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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.
1 March – BBC Radio 2 begins a month of programming dedicated to country music to tie in with the C2C: Country to Country festival. [84]3 March – JACK Media National Ltd., the parent company of Union JACK Radio, enters administration and makes several staff members redundant.
BBC Radio 2 airs Ultimate UK Eurovision Song, a countdown of UK entries in the Eurovision Song Contest, and presented by Steve Wright. [254] Hits Radio Pride briefly rebrands as Radio EuroPride for the Eurovision Song Contest. [255] 14 May – "Magic at the Musicals" returns to the Royal Albert Hall with Jason Manford and Ruthie Henshall ...
Radio 2 in the Park (formally known as Radio 2 Live, Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park and Radio 2's Festival in a Day) is a British music festival organised by BBC Radio 2. It took place from 2011 to 2019 in Hyde Park in London and in 2017, the attendance was 45,000. [ 1 ]
Between February 1998 and March 2023, the quiz was part of the weekday morning Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 and currently airs on Greatest Hits Radio beginning in April 2023. The questions were originally devised by radio producer and music collector Phil "The Collector" Swern, [1] but are now written by Neil Myners and Simon Bray.
8–19 September – Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, BBC Radio 2 abandons half of its regular scheduled programming in favour of simulcasting a BBC Radio News special programme, and the station broadcasts a revised schedule from 9 to 11 September, and on 19 September the day of her state funeral, while BBC Radio 2 Live in Leeds 2022 ...
Since May 2018, Borg has presented BBC Radio 2's weekday overnight programme 12–3am. He also regularly deputises for Sara Cox, Scott Mills, Rylan and Craig Charles.When Steve Wright was replaced by Scott Mills in 2022, Borg covered the Afternoon Show from 2 to 5pm for several weeks between the two presenters.
On 4 August 1962, when Radio Times was again revamped, the masthead was replaced with one incorporating the words in the Clarendon typeface; while the main change was the reduction of BBC radio schedules for three stations to a double-page spread brought down into size, the magazine now generally had between 60 and 68 pages, as compared to the ...