{"id":280540,"date":"2025-11-24T12:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/280540\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:15:07","slug":"vernon-kays-predecessor-comments-on-sharp-decline-in-radio-2-audience-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/280540\/","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\/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<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\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOSHNtOS0zSkV4VEUxbXp5ampCaWVfNzFUS3JQa2xLbGwzbTAzZjkzUERLVUNSM2FIZ0o4M0Mzck0zWGdXdkZ6aHdBaERCSkpnRHBjLTh3UFk2b2N5Y0lzTDMzVmlXTGI4QWVtU3dwcENEdFRJREw4cUtxdnd0RGhJNFZ2Vlh3UVpEZVhoUUYwLTU3MknSAZgBQVVfeXFMTS1FTHZRZy1kNWRfbE5KWFRCOEFVdmdWUXJZWHhPSDZOeExZRkpsc1haTEhwOEMzVE1LWTZ0ZmQzcnJKZzhxa3NjRXJVMmJOVnE4YTVGQjJwYW9HaXE5Q3VQYmVKbkZ4TURFdU5XbXdKTDBod2JTdVhYMG1XTmxRMDJBemhHOS1hdEUxQWRrUkxUalhpV3BwN3A?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ken Bruce opens up on BBC Radio 2&#8217;s falling figures after he left<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE5lV1I1Mjlld1pQRXBqYUVQb1BqcDBNZDlUTmhEZlBhYVZiejdlT3BCaG82akx4OEx2LS15Y25RNTVoazdONzA4SG9WdThBYnBYWWN5elZaOWhTTkRQZUxRQTVqUS1pU1J4MkU0RUJLZ1RsNXA4cGtSWkx3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ken Bruce comments on BBC Radio 2 show\u2019s drop in ratings after Vernon Kay takeover<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AOL.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 on becoming the \u201cgrumpiest man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-280540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}