{"id":714588,"date":"2026-06-04T10:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/714588\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:38:09","slug":"bob-harris-to-step-down-from-radio-2-after-56-years-on-air-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/714588\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9rc21HUHdiQTRPN1R4SzVUUEItLUVlSmNlYW9XbTRSaDg1MVBaTDVaYTFBTDNaa0VhUFo2cndyQmJIS0hNbWtvM0lOUXRGbWw4dUFXUk9GZmhEZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPNjIyQlMxMTA3aGNkNVdVSk8yQ3JOR2FxT3lGODVJWWhUalRDYm95YzB3ZjBMQV9wV0FKdmpkM1Npd0kzNWppN2J6ckFmOEozT0xxendQU2FXMHNXWmxZVTRKcEU5amFKWTF3ek03d2c2dWRFVlhkeXN6SEpsUTdEdGl5Rno1MnhaWVF6NmYzZk1aaEZGMlVhUWtKQnpPSjFjajQtdm93?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 because of ill health<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNRS0xM0dkZTNmdmZDbEZ5dGRyM1NTUHplNnl6ZzRMMFNlSjB0YlFkdERwblZPenZ0c1kwaFV3Vm9IMlE5dGdDWGItekdzUkt5R0JTOVA5ZnpzdVB4LWh4aUJVZVh6dk14MjNxNEZUZTZxZXJPSXZHcmNLdTNUamJkM0tiYWplUFEzbGF0ZGhueUhLNnVrRTlieVRERVh1YkYtTFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC icon Bob Harris steps down from Radio 2 after 30 years as cancer spreads<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPMDFxcm5zU3dWckRGNlNfRm5KMS1JYmJ2MXBta0lzcDFhT004U0ZiM1dSckNENGk0azRjVHdxMHZkSUZVN3pFcVh2eXlxNmdIMVk3bUJUTkswYm11T055NEdJQzZIR1BWdExnelM5ZGJCckI1WUJ6UWFDOWJfVmo3SElCUU8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bob Harris steps back from BBC Radio 2 shows<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RadioToday<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTFBpYmJ1U1pCQTRnTEpsYmZBMV9pTmRLcEFiVnVQaDUta0hodkRTLUpXakg1MnZxUzVXdVdLZjBZUkpBMllCS0k3dHBpVDloQzhUdUY5enluOUVvcmtxWVFkQzFabi0ySmR6QUNXLTQweUFFTUxNOF9N?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bob Harris, 80, quits BBC Radio 2 after 50+ years on air as he pens emotional statement amid cancer battle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GB News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBob Harris to step down from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-714588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}