{"id":548192,"date":"2026-04-24T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/548192\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:44:10","slug":"ive-been-waiting-in-the-wings-for-my-dream-job-sara-cox-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/548192\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve been waiting in the wings for my dream job \u2013 Sara Cox \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"kdafxujcge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kdafxujcge-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 2\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sara Cox has addressed listeners after being confirmed as the new host of BBC Radio 2\u2019s flagship Breakfast Show.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on her weekday Teatime programme, Sara told audiences she was briefly lost for words when offered the role, describing it as a long-held ambition and joking about finally getting the slot she had been \u201cwaiting in the wings\u201d for.<\/p>\n<p>She said she would not trade her seven years on the 4\u20137pm show, calling it \u201cthe most golden\u201d period of her career, and asked listeners to join her when she moves to mornings later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sara added: \u201cI\u2019m absolutely buzzing\u2026 on Breakfast it will be the usual manking around, excellent music, and hopefully you lot as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move sees her take over the UK\u2019s biggest breakfast radio programme, which reaches 6.5 million listeners each week, on the country\u2019s most listened-to station.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was first revealed on air by Trevor Nelson, who congratulated Sara and told listeners she had \u201calways wanted this\u201d and would do \u201ca great job\u201d, prompting a surge of supportive messages from audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Thomas, Head of Radio 2, said Sara already has a strong connection with listeners and is well placed to build a relationship with breakfast audiences, following previous appearances in the slot.<\/p>\n<p>Sara will begin hosting the programme this summer, with her successor on Teatime yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sara Cox has addressed listeners after being confirmed as the new host of BBC Radio 2\u2019s flagship Breakfast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-548192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548192","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=548192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}