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Ken Bruce announces move from BBC Radio 2 to Greatest Hits Radio later this year

Ken Bruce will join Greatest Hits Radio later this year after it was announced he is leaving his mid-morning weekday slot on BBC Radio 2 after 31 years. During his BBC show on Tuesday, the Scottish broadcaster announced he would be departing his 9....

17 Jan 2023 at 15:01

Ofcom investigates Greatest Hits Radio over sentencing petition

Ofcom investigates Greatest Hits Radio over petition

Ofcom has launched an investigation into Greatest Hits Radio over the station’s campaign which calls for offenders to be prevented from refusing to attend sentencing hearings. The watchdog said on Monday the probe will look at whether the radio ...

17 Jul 2023 at 16:02

BBC declined to trademark PopMaster format so I did it myself – Ken Bruce

Ken Bruce has claimed the BBC declined to jointly trademark his long-running PopMaster music radio quiz, allowing him to purchase the rights himself. The Scottish veteran broadcaster hosted the segment on BBC Radio 2 for more than two decades, ...

28 Jun 2023 at 09:18

BBC Radio 2 sheds a million listeners since Ken Bruce departure

BBC Radio 2 has lost one million listeners since veteran broadcaster Ken Bruce left the station, new figures show. The station saw its average weekly listeners drop by 7% from 14.5 million in January to March 2023 to 13.5 million in April to ...

03 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Ken Bruce to front new Greatest Hits Radio station dedicated to Sixties music

Veteran broadcaster Ken Bruce is to host a new Greatest Hits Radio station dedicated to music from the 1960s, it has been announced. The former Radio 2 DJ had been at the BBC for more than three decades before moving to a mid-morning ...

03 Aug 2023 at 00:01

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Ken Bruce: I’m struggling with my work time change after move from BBC

Ken Bruce said he is “struggling” with how his working hours will change as he prepares to launch a new show on Greatest Hits Radio after exiting the BBC. The veteran Scottish radio presenter had the last day of his Radio 2 ...

04 Apr 2023 at 11:23

Music

Ken Bruce begins first Greatest Hits Radio show with Beatles track Come Together

Ken Bruce has begun presenting his Greatest Hits Radio show for the first time since leaving BBC Radio 2. The 72-year-old Scottish broadcaster will be on air from 10am to 1pm weekdays at the Bauer radio station to play hit ...

03 Apr 2023 at 13:05

Music

Ken Bruce: My show became biggest on radio but it was not mentioned by the BBC

Greatest Hits Radio presenter Ken Bruce has said his slot on Radio 2 “became the biggest show on radio” but claimed this “wasn’t mentioned by the BBC at all”. The 73-year-old from Scotland, who had regularly presented his ...

09 Mar 2024 at 12:38

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Ken Bruce transformed into Gingerbread Ken for his 2023 Christmas decoration

Ken Bruce has been transformed into Gingerbread Ken for his 2023 Christmas decoration. The annual festive tradition has, in previous years, seen the 72-year-old radio host rendered as an elf, an angel, the Grinch, and ...

01 Dec 2023 at 21:42

Ken Bruce urges people to listen to autistic community as he is made an MBE

Veteran broadcaster Ken Bruce has said it is “vitally important” that we listen to the autistic community after he was made an MBE. The 72-year-old Scottish radio presenter, who has an autistic son Murray, was ...

27 Oct 2023 at 17:38

Greatest Hits Radio overtakes BBC Radio 1 in listening figures

Commercial music station Greatest Hits Radio has enjoyed another surge in listeners and now has a larger audience than BBC Radio 1, figures show. The station, which is home to several former BBC DJs including ...

16 May 2024 at 00:01

Life

Radio presenter Ken Bruce: I don’t think anybody likes to see their private affairs plastered across the newspapers

He may be 73, but popular radio presenter Ken Bruce is not ready to hang up his headphones just yet. “Not willingly,” he joshes. “Doing a daily programme is not a massive strain but it does require you to be ...

13 Aug 2024 at 08:00

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