'They should 改名する it TV on 無線で通信する': 無線で通信する 2 fans and ex-DJs ガス／煙 as ex-T4 presenter and game show host Vernon Kay, 48, takes over 72-year-old Ken Bruce's morning slot -in 最新の example of BBC's obsession with ever-younger hosts

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The 決定／判定勝ち（する） by BBC bosses to 手渡す Ken Bruce's 中央の-morning slot to Vernon Kay?has upset listeners and その上の 深くするd the?'ageism' 嵐／襲撃する （海，煙などが）飲み込むing 無線で通信する 2 - with bosses （刑事）被告 of choosing 'younger, cheaper' TV 星／主役にするs over 退役軍人 DJs.

Mr Bruce, 72, will 現在の his final 9.30am to midday show on March 3, the BBC 確認するd on Friday, before moving over to 競争相手 Greatest 攻撃する，衝突するs 無線で通信する, with Kay 調印 a two-year 取引，協定 to 取って代わる him.?

But 産業 insiders have said that Vernon is ありそうもない to be given Ken?Bruce's £389,999-a-year salary because of his age and 欠如（する） of 無線で通信する experience compared to the 退役軍人, who draws in 8.2million listeners each week.?

A 上級の 無線で通信する source told MailOnline: 'Vernon's スパイ／執行官s would have used Ken's salary as a starting point but would probably have been 交渉するd 負かす／撃墜する to £250,000 to £300,000, 反映するing that he's much いっそう少なく experienced than Ken. He is younger and probably cheaper.'

Kay said today that he was '絶対 over the moon to be 手渡すd the microphone to 現在の the 中央の-morning show on 無線で通信する 2,' 追加するing that it was 'an honour to follow in the footsteps of the mighty Ken Bruce.'

退役軍人 DJ Ken Bruce is to step 負かす／撃墜する from his popular BBC 無線で通信する 2 show in April and will be 後継するd by Vernon Kay

Kay, who is married to 厳密に presenter Tess Daly, will host his first show in May

He 追加するd: 'I look 今後 to playing some of the best music in the world whilst in the company of the 無線で通信する 2 listeners who I feel I've got to know over the last 18 months.?

'It's a dream come true to join the 無線で通信する 2 family and I can't wait to start.'

Helen Thomas, 長，率いる of 無線で通信する 2, said: '無線で通信する 2 is home to some of the UK's best-loved presenters, and I'm thrilled to welcome Vernon to 中央の-mornings on 無線で通信する 2.

'He's a hugely talented, warm and witty host who has already 証明するd himself to be a 会社／堅い favourite with our listeners when he's 現在のd many and 変化させるd shows across the 駅／配置する. I can't wait to hear his brilliant new show.'

The BBC 確認するd Gary Davies, host of the 駅／配置する's Sounds Of The 80s, will 現在の the 中央の-morning show from March 6 until Kay takes over the 舵輪／支配 in May on a date which is yet to be 発表するd.

The DJ will 勧める in 無線で通信する 2's new weekday pop 質問（する） to 取って代わる Bruce's popular PopMaster 判型 同様に as continuing his own 無線で通信する show which he has 前線d since 2018.?

It comes after 伝説の 地元の 無線で通信する DJ?Roger 'Twiggy' Day, who now 作品 for にわか景気 無線で通信する, said today: 'Vernon Kay to 取って代わる Ken Bruce on 無線で通信する Two. 広大な／多数の／重要な news for にわか景気. They should 改名する it [無線で通信する 2] TV on 無線で通信する' - a 言及／関連 to the number of TV 星／主役にするs now on the 駅／配置する, which on Friday 確認するd former model and T4 presenter Kay as host.

無線で通信する 2 fans have （刑事）被告 the BBC of ageism as a string of older DJs step 支援する, 含むing Paul O'Grady, Steve Wright, Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo

Ken Bruce is the 最新の in a long line of older DJs to leave 無線で通信する 2 - and his loyal fans have 公約するd to follow him and his much-loved Popmaster 質問（する）.?His 中央の-morning show is the most popular in the UK.

いわゆる '無線で通信する 2 難民s' are upset by ever-younger DJs playing ますます modern 攻撃する，衝突するs, with Ken also 報道によれば said to 株 関心s about the 駅／配置する's edgier playlist.

無線で通信する 2 has haemorrhaged 580,000 listeners in the last year after axing?older 星／主役にするs.?

Former fan of the 駅／配置する?Fiona Rees tweeted: 'This has had a 抱擁する 衝撃 on me.?

'All 消極的な... Vernon Kay now 取って代わるing Ken Bruce. 無線で通信する 2 is 全く unrecognisable.'

The BBC has continually been （刑事）被告 of ageism as Paul O'Grady 出口d 無線で通信する 2 - に先行するd by Steve Wright, 68,?Graham Norton, 59, and Simon Mayo, 64, all 取って代わるd with a younger line-up.?

Vanessa Feltz, 60, and Craig Charles, 58, have also moved on, with Ms Feltz 説 her 出口 was because she was a woman over the age of 60.

This sidelining of older 'baby-boomer' DJs and 追求するing 'Gen Z' and younger listeners with under-50 presenters playing より小数の classic 攻撃する，衝突するs and more modern pop has 同時に起こる／一致するd with li steners going どこかよそで.

Listener Dan Tappin wrote: 'I've been やめる supportive of the changes to 無線で通信する 2 because the 駅／配置する has to change to 反映する 40-year-olds of now.

'But Vernon Kay is not the 訂正する 交替／補充 for Ken Bruce.'

Dan Rowley 追加するd: 'Vernon Kay to 取って代わる Ken Bruce. Poor lad. It's like when Moyes 取って代わるd Fergie.'

Bruce's slot has been あられ／賞賛するd as the 'biggest, most coveted' 職業 in 無線で通信する.

A source said: 'Ken's show is the most listened to in Europe so Vernon has 大規模な shoes to fill.?

'But he's such a warm, 平易な presenter and listeners have really taken to him.

'Vernon has a raft of fresh, new ideas and content, but will not be trying to reinvent the wheel here - he knows how important this show is to listeners, and wants them to feel welcome and 安全な.

'Everyone at the Beeb is hugely excited to have him on board.'

A formal 告示 確認するing Kay was made on Friday, after 契約s were understood to have been 調印するd last week.

Kay, who is married to 厳密に presenter Tess Daly, will host his first show in May.

A source told the Sun: 'Ken is Europe's most listened-to DJ and has nothing left to 証明する at the BBC.

'He's had an incredible time working there and is so 感謝する for the 忠義 of all his listeners.

'But in 最近の years, there's been a noticeable 転換 in direction, with a 運動 to attract a younger audience.'?

Ken Bruce (pictured with his good friend 棒 Stewart)? is leaving the BBC after 45 years, quitting 無線で通信する 2 for Greatest 攻撃する，衝突するs 無線で通信する

Ken Bruce said he has done all he could at the BBC and wants a fresh challenge for the end of his career. Many fans will follow him

BBC 無線で通信する 2?has been （刑事）被告 of ageism after the 集まり 出発 of some of its best-known hosts

Last month, it was 報告（する）／憶測d?Bruce やめる 無線で通信する 2 because he felt 'unloved' by bosses ? who failed to 安心させる him over a new 契約 even though they 手配中の，お尋ね者 to keep him, BBC insiders say.

One source （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that にもかかわらず the 願望（する） to hang on to the DJ ? Britain's most popular 無線で通信する host ? a 'mix-up' meant he wasn't told. This is said to have helped 納得させる him to join 商業の 競争相手 Greatest 攻撃する，衝突するs 無線で通信する.?

The 予期しない 告示 of the 71-year-old presenter's 出発 is now said to have 誘発するd discord at the BBC, as many regard it as 完全に avoidable.?

One 井戸／弁護士席-placed source said: 'They definitely 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 新たにする his 契約 but because of a mix-up nobody told him. He is a proud man and did not want to ask. When he told them he was going they were all 説, 'but we were about to 申し込む／申し出 you a three-year 取引，協定'... Bit late.'?

But another source の近くに to the 駅／配置する 論争d the 契約 （人命などを）奪う，主張するs, 説: 'Ken was 安心させるd on more than one occasion that his 未来 on 無線で通信する 2 was 安全な.'?

The Scottish 星／主役にする is believed to have been unsettled by the way the 会社／団体 had axed presenter Steve Wright's long-running show last year まっただ中に a 押し進める to 控訴，上告 to younger listeners.?

Bruce is also said to have asked bosses to stop making him play 'tuneless dance music' but had not received any proper 返答s to his 嘆願s.?

The 無線で通信する 2 insider told the Mail: 'Ken felt unloved. Part of the 問題／発行する was 存在 told our 的 audience is 'mood mums' but never hear ing who they are or what they want! We have started to play a lot of tuneless dance music and Ken had begged them to stop making him play it but 明らかに his emails never got 返答s.'?

The source, who （刑事）被告 bosses of 存在 'asleep at the wheel', 追加するd: '[Wright's 出発] just 焦点（を合わせる）d his mind. When they 解雇（する）d Steve they didn't consider the 影響 it might have on the 残り／休憩（する） of the presenters.'?

Bruce has been at the BBC for 45 years ? 31 of them 現在のing his 無線で通信する 2 中央の-morning show.