He was due to leave at the end of March....sour grapes from the BEEB maybe in play here?
When was in my teens and listened to Radio 1, l always thought R2 was for the over-90s. Surprised to read that the intended age group is 30-40. Needs to be brought up to date with wall to wall gangster rap and a fewer grandads presenting
In the late 80s/early 90s it was very deliberately aimed at much older listeners but was brought down a bit when Radio 1 went through its big changes in the mid-90s. It's now supposed to be 35 plus.
I'm not a Radio 2 listener but I always find it really interesting when radio stations go through these shifts to adapt to younger audiences. I listen to 6 Music and that had a bit of a shift a couple of years back; I'm awaiting for the inevitable outcry when Radcliffe and Macone get the shove from weekends at some point. Obviously Ken Bruce knew it wasn't going to last for ever and fancied one big pay day - good luck to him,
People who like the older-style listening might like Boom Radio, which is filling a hole in the market for over-55s and doing very well with DJs from the 70s and 80s (some of whom are now in their 70s and 80s). Sounds a bit like Capital in the days of 194 car stickers and all that.
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Of the current retinue Gary Davies has to be the best option
Dunno if the current R2 head honcho is the same one who went mad for 'presenters' who ain't DJ's by any reasonable measure: Rylan, Dermot, Rob Beckett FFS!
If he/she is responsible for those travesties I fear mid-morning will follow suit.
R2's a music station and the mid-morning show has just about the largest audience nationally. It needs a radio DJ: Davies, Allinson, Mark Goodier, Jackie Brambles, Alex Lester (unlikely as he's actually noctornal). Sticking a 'presenter' let alone a 'celebrity' in that slot will be ruinous
For Popmaster devotees - GHR can be listened to retrospectively thru its website - means we can listen back to the quiz and skip the adverts
It's part of Planet Radio and has its own app
If you are really ancient try boom light as another option
Radio 2 loses half a million listeners to ‘golden oldie’ stations
https://inews.co.uk/culture/radio/ken-bruce-loses-listeners-radio2-departure-2121333https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/02/radio-2-loses-half-million-listeners-golden-oldie-stations/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11704489/Half-million-listeners-tune-BBC-Radio-2-turn-commercial-rivals.html
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/02/02/radio-industry-rajar-observations-and-headlines-from-q4-2022/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64755872
Radio 2 has really gone downhill. I only now listen to it for Ken & then turn over to Greatest Hits. Loving the Simon Mayo drivetime show - its like its never gone away. Pesky ads don't help but anything is better than what Radio 2 are now offering.
Surprised to read that the intended age group is 30-40.
Needs to be brought up to date with wall to wall gangster rap and a fewer grandads presenting
I'm not a Radio 2 listener but I always find it really interesting when radio stations go through these shifts to adapt to younger audiences. I listen to 6 Music and that had a bit of a shift a couple of years back; I'm awaiting for the inevitable outcry when Radcliffe and Macone get the shove from weekends at some point. Obviously Ken Bruce knew it wasn't going to last for ever and fancied one big pay day - good luck to him,
People who like the older-style listening might like Boom Radio, which is filling a hole in the market for over-55s and doing very well with DJs from the 70s and 80s (some of whom are now in their 70s and 80s). Sounds a bit like Capital in the days of 194 car stickers and all that.