Who presented the weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to 1973, moving to Radio 2 until his retirement in 2002?
"and consumer affairs informally, a style pioneered by Jimmy Young. Until the launch of Radio 5 in August 1990, Radio 2's medium wave frequencies carried the BBC's sports coverage. Like all BBC radio stations broadcasting to UK audiences, Radio 2 is funded by the television licence fee, and does not broadcast adverts. BBC Radio 2's last closedown was at 2:02am on 27 January 1979. Sarah Kennedy (who later became a daily early-morning presenter from 1993 until her departure in August 2010) was at the Newsdesk after Brian Matthew finished ""Round Midnight"". From 2am to 5am the following night, listeners heard"
"Alex Lester Alexander Norman Charles ""Alex"" Lester (born 11 May 1956 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is a British broadcaster. He presented the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on BBC Radio 2 from 1992 until 2014. From October 2014 until January 2017, he presented the midnight to 3am programme every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. He also temporarily replaced Russell Brand on Saturday evenings in late 2008, between 9 and 11pm, following Brand's resignation over his infamous prank calls row. A doctor's son, Lester was educated at Denstone College, and worked in a variety of jobs (including at Dudley Zoo, in a pub, and as"
"colour pullout picture of Malcolm, which readers could assemble from five different pieces. Malcolm Boyden Malcolm George Boyden (born 5 August 1964) is a double Sony Award-winning BBC local radio presenter, who currently presents the Mid-morning show as well as a Sunday show on BBC Hereford and Worcester. He won a Sony gold award in 1997 for 'Radio Personality of the Year', and followed that up in 2001 when he took a bronze award in the 'Broadcaster of the Year' category. Boyden began his career as a newspaper journalist for the ""Redditch Indicator"". He then went on to work as"
"to 3am from Fridays to Sundays. Alex shared the After Midnight slot with Janice Long, with Long presenting Monday - Thursday and Lester Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The show was cancelled in January 2017 due to Radio 2 cutting costs. Alex had hosted a weekly show on BBC Radio Oxford from 2015 till 2017, broadcasting between 1pm and 4pm on Fridays. Between February and June 2017 he also hosted a four-hour Sunday evening show on BBC Radio Kent but had to relinquish this due to other commitments, primarily resulting from becoming the new host of the breakfast show on BBC"
"The Radio 2 Breakfast Show The Radio 2 Breakfast Show refers to a range of programming on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 from 1967, and predating ""Wake Up To Wogan"" which started in 1993. From Radio 2's inception in 1967 a breakfast programme was broadcast in tandem with The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, featuring a mix of news, music, traffic and weather reports.. Unlike its Radio 1 counterpart which had started with a single presenter, ""Breakfast Special"" was a continuation of a Light Programme format which had been running since 1965 with a roster of presenters who hosted in"
"weekly rotation. These included Paul Hollingdale (the very first weekday presenter), Ray Moore, Peter Latham and John Dunn. The music played was largely easy listening of the type with which Radio 2 would be particularly associated until the 1990s. An early feature was ""Band of the Day"", which would feature recordings of standards and traditional jazz by artists such as Sidney Sax, Frank Chacksfield, Syd Dale and Leon Young. During its first year the Breakfast Show began at 5:30am and ended at 8:30am, at which time Radios 1 and 2 would broadcast the same programme, however in 1968 this was"
"Weekend Wogan Weekend Wogan was a Sunday morning radio programme on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom, which was presented by Sir Terry Wogan. The show, which began its run on 14 February 2010, marked Sir Terry's return to the airwaves following his decision to step down as presenter of the weekday breakfast show, ""Wake Up to Wogan"" in December 2009. From November 2015 the show took an extended hiatus due to Wogan's ill health, an illness from which he died in January 2016 making his final broadcast on 8 November 2015. The show continued with guest hosts until"
"Paul Hollingdale Paul Hollingdale (born Paul Wynn; 30 March 1938 – 5 July 2017) was a British radio presenter who presented the first programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2, ""Breakfast Special"", from 5.30am on Saturday 30 September 1967. He stayed with Radio 2 until 1970. His broadcasting career began in the late 1950s on the British Forces Network during his service in the Royal Air Force in Germany. He was stationed at RAF Wahn which was fairly close to the British Forces Network studios in Cologne. Hollingdale had presented a show on CNBC in 1962, and may have been Britain's"
"Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016), better known as Terry Wogan, was a British and Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Before he retired in 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekday breakfast programme ""Wake Up to Wogan"" had eight million regular listeners, making him the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe. Wogan was a leading media personality in Britain and Ireland from the late 1960s and was often referred to as a ""national treasure"". In addition to his weekday radio"
"As one of the longest-serving broadcasters on the network, he was occasionally heard on Radio 2 during the daytime when regular presenters were away. The programme was broadcast from 4am until 6:30am until December 1992, and from 3am to 5am during 1993. For 16 years, starting in January 1994, the programme began at 3am and finished at 6am, until it was rescheduled in 2010 after changes to the Radio 2 morning schedule. It was then broadcast from 2am to 5am every weekday. With the introduction of After Midnight on Radio 2 in October 2014, the show was broadcast from 12am"
"2004 . Bates left BBC Radio Devon on 8 January 2017 to ""move on to other things."" Gordon Sparks took over the breakfast show. In 2017, Bates participated in Radio 1 Vintage, doing an interview about his time on BBC Radio 1. Simon Bates Simon Philip Bates (born 17 December 1946 in Birmingham) is an English disc jockey and radio presenter. Between 1976 and 1993 he worked at BBC Radio 1, presenting the station's weekday mid-morning show for most of this period. He later became a regular presenter on Classic FM. He hosted the breakfast show on Smooth Radio from"
"The Radio 1 Breakfast Show Radio 1 Breakfast is a radio show that is broadcast across the UK from 6:30am to 10am, Monday to Thursday. The show is the most listened to broadcast on BBC Radio 1. It is hosted by Greg James who took over from Nick Grimshaw on 20 August 2018 as the show's 16th presenter. The show ran six days a week until February 1968 (see BBC Genome Project), then five days a week until June 2018, when the Friday show was dropped and incorporated into the station's weekend schedule, hosted by ""Weekend Breakfast"" hosts Matt Edmondson"
"Malcolm Boyden Malcolm George Boyden (born 5 August 1964) is a double Sony Award-winning BBC local radio presenter, who currently presents the Mid-morning show as well as a Sunday show on BBC Hereford and Worcester. He won a Sony gold award in 1997 for 'Radio Personality of the Year', and followed that up in 2001 when he took a bronze award in the 'Broadcaster of the Year' category. Boyden began his career as a newspaper journalist for the ""Redditch Indicator"". He then went on to work as a sports sub-editor on the ""Daily Star"" and then sports editor of the"
"programme is the Sunday Gardening Podcast, which has recently been voted in the top three of the Telegraph's selection. Tim Crowther Tim Crowther (19 November 1958) has presented for BBC Radio Leeds since the late 1970s, whilst he was still a student at the City of Leeds College of Music. Since then, he has hosted breakfast, mid-morning, lunchtime, afternoon and drivetime programmes, as well as a range of daytime and weekend programmes. Tim presented a show with horticulturist Joe Maiden for 22 and a half years until Mr Maiden's death in September 2015. He is now professionally partnered with horticultural"
"Chloe Buswell. Video highlights of Weekend Wogan could also be viewed on the show's website from Mondays and on the Red Button. [[Category:British talk radio oio Weekend Wogan Weekend Wogan was a Sunday morning radio programme on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom, which was presented by Sir Terry Wogan. The show, which began its run on 14 February 2010, marked Sir Terry's return to the airwaves following his decision to step down as presenter of the weekday breakfast show, ""Wake Up to Wogan"" in December 2009. From November 2015 the show took an extended hiatus due to Wogan's"
"In December 2010 Lester announced his engagement to his longtime partner Kerry, who is also known as ""The Dark Lady"". They married on 3 December 2011. Edwina Hayes, a singer-songwriter whose music had been featured on Lester's show, performed at the ceremony. Alex is a stepfather to Kerry's two adult children, Jamie and Ella, from a previous relationship. Alex Lester Alexander Norman Charles ""Alex"" Lester (born 11 May 1956 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is a British broadcaster. He presented the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on BBC Radio 2 from 1992 until 2014. From October 2014 until January 2017, he presented the midnight"
"VH1 and ""The Live Six Show"" on Sky One. He also does voiceovers for Channel Five as well as contributing to ""The Guardian"". He joined BBC Radio 6 Music in 2002, presenting the 10am1pm weekday show from the station's launch until October 2007. He won his third Sony Award in 2003 for his work presenting the mid-morning show. On 22 October 2007 Coe's show was moved to 10pm1am, Mondays to Thursdays. He now broadcasts 9pmmidnight. While the mid-morning show featured live sessions in the 6 Music Hub, the late show specialises in featuring varied sessions and gigs recorded for the"
"mental health charity 'Being Alongside', formally: Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health ( = apcmh). In 1992, Royle was awarded a Lambeth Master of Arts (MA) degree in recognition of his work in the media. Roger Royle Roger Michael Royle (born 30 January 1939 in Cardiff) is an Anglican priest and broadcaster. He has been most well known for presenting Sunday Half Hour on BBC Radio 2. Royle was born on 30 January 1939 in Cardiff, Wales. His father, Reginald, was vicar of St. Saviours church in Splott, Cardiff. His father died when Royle was 14 months old, and"
"2's arts magazine ""Round Midnight"", from 1978 to 1990. From 1990, he hosted ""Sounds of the 60s"" (a programme first presented in 1983 by Keith Fordyce) on the same network on Saturday mornings, playing many of the records he initially played on ""Saturday Club"" and ""Easy Beat"". Matthew announced at the end of his show on 26 August 2006 that owing to health problems he would be taking several weeks off his Radio 2 show, for the first time in sixteen years. Johnnie Walker was the main host in his absence. Sandie Shaw, Joe Brown and Suzi Quatro were also"
"Midweek (BBC Radio 4) Midweek was a British weekly radio magazine series broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was aired on Wednesday at 09.00 and repeated later the same day at 21.00. It was presented by Libby Purves and each week several guests discussed various topics with her. ""Start the Week"" and ""Stop the Week"", also broadcast on Radio 4, employ similar formats, although ""Stop the Week"" is no longer broadcast. The final broadcast of Midweek aired on 29 March 2017. In 1986, then-producer Victor Lewis-Smith employed cockney comedian Arthur Mullard as stand-in for Purves who was on holiday. The"
"a.m. on Saturday and from 4:00–7:00 a.m. on Sunday. In 2008 his Saturday show was extended to 4:00–8:00 a.m. and he dropped the Sunday show. Mo also briefly presented the weekend breakfast show on the BBC Asian Network and used to be a presenter at BBC Radio Kent, and before that on BBC Radio Bedfordshire and BBC GMR. He's also presented shows on 5 Live. In his spare time he runs a number of his own business enterprises including Internet training, software design, broadcast electronics and production. Mo announced on his BBC Radio 2 show that his last show would"
"Radio Luxembourg. In 1966 he moved to London to work as a freelance disc-jockey and newsreader/continuity announcer, initially mostly for the BBC Light Programme and, after their launch in September 1967, for both the pop music station BBC Radio 1 and the ""middle-of-the-road"" station BBC Radio 2. (In fact the distinction between the two outputs was blurred for the first several years because they were merged for substantial periods of each day including for Alldis' Thursday edition of ""Late Night Extra"".) In 1975 Alldis went back to Luxembourg and returned to the radio station where he had made his name."
"Year in Music 2017"" with Claudia Winkleman on BBC Two. She also presented ""Top of the Pops"" for the first time, with Fearne Cotton on BBC One. In February 2018, Amfo returned to the ""BRIT Awards"" backstage on ITV2. Clara Amfo Clara Amfo is a radio presenter in the United Kingdom. She currently presents the mid-morning show on BBC Radio 1, which she took over from Fearne Cotton on 25 May 2015. Amfo was born in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, Her father was a microbiologist who emigrated from Ghana in the 1970s. Amfo studied media arts with professional and"
"Simon Bates Simon Philip Bates (born 17 December 1946 in Birmingham) is an English disc jockey and radio presenter. Between 1976 and 1993 he worked at BBC Radio 1, presenting the station's weekday mid-morning show for most of this period. He later became a regular presenter on Classic FM. He hosted the breakfast show on Smooth Radio from January 2011 until March 2014, and took on the same role at BBC Radio Devon from January 2015 until January 2017. He was the first presenter of BBC Two's ""Food and Drink"" programme in 1982. Bates was raised in Suffolk and Shropshire"
"Raymond Baxter Raymond Frederic Baxter OBE (25 January 1922 – 15 September 2006) was an English television presenter and writer. He is best known for being the first presenter of the BBC Television science programme ""Tomorrow's World"", continuing for 12 years, from 1965 to 1977. He also provided radio commentary at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the funerals of King George VI, Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten of Burma, and the first flight of Concorde. Baxter was born in Ilford in Essex. His father was a science teacher. He was educated at Ilford County High School, a grammar school"
"Mark Goodier Mark Goodier (born 9 June 1961) is a British radio disc jockey who appeared on BBC Radio 1 between 1987 and 2002. He had two spells presenting the station's Top 40 singles chart, from 1990 to 1992 and from 1995 until 2002, and also temporarily presented the ""Breakfast Show"" during 1993. He has also presented shows on BBC Radio 2, Classic FM, 102.2 Smooth Radio and Real Radio, and appeared on BBC television as a recurring presenter of ""Top of the Pops"" between 1988 and 1996. Goodier was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). His family moved to Llanfairfechan,"
"The Sunday Hour The Sunday Hour (formerly Sunday Half Hour from 1940 to 2013) was a long-standing show broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom, broadcast for 78 years between 14 July 1940 and 28 January 2018. For most of its life it occupied a Sunday evening slot, latterly between 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm but in 2013 it moved to a Sunday morning slot between 6:00 am and 7:00 am. It broadcast Christian hymns and prayer, and was one of only two remaining Christian-based shows on Radio 2, the other being ""Good Morning Sunday"". For its first"
"Andrew Marr Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British political commentator and television presenter. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited ""The Independent"" newspaper (1996–98), and was political editor of BBC News (2000–05). He began hosting a political programme—""Sunday AM"", now called ""The Andrew Marr Show""—on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005. In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-running ""Start the Week"" Monday morning discussion programme. In 2007, he presented a political history of post-war Britain on BBC Two, ""Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain"", followed"
"Steve Wright in the Afternoon Steve Wright in the Afternoon is the name of the current afternoon show on BBC Radio 2, hosted by Steve Wright. The show is one of the most popular on the station, and is often referred to as The Big Show. The show is broadcast from 14:00 until 17:00 Monday to Friday. The show originally started on Radio 1 in the 1980s where it ran successfully for a number of years until ending in 1993. Steve Wright then worked on other shows for the network before leaving the BBC for several years. In this period,"
"schedule, using the weekend presenters. At earlier times, the weekend breakfast show was split into two different shows by two different DJs. From 20 September 2003, the weekend breakfast show was merged into two days until 15 June 2018. On 17 January 2018, BBC Radio 1 announced that Alice Levine will be shifted from weekend afternoon slot (1-4pm) to co-host Dev on Weekend Breakfast slot. At a time when pay equality is under scrutiny at the BBC, Radio 1 confirmed Alice Levine and Dev will earn the same, as will Maya and Jordan. Matt Edmondson filled Alice Levine's afternoon slot."
"were a number who made repeated appearances including Bryan Michie, Roy Rich, Godfrey Winn, Robert McDermott, Richard Murdoch, Gary Miller, Kenneth Horne, Sam Costa, Desmond Carrington and David Jacobs. One of the most popular was George Elrick, who sang his own lyrics over the theme music, beginning with ""Dooodle-dum-de-doodle-dum"" and ending with ""I'll be with you all again tomorrow morning"". The programme ended when the Light Programme was replaced by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 in 1967. Its short-lived successor, ""Family Choice"", was broadcast on both Radios 1 and 2, but by September 1969, had also ended. In"
"2, presenting a Saturday afternoon show from 3 pm to 6 pm. In 2000, she began as a weekday presenter. She hosted originally from Birmingham but since April 2008 from BBC Radio 2 studios in London. Live music has included sessions from Adele, the Zutons, Primal Scream, Kasabian, Amy McDonald, Hard Fi, Faithless, the Manic Street Preachers, Marillion, Josh Ritter, the Stranglers, Paul Weller, Morrissey, Moby, the Dandy Warhols, Stereophonics, Aslan and a significant number of new and unsigned bands such as Elle S'Appelle, Vijay Kishore, Damien Dempsey, Amsterdam, Senses and Sam Isaac. Amy Winehouse performed her first radio session"
"Phillip Hodson Phillip Hodson (born April 1946 in Bedfordshire) is a British psychotherapist, broadcaster and author who popularised ‘phone-in’ therapy in his role as Britain's first 'agony uncle'. His afternoon and evening counselling programmes ran on LBC Radio in London for nearly 20 years. Thereafter he worked on Talk Radio and with Jimmy Young on BBC Radio 2. He was a regular children's counsellor on BBC1 for six years with ""Saturday Superstore"" and ""Going Live!"" presented by Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield, where he was noted for addressing serious juvenile concerns not normally treated on children's television, and for his"