[Stooky Bill]

With the exception of Jeremy Vine, now it’s practically Radio 1 from 20 years ago… Jeremy sticks out like a sore thumb.

I feel like Ken’s departure is the biggest loss to the station since Wogan. It really is struggling to hold itself together these days. It’s the weakest it’s been for years. All their star talent going over the last few years. Ken, Paul O’Grady, Simon Mayo, Chris Evans,
Graham Norton and though she grates on me normally, Vanessa Feltz was brilliant at the early breakfast. Steve Wright’s exit was long overdue though, it’s just a shame to see Radio 2 being torn to pieces. 

But look at 20 years ago and a lot of the DJs were from the Radio 1 of 10-20 years beforehand - Steve Wright, Johnnie Walker, Janice Long, and then a few years later Mark Radcliffe, Simon Mayo, Chris Evans. 

It's a natural progression, but not one that has always been in place. When Radio 1 went through it's big change in the early 90's one issue they had was that there was no where for the older listeners or the DJs to go to - Radio 2 was a very different station back then - easy listening and gentle speech for a much older demographic. The changes made to Radio 2 in the 2000s made it a much more modern listen and made it's brought it's minimum age demographic to pick up at 35, directly above Radio 1's. But that was at the expense of the old guard of Radio 2, it is forgotten now but Steve Wright's arrival at the station wasn't greeted entirely positively, not least by the person he replaced - Ed Stewart

Also remember just because a lot of the DJs are from Radio 1, it doesn't mean the programme formats and music are. It's Radio 2 with Radio 1 DJs, not a direct lift of Radio 1 of the past.