UPDATED 12.41 a.m. PT: Scott Mills will exchange Zoe Ball because the BBC‘s Radio 2 breakfast present presenter from subsequent 12 months.
Ball simply introduced on her present that the long-time BBC radio presenter will take over her present, which attracts tens of millions of listeners per week. She has used her radio present this morning to each announce her departure and unveil Mills as her substitute.
Mills presents a present within the afternoons for Radio 2 at current. His Scott Mills Present ran on Radio 1 between 2004 and 2022. Trevor Nelson will take over from Mills within the weekday afternoons.
PREVIOUS: Zoe Ball, the BBC’s second highest-paid presenter, is stepping down from her Radio 2 breakfast present after six years.
She is the second high-profile BBC broadcaster to announce they’re leaving their primary present following Gary Lineker’s announcement a fortnight in the past. She is going to stay with the BBC, with extra information early subsequent 12 months on what she is going to do subsequent.
Ball made the announcement on her present this morning and her closing look shall be Friday December 20.
“After six unimaginable years on the Radio 2 Breakfast Present, it’s time for me to step away from the very early mornings and deal with household,” she mentioned. “It’s been a privilege. I believe the world of you listeners and I’m grateful to my bosses right here for his or her help, particularly this 12 months.”
Radio 2 boss Helen Thomas thanked Ball “for approaching every present with as a lot vim and vigour as if it had been her first.”
Ball’s slot within the mornings on Radio 2 is among the BBC’s most profitable. As per the newest BBC annual report, she was the company’s second top-paid presenter, incomes between £950,000 ($1.2M) and £954,999 final 12 months. This locations her second behind Lineker, who is also exiting his primary BBC present, Match of the Day, in a number of months’ time. As with Ball, Lineker is remaining with the BBC to guide different soccer protection.
Ball changed Chris Evans helming the breakfast gig in 2018 when he departed to Virgin Radio. She had first joined BBC radio in 1997 because the co-host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Present, turning into the primary girl to host that program solo a 12 months later. In 2006, she joined Radio 2 to current documentaries and different reveals. From 2009 to 2012, she introduced the Saturday early morning breakfast present, returning completely to Radio 2 in 2017 because the host of the Saturday afternoon present.
