[Stooky Bill]

Can someone explain to me the listener age group BBC Radio 2 is now aimed at, as it seems to be BBC Radio 2 has become a simple copy of BBC Radio 1 but for the slightly older.

I used to love listening to BBC Radio 2, and I am 37, even when I was younger I really liked The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Jeremy Vine etc. But that was nearly a decade a go when I was 27. Now in 2023, I feel BBC Radio 2 feels very like a slightly older BBC Radio 1 station.

This is the reason why I have moved over to Heart Radio - I don't understand what listeners Radio 2 is wanting to attract now in 2023 - has their remit changed?

The remit hasn't changed, it's a broad mixed music station for over 35s. This hasn't changed since the BBC Trust/Ofcom started giving the BBC stations their official service licenses. In fact the archived pages of the BBC Trust still have all their old service licenses online 

www.bbc.co.uk 

That's not to say it hasn't changed, there's less specialist music and it's comedy programmes have gone for example. But it still has a very broad range of music.

The thing that has changed gradually over the last 10-15 years and even more so recently is that they seem to have been trying to bring the average age down. IIRC in the latest Rajar it moved slightly down, I think from about 52 to 51.

I don't get the Radio 1 comparison, yes it's a music radio station, it has DJs playing music but that's about it. The playlists are very different of course and there's not 2 hours of current affairs at lunchtime for one thing. 

As I mentioned before, everyone I know who listens to it is female, a parent and in their mid to late 40s.