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Radio 2 is now beyond my Ken

THE SHOW, WHICH GOES out at 9.30 on weekday mornings, is the most popular in the kingdom: nine million people tune in. The host’s reputation, established over thirty-seven years, is sky-high: he is a star of the wireless. Yet Ken Bruce is packing his bags. Thanks for everything, Radio 2, but Greatest Hits Radio now makes a tighter fit for me and my listeners.

It’s another bruising reverse for the BBC high command, whose contempt for other ranks becomes more evident by the, the daily quiz, a much-loved hit. But in April the Glaswegian will be in the chair no longer.

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