{"id":151364,"date":"2025-11-24T15:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/151364\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:24:06","slug":"vernon-kays-predecessor-comments-on-sharp-decline-in-radio-2-audience-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/151364\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon Kay\u2019s predecessor comments on sharp decline in Radio 2 audience &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPa1ZUZ0luVGh1VXVyUVFzdk5wVWRRcWlPMkdpZDZOVk1NOEpuTXdQbXBkR0dPSW5IMlNzeXY3R2wycW5GdGJveFloNjZHUm54Z01FRDB1WTNYRDVyNVVxQ3BjR3YxMGZFTVpQSXpLU2lHVTI5QmxFZlQ1TG03aUJ0RHNuT3NHem5WRXBzWnlnVHZYbFJVMFZEWGlUMlY5UVpVWDlxY2lseExBTGN3Y05B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vernon Kay\u2019s predecessor comments on sharp decline in Radio 2 audience<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxQbENhYzJJWlFHd3dzektuWHY2aHM3VWx6SUxpMXRpd2xVNGRUX3BqNEttYzUxTjhERXZwcjJqV0xWck5VRkdVT0NDdDdhODlUQ0dkX3RBckVEOHZsXzdEVlZKY0xETXNUZFpPN25UVzB4dzJveGE4Mi05M1VXd3RFejlyTFZsd1hjSGpRSlNkNUQzbFRBbmtFYlBSbU9sNktsRVIzVFh3ek9mUk5MWlZRM2hINFNvTHZhbUpWZFREMHhPMW1xYnRLNWJYUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ken Bruce says he no longer listens to his former Radio 2 slot as he reflects on falling audience numbers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;inkl<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOaWM4UjBPdFZrRkFOWEdSY3pmTFJjMS1zYUVUZUtOY1p1STYxX0pySGNUQXo4THJob3pZWXpHLXU1b01LY0dBOHhOWG1OTWh5ajFHSHZjMThfZDJENXFaODhJWHR3Njc2RGhYUjhxUDExVXc0cEpta2diZ2gyOGdaZWhBbFl4Qk9QYkdaZXdZTUxtZ3JYWVlSNExyY3lkRTNlMjNKcV9tTmxFaDJMZGVDb3UyOWNHckVE0gG-AUFVX3lxTE9feEFCTmtlY2hLSnRhb0dhdU9QdDBtcDhnYVdWem1aUjJKQldHbDh3OFdLMy1ZeHRPcjc4UmFqcmtmRllvUno0LVR5V2Q1ZjZwNDlxQ28xZTRheWVTanJnUW51aVB0U1l1aWVXZF9TYlhHQ3NHQktIQzMyenlhcmxReDVfYTlPVy1OMHpOeThfOW9QNmNVNXlKRVl1T3JDNndhbEVEbnNtWF9ZTkxTUmc4a1ZpZjNNNDdNa3dQRkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ken Bruce reveals why Radio 2&#8217;s audience numbers have fallen after Vernon Kay took over hosting duties following his departure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQbWNZTlc0Nzh6RERneDA1TmttS2NYV2ZiU241Q1lIRC1uS2V6NEI3UjY0UmQ5ejloNkFfRm1pdDRUb3NadmVpSXlVYlFYSjFrdFJrWFBWbUVSLVNxRndLWUVTUzRDUXpmZE5mQXBIUGVpSTVPYnVGd0dsUk9SekVTcVhUT01OS3ZUVTE2WEszY2ZFVFZhZkJ3S3RSaF8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ken Bruce on becoming the \u201cgrumpiest man in the world\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;saga.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vernon Kay\u2019s predecessor comments on sharp decline in Radio 2 audience&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentKen Bruce says he no longer listens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-151364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}