[Music] Oh no, Ken Bruce quits Radio 2!

[The Clamp]

Jason Manford
Or
Liza Tarbuck

 

[Icy Gull]

Jason Manford
Or
Liza Tarbuck

Liza Tarbuck? f*** NO!

As annoying as Elaine Paige for me

 

[The Clamp]

Liza Tarbuck? f*** NO!

As annoying as Elaine Paige for me

No. Incorrect. While I can understand not liking LT, EP is a step too far.

It’s me…EP.

Get to f***.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Ken's had the pleasure of hosting my pop knowledge thrice for Popmaster, I hope the incoming will be better than Mills or Davies.

 

[wellquickwoody]

BBC are good at doing cloning. When Mrs Fat Frank left The One Show for a bigger payday at ITV the corporation replaced her overnight with an equally-vacuous clone from Wales

Both easy on the eye too

 

[lawros left foot]

I always think of Vine as a Labour twat, whatever he is he’s certainly a twat though. I turn him off as soon as he comes on

An ex public school boy from Epsom, dubious tax avoider.

Bound to be a Tory.

And he’s a plastic Chelsea fan.

 

[AnotherArch]

This is the final straw for me and Radio 2. I have already gone to Boom Radio. Mainly 60's and 70's music with a sprinkling of 80's. The playlist is huge - not just the normal 'oldies' that you would expect but a very eclectic mix, including lesser known tracks from major artists (but still hit the charts at the time), non-chart disco and northern soul favourites. What 'chat' there is during the day is usually about the music - partly due to the the dj's running solo. Even 'Diddy' David is not that annoying Tempo drops and records appear to get older after tea.

 

[slimes]

Is Popmaster moving with him?

Yes

 

[portlock seagull]

Cheer up mate.

Why? It’s January?

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Why? It’s January?

What's that line? No matter how dark the night, the dawn will come.

 

[portlock seagull]

What's that line? No matter how dark the night, the dawn will come.

I know. Just January blues, in a couple weeks the evenings suddenly become noticeably lighter and…we’re on our way out of this winter abyss. Bloody depressing but appreciate the encouragement Thank you.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Ken's had the pleasure of hosting my pop knowledge thrice for Popmaster, I hope the incoming will be better than Mills or Davies.

He's taking Popmaster with him. Have another try. Nobody you know will hear your efforts on Classic Hits, but you know you'll still enjoy it. My Cocktail Audio has had it's radio switched off by those bastards at Cocktail Audio who took away the album covers feature at the beginning of Covid, but luckily it turns out I only have to Ask Alexa and Classic Hits Sussex powers up, so I'll be good to go.

 

[crodonilson]

Vernon Kay set to be announced as Bruce's replacement, not sure the right choice to replace an old white male was to replace him with a slightly younger white male but think he will be a very safe pair of hands.

 

[Live by the sea]

Not sure the fact Kay is white makes any difference. Of all the potential reasonable options , most of them are white but why is that a big deal . Surely the best person available for the job should get it , not based on their skin colour .

I don’t personally like Vernon as a radio DJ , I find him purile and not very interested to listen to but that my opinion.

Gary Davis would have been a better choice .

 

[Lenny Rider]

Does he effectively own the 'Popmaster' format?

I remember when Simon Bates left Radio One, he took Our Tune with him as well, Greatest Hits Radio will all but pay for KB with the advertising revenue around 10.30 every morning.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Does he effectively own the 'Popmaster' format?

I remember when Simon Bates left Radio One, he took Our Tune with him as well, Greatest Hits Radio will all but pay for KB with the advertising revenue around 10.30 every morning.

I may be completely wrong but I THINK as most DJ's are freelance, they can take 'their' show to a station.

I know many hugely dislike him but I listen to Moyles on Radio X each morning. He took/often references a lot of concepts/features that were present/similar on his old R1 show.

I'm pretty sure Chris Evans' show on Virgin has many many similarities to his R2 show.

 

[Normal Rob]

Does he effectively own the 'Popmaster' format?

I remember when Simon Bates left Radio One, he took Our Tune with him as well, Greatest Hits Radio will all but pay for KB with the advertising revenue around 10.30 every morning.

Not sure if the hordes of R2 listeners will move across. A lot depends on the question setting as whether PopMaster remains at the zenith of pop quizzes. I have no intention of following Bruce to GHR, despite my love of PopMaster.

Contrary to many on here, I really like Liza Tarbuck. Not Vernon Kay though.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Paddy McGuinness wrecked question of sport. Vernon Kay will wreck mornings on Radio 2. My opinion of course.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Does he effectively own the 'Popmaster' format?

I remember when Simon Bates left Radio One, he took Our Tune with him as well, Greatest Hits Radio will all but pay for KB with the advertising revenue around 10.30 every morning.

He is taking Popmaster with him to GHR. I rarely get time to listen to Popmaster live but use BBC sounds to listen again later in the day (the bonus being you can skip through the pre-amble when contestants is really dull). I hope GHR have the same option.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

More sad news next week will be Ken’s last on Radio 2, he wanted to honour his contract and stay till the end of March but BBC have said they want him to leave earlier.