{"id":482579,"date":"2026-06-04T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482579\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:09:09","slug":"bob-harris-to-step-down-from-radio-2-after-56-years-on-air-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482579\/","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\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOY3NxV243WVlIVjlxMWxPQ3lBWGhUSTUzWkt1QW9wZjd4MEl4S0pZcDVLek1WZm9NUVhSWGpIMnE5V0hDeU1uWC03MDlid2xYVzNlLVQ3M05Jb2l5cW84QWpUWjZVbV9fcFZnOUtrWjdkbzR4MGJ5Mm5IVmRTLVFpa2NuejVVZy1GWW9MQjJQLTlnclI4dkJr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC Radio 2 icon quits show in emotional statement after amid cancer battle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Sun<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<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE11c0JkOGpiTkJkd3c2S1gxUE5iMWE2NEwzSU4tdUdmQkNJQ3RjbE5Pb1FtczRiMS0zTHBCUVRPTzNJR1ZiVzMyVWI0NzBJVEZ4UVNpc0FTTlo2U0JvQ2JlN2JkUlhlSDNLNldBY1ZGdlQtQTVBXzJtd3BlRjhmZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC Radio 2 legend announces departure due to ill health after 56 years on air<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Digital Spy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBBC Radio 2 icon quits show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-482579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}