[Jon]

One of the things about Ken is that despite his position as the oldest member of the daytime line up, he's technically brilliant.

As demonstrated every time somebody else has to self-op Popmaster and it's full of pregnant pauses, or whenever there is work going on at Wogan House and they need to decamp to Radio 1 at NBH where there isn't a Studio Manager through the glass riding the levels.

But my favourite Ken sorry is that he asked if some of his jingles could be made in three different keys, so he could choose the appropriate version to match the record it was following. And, remarkably, they did it!

I think the thing to remember with Ken Bruce is that he is at the height of his powers, with him currently presenting the most listened to show on radio in the UK and such move a to another station was always going to the most lucrative whilst he’s at his peak rather than a few years down the line. I think it was probably more a case of the BBC not being able to compete for him rather than wanting to get rid of him.

We’ve seen with Chris Evans going to Virgin that listeners will follow the talent, I think the breakfast show there had a million listeners on their first RAJAR survey, which was incredible for a new DAB only station. So for an established FM/AM and DAB network you can expect massive growth as more people will be able to find it.

As for a replacement perhaps there would be a happy middle ground between someone who’s a similar age to Mills but appeals to a wider age range of audience. Colin Murray would be a good shout given he’ll now be known to people as the host of Countdown but unlike his 5 Live evening show, it’s unlikely he’ll be able to work a daytime show around Countdown.