View Full Version : Ken Bruce, 71 leaves dusty Radio2 for Greatest Hits Radio
arista
17-01-2023, 02:44 PM
The Pathetic BBC
does not mention he is moving to a better Radio station
[On leaving BBC Radio 2, Bruce said:
“Nothing stays the same forever,
and I have decided the time is right
for me to move on from Radio 2 when
I reach the end of my
current contract in March.]
See you in April!”]
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/01/17/13/wire-66662721-1673960706-315_634x356.jpg
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11644327/Ken-Bruce-announces-BBC-Radio-2-Greatest-Hits-Radio-later-year.html
UserSince2005
17-01-2023, 02:47 PM
A face for Radio if there ever was one.
Crimson Dynamo
17-01-2023, 03:01 PM
The rot set in when they shoehorned in Zoe Ball and Sarah Cox because they were women and not because they were the best for the job. They got rid of Paul O'grady and put in that berk with the big teeth Then Steve left and they put in Scot Mills and his botoxed face and now Ken is going.
I don't listed to R2 anymore in general. I do listen to Gary Davis, Tony Blackburn, Trevor Nelson and Johnny Walker shows on My SOunds.
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Crimson Dynamo
17-01-2023, 03:54 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/10/14/61215677-11099003-Radio_2_fans_have_accused_the_BBC_of_ageism_after_ Paul_O_Grady_q-a-218_1660137129612.jpg
Nicky91
17-01-2023, 05:12 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/10/14/61215677-11099003-Radio_2_fans_have_accused_the_BBC_of_ageism_after_ Paul_O_Grady_q-a-218_1660137129612.jpg
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gone with the old
in with the new and fresh faces :love:
Shame as his show is the best one on there. Says it all that it's the most listened to show even though it's not a great time slot. I do like Zoe, Sara, Scott etc but there's a reason people like Ken, Mayo and Wright are legends of their craft. There's not enough diversity in the music anymore either with the younger replacements
Crimson Dynamo
17-01-2023, 06:14 PM
Zoe Ball is a nice person etc but she is a terrible DJ
unlistenable unless you are a surrey housewife
My problem is that she bangs on about Strictly all the bloody time. Don't think there's been a single day she hasn't managed to shoehorn a Strictly mention into the show
Crimson Dynamo
17-01-2023, 06:20 PM
That horrible Richie wannabe celeb who does the travel makes my skin crawl
Livia
19-01-2023, 02:42 PM
The rot set in when they shoehorned in Zoe Ball and Sarah Cox because they were women and not because they were the best for the job. They got rid of Paul O'grady and put in that berk with the big teeth Then Steve left and they put in Scot Mills and his botoxed face and now Ken is going.
I don't listed to R2 anymore in general. I do listen to Gary Davis, Tony Blackburn, Trevor Nelson and Johnny Walker shows on My SOunds.
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I reckon it was when they replaced Terry Wogan with the insufferable Chris Evans and lost almost all of Wogans listeners in one go.
Everyone over fifty should turn off BBC and refuse to pay their licence fee. There's nothing the BBC offers for people who haven't got kids, are over 40 and are not a member of the champagne Socialist from Islington set.
Crimson Dynamo
24-01-2023, 01:16 PM
https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/
I emailed the boss of Greatest Hits Radio yesterday and i got a very nice reply one minute later.
Ken is going to a fine place.
arista
24-01-2023, 01:20 PM
how nice
i like planet radio, it has a load of good stations
Crimson Dynamo
24-01-2023, 03:05 PM
i like Bauer planet radio, it has a load of good stations
Full list (and there is lots) here https://planetradio.co.uk/stations/
Crimson Dynamo
02-02-2023, 06:57 PM
Nearly 600,000 listeners turn off after departure of Steve Wright and Paul O'Grady and axing of
60s and 70s songs - while Greatest Hits Radio enjoys boom ahead of Ken
Bruce's arrival
BBC Radio 2 has lost 580,000 listeners in a year where they ripped up their
schedule and older stars including Ken Bruce, Steve Wright and Paul O'Grady
were shipped out for younger DJs such as Scott Mills.
The station has found itself at the centre of an ageism storm as commercial
rivals playing more music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s saw their
audiences grow by up to a third.
So-called 'Radio 2 refugees' have abandoned the station for Boom Radio -
the station is aimed at baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 - and
Greatest Hits Radio, the new home of Ken Bruce, who will take his beloved
PopMaster quiz with him in March.
Radio 2
overall weekly audience has fallen by 580,000 to 14.29million.
Breakfast show host Zoe Ball has seen a drop in listeners while Ken Bruce's
listenership is also down - although his show is still the most listened to on
the station with 8.2million, according to Rajar.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11704489/Half-million-listeners-tune-BBC-Radio-2-turn-commercial-rivals.html#comments
the bbc thinks their **** don't stink basically. It's the same with the news, its gone so far off its viewership that its going to sink without a trace
Being replaced by Vernon Kay
Quite like him
Being replaced by Vernon Kay
Quite like him
Isn’t he the Sexting pest ?
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Isn’t he the Sexting pest ?
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That's him :joker: with Big Brother's Rhian, maybe another woman too
Tess has forgiven him though
i don't listen to any bbc radio, there are hundreds of alternatives that better match what i like to listen to
Crimson Dynamo
24-02-2023, 04:20 PM
Vernon?
https://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-ughh.gif
UserSince2005
24-02-2023, 04:22 PM
The cute little interns better be on high alert when hes around.
arista
24-02-2023, 04:22 PM
Being replaced by Vernon Kay
Quite like him
Lucky You.
i don't listen to any bbc radio, there are hundreds of alternatives that better match what i like to listen to
Not on the old FM radio there isn't :pipe2: (still all I get in my car)
Oliver_W
24-02-2023, 04:25 PM
Tombola Man :love:
Not on the old FM radio there isn't :pipe2: (still all I get in my car)
get a new blinking radio, or better, stream the station of your choice on your phone and play it through your cars sound system :laugh:
get a new blinking radio, or better, stream the station of your choice on your phone and play it through your cars sound system :laugh:
I could do that actually but I like to feel old school
Constantly have to switch between 693 and 909 MW as well when I'm listening to football to get the better reception
That's him :joker: with Big Brother's Rhian, maybe another woman too
Tess has forgiven him though
I very much doubt that tbh
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Ken's last show on Radio 2 today :bawling:
He is being pushed out early by the mean BBC
Crimson Dynamo
03-03-2023, 10:20 AM
tune in now for his last ever popmaster
And the contestant gets 3 points :joker:
Even I got 9
Crimson Dynamo
03-03-2023, 10:44 AM
he pulled Amazulu out of nowhere
arista
03-03-2023, 11:31 AM
Ken's last show on Radio 2 today :bawling:
He is being pushed out early by the mean BBC
Yes The BBC Cuts
are wide
Even BBC4HD is going online
no longer on TV - That stinks
Crimson Dynamo
03-03-2023, 04:28 PM
Ken's last song choice and what an absolute classic :love:
The last music Ken Bruce played on his last ever Radio 2 show was the finale
from Abbey Road by the Beatles, culminating in The End. He quoted the lyrics:
“In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” But then,
because he's a professional to the last, he handed over to Jeremy Vine on the
stroke of noon, and his actual final words were, “It’s 12 o’clock, here’s Jeremy”.
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Crimson Dynamo
03-04-2023, 09:54 AM
Ken is BACK! :amazed:
https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fmq8YUEWIAEpE-J?format=jpg&name=900x900
The first lady on Popmaster was nervous and got 12 points
The second guy got a full house 39 points :amazed:
this meant he did not have to do 3 in 10 so it passed to the nervous lady
3 hits in 10 seconds for...Rod Stewart
She got 2 and froze
The music beds are not the same as Radio 2 (so he did not manage to copyright them) and will take a week to get used to.
His first song was Come Together by the Beatles
Great to have him back in his new home
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The Popmaster chimes and theme are weird, like they're being played through one of those voice altering megaphones
Brand new theme needed I think
The Popmaster chimes and theme are weird, like they're being played through one of those voice altering megaphones
Brand new theme needed I think
Crimson Dynamo
03-04-2023, 10:03 AM
the guy who got the full house is a former Champions league Popmaster winner so Id imagine he was picked rather carefully!
get them PR headlines Ken :joker:
Crimson Dynamo
03-04-2023, 07:43 PM
the guy who got 39 on Popmaster respond to fix claims:
Believe you me as the second contestant today you have no reason to be suspicious. Yes I've been on before as I mentioned during the pre-quiz chat with Ken but during the qualifying (last Tuesday) and a brief chat with one of the producers on Friday I have never mentioned to them about being a Champions League winner to them, in fact I only mentioned it after the quiz had ended (off air) as they were taking down my address for the prize.
I had also applied for PM three times last year on Radio 2 and got the call back with all qualifiers correct but no return call, same with Ten To The Top last month. The difference is each time I have had a call from the BBC you get some Gen Z person who really hasn't a clue and honestly doesn't come across as being that interested in what you have to say. With GHR I was called by a guy called Andy each time (4 times in total) who you can hold a decent conversation with and seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say.
They called me Friday and told me I'd be on today with zero knowledge of my previous PM experiences.
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