DARK SECRETS: Simon mayo - The Real Truth

Zoe Ball lands major new job at Greatest Hits Radio after Strictly Come Dancing presenting snub

The veteran broadcaster, 55, has signed for BBC Radio 2's biggest commercial rival

Evening Standard · Jun 30

5 new podcasts to listen to this week

These are our top podcast picks.

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025

Live Aid concert to be broadcast on radio to mark 40th anniversary

Greatest Hits Radio to air original performances from stars such as Queen and David Bowie in 10-hour show on 13 July

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2025

‘Mozart didn’t have explosions’: Simon Mayo on how his book Itch became an opera

With an aria to the periodic table and a hero dying of radiation sickness, the broadcaster’s YA novel has been transformed into an exposive operatic thriller

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

Jo Whiley's Glastonbury highlights, family country life and fight for her disabled sister

BBC Radio 2 DJ and TV presenter Jo Whiley has hosted Glastonbury Festival coverage for decades

Wales Online · Jun 22, 2023

Ken Bruce jokes he now works with 'dregs of broadcasting' at launch party for new radio show

Radio 2 alumni including DJs Simon Mayo and Richard Allinson threw a launch party for the star, along with Paul Gambaccini, who still hosts a weekly broadcast on the station

Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2023

Ken Bruce’s Radio 2 departure handled badly, says Simon Mayo

Mayo says it is surprising Bruce was allowed to carry on for so long after announcing switch to GHR

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023

Why rumours of BBC Radio 2’s demise might be overstated

Could losing half a million listeners to rivals, plus Vanessa Feltz and Ken Bruce leaving, signal trouble – or that the station is doing something right?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

‘It’s like signing Messi’: Ken Bruce’s move a coup for Greatest Hits Radio

Radio 2’s loss of veteran DJ is GHR’s gain as it replaces local stations with its winning formula of 20th-century pop

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2023

Vanessa Feltz accuses BBC of 'ageism' after 'genius' Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 exit

Vanessa Feltz has opened up about working with Ken Bruce on This Morning, after he became the latest presenter to leave BBC Radio 2 after three decades to move to Greatest Hits

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023