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20 February – Rob Beckett joins, and presents a new Sunday teatime show which will share its slot with Paul O'Grady's show. 8 April – BBC Radio 2 celebrates the launch of its BBC Sounds service Radio 2 90s with a day of music from that decade. [130] 14 May – BBC Radio 2 broadcasts live coverage of Eurovision 2022 in Turin.
In November 2022, the BBC confirmed plans for Radio 2 and 6 Music to move out of Wogan House, and move back into studios at the nearby BBC Broadcasting House in London. [30] On 18 February 2024, "The Paul Gambaccini Collection" was the final Radio 2 show, and radio show altogether, to be broadcast from Wogan House after 18 years.
While BBC Radio London, albeit with some further minor interruptions, continues to take the show, the rest of the network switches to BBC Radio 5 Live. [4] 4 January Ian Shepherd joins Central Radio to present weekend breakfast. [5] Former Key 103 presenter Jonathan Miles joins Happy Radio UK to present a weekly show on Saturday evenings. [6]
One of the show's longest running features has been "Pause for Thought", a short interlude of religious-related opinion at around 7:15am or 9:15am, similar to "Thought for the Day" on BBC Radio 4's Today. In the 1960s-1970s, Rev. Frank Thewlis was a frequent "Pause for Thought" guest.
The BBC also syndicates radio and podcast content to radio stations and other broadcasting services around the globe, through its BBC Radio International business, which is part of BBC Studios. Programmes regularly syndicated by BBC Radio International include: In Concert (live rock music recordings from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, including ...
1 May – The launch of 24-hour broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 sees the Simon Mayo Breakfast Show starting and finishing 30 minutes earlier and airing between 6am and 9am. 20 December – Derek Jameson leaves The Radio 2 Breakfast Show after presenting it for five years. [9] 1992. 6 January – Brian Hayes takes over as host of The Radio 2 ...
Janey had her own show from 4 am – 6 am (later 3 am – 6 am) on Saturday mornings, beginning on 11 February 2000 [5] which lasted until late 2006, when she was replaced by her Steve Wright in the Afternoon co-host, Tim Smith. [6] Grace covered Wright's Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2 in December 2007 and January 2008.
6 January – BBC Radio 2's broadcasting hours are reduced due to budget cuts at the BBC. The former 5 am – 2 am schedule is reduced to a 6 am start up Mondays to Saturdays with a 6:55 am start up on Sundays. The station closes down at around 12:33 am each day. Another consequence on the cuts is that David Hamilton's afternoon show is ...