[Jonny]

I think the problem is Metro & TFM are linked and Steve & Karen never say the station names anyway so would be a bit difficult to do any sort of tribute. It would sound odd for people listening on TFM as Metro has a much bigger audience and more well known heritage brand out of the two in the North East so they would probably most likely only talk about Metro.

Agreed. It will certainly make their lives easier being able to say the name of the station live.

As mentioned earlier, I'm not a regular listener and I was surprised a few weeks ago how many voice tracked references to "Metro" were included in links. Was this unusual on the breakfast show?

A shame they couldn't have dropped the ridiculous pretence for the last day and given each name a brief send off, even if voice tracked, but as I say not unexpected. The brands have been zombie names for a long time now.