Alongside the regular music programmes, Pete Mitchell is a new signing to the Virgin airwaves presenting his monthly Revolutions in Music documentary. The station, naturally inspired by the turbulent time in politics, is now reaching an average of 2. The station itself has also added more listeners overall, going from 14. But it is his radio show, with its warm and energetic mix of interviews, music and trivia, where the broadcaster truly excelled, creating a familial atmosphere with segments like Kids Get a Fanfare and Listener Breaking News. You can check out their website at or follow them on Twitter:. Evans returned on 17 April, revealing he had been suffering from. Guests have included Tom Hanks, Michael Caine, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher and David Blaine, while the show has seen live performances from Bastille, Divine Comedy and Jamie Cullum.
He added that his final scheduled show was on Friday 21 December - but he'd like to bow out with a Christmas Eve special. So, whether the presenter has lost some of Evans' fans or gained her own, she's done a really good job keeping Radio 2's morning listenership basically the same. Other contributors have included the and the. But even if we did have data for Scala, we wouldn't have figures for Mayo's show specifically because he hosts the mid-morning slot, and Rajar only publicly releases data for breakfast programmes and stations overall. Media captionLynn Bowles was a familiar voice on Radio 2 for 18 years Evans formerly hosted the breakfast show on the first incarnation of Virgin Radio - which went on to become Absolute Radio - between 1997 and 2001.
He always finished with a handover to at 9:30 am. However, before they could, Chris received a question from a listener. Just hit 'Like' on our and 'Follow' on our and. He has brought both warmth and a genuine insight into what listeners want. Renamed Moira's Christmas Golden Oldie from the last week of November through till the end of December.
Evans first joined Radio 2 in September 2005 as the host of the Saturday afternoon show, moving to drive time in April 2006 and the breakfast show in January 2010. Join Chris and the team every Friday for highlights from the best breakfast show on the air, plus exclusive content and uncut interviews. Virgin Radio as a whole was averaging about 480,000 listeners per week before he joined. Virgin Radio has confirmed Evans will be waking up the nation on its radio station in the new year - although no official start date has been given. Since around 2015, the team had now known about who will be talking, and the segment name changed to make the Mystery Guest a Not So Mystery Guest.
Although it is too early for his successor to be announced, Evans wished them well. Chris will be returning to Virgin Radio where he previously hosted the breakfast show between 1997 and 2001. Rachel Horne will be expanding her role as the breakfast show travel guru β providing regular news bulletins as well. Chris and the team β including our partners at Sky β are continuing to set the pace in the breakfast slot. But really this is just base camp. Vassos Alexander will continue his reign as sports reporter.
A few months ago, he was heard by 5. Whenever filled in for Chris, he parodied fellow Radio 2 show as Pick of the Papers, with the theme to the show replacing the Indiana Jones theme. Presenters including Eddy Temple-Morris, Kate Lawler, Tim Cocker and Sam Pinkham have all delivered record results in their slots. The Kiss breakfast show also saw a dip of around 50,000 listeners, to 1. But, as always, the raw numbers don't give us the full picture.
Since moving to digital-only station Virgin Radio, that number has dropped to just under a million. After it ended, it was replaced with a recorded programme featuring highlights from the weekday breakfast show, under the title The Best of The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky. . Always on in the morning while we get ready for the day, Chris and the team always put us in the best mood with great music and guests. The original sports presenter was replaced by on 25 July 2011. And given the delay over Brexit, that number will surely only grow.
Evans had taken over from , who ended his stint as the station's morning presenter in December 2009. When is Chris Evans leaving? Ball is being heard by 9. That's partly because the former Radio 2 drivetime presenter has joined a brand new station, Scala, which only launched in March and won't report any results at all until later this year. Ellie Davis, having worked as Producer for the Radio 2 show since August 2015, will lead the new programme as Executive Producer. Supporting Ellie will be David Brain Producer and Jayne Cheeseman Assistant Producer who produce the current show on Virgin Radio. He then proceeded to sing the praises of the heated toilet seats in the luxury Shangri-La Hotel and ended up deciding his co-star Vassos Alexander should head over to The Shard in order to try one out live on the show.
Evans' regular sports reporter Vassos Alexander and featured guest joined him each week for the programme. The first was the incarnation of that aired every weekday morning between 11 January 2010 and 24 December 2018. Whenever Chris was not presenting, a segment called The Half Wower, featuring non-stop music with a feel-good theme, ran from 8 am to 8:30 am. Lauren Laverne, who took over 6 Music's breakfast show in January, delivered record figures for the timeslot, with 1. Effectively, Evans has brought over almost 1m listeners to Virgin. And the view from the top of the News Tower isn't half bad. This means he is on the airwaves an extra half an hour more than when he was on Radio Two.