{"id":519608,"date":"2026-06-26T14:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519608\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:26:13","slug":"trevor-nelson-taking-break-from-radio-commitments-due-to-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519608\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Nelson taking break from radio commitments due to \u2018health issues\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC Radio 2 star Trevor Nelson has said he will be taking a break from work commitments while he deals with \u201chealth issues\u201d.<\/p>\n

The broadcaster and DJ, 62, has been absent from his regular slot after undergoing tests.<\/p>\n

He usually presents weekdays 2-4pm on Radio 2, and BBC Radio 1Xtra each Sunday from 11am \u2013 1pm.<\/p>\n

He said he is now \u201cconcentrating on getting better, being back to 100% me and to getting back behind the mic and the decks\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a post on Instagram, he said: \u201cI\u00a0wanted to let my followers, radio listeners and all my Soul Nation party-people know that I\u2019m going to be taking a little break from my work commitments.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of you may already have noticed that I\u2019ve not been on my daily Radio 2 slot this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a routine check-up I was advised to have some follow up tests. As a result, I will be taking some further time off. As I\u2019m sure you can appreciate with health issues, it\u2019s important to deal with facts and not speculate.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m concentrating on getting better, being back to 100% me and to getting back behind the mic and the decks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Earlier this week Nelson was at the Television and Radio Industries Club (Tric) Awards, where he was recognised with the Tric special award.<\/p>\n

Listeners can hear him present The Music Is Black concert from Hackney Empire on Sunday night on BBC Radio 2, which was pre-recorded last month.<\/p>\n

The event was a celebration of black music in Britain featuring performances from Alison Limerick, Courtney Pine and Omar amongst others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 2 star Trevor Nelson has said he will be taking a break from work commitments while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-519608","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\/519608","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=519608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}