Is Radio 2 a big turn-off for listeners?

I’M NOT surprised Zoe Ball has lost 780,000 listeners since taking over from Chris Evans. She sounds like an excitable five-year-old. I want to listen to an interesting adult.

T. JERAM, London SE6. I DISAGREE with Jan Moir’s harsh criticism of BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. Zoe’s cheerful and friendly approach brightens my morning. I find her jokes amusing and enjoy the bubbly chart hits. Unlike the morning programmes on Radios 1 and 4, the Breakfast Show doesn’t take itself too seriously. KEELEY-JASMINE CAVENDISH,

London SE21.

ZOE BALL talks over her guests, her stock phrase ‘soooooo excitin’ is a big turn-off and her gabbling accelerates at an alarming pace the more excited she becomes.

WILLEM C. HART, Southampton. RADIO 2 used to be always on in my house. Terry Wogan and Jimmy Young didn’t have the approach of ‘listen to me, aren’t I fabulous’, it was ‘let me entertain you with great music and conversation’. Radio 1 used to cater for younger listeners and Radio 2 for the more mature, but now there is little difference. I rarely tune into Radio 2 any more.

R. LARKIN, Wadhurst, E. Sussex.

I DESPAIRED of Chris Evans and now Zoe Ball is just as shouty, which we do not need in the morning. The show has too many so-called celebs flogging their new book/ film/TV show. Why change the format to appeal to the young who don’t even listen to Radio 2?

M. SAMPSON, Eastbourne, E. Sussex. I’VE had enough of Zoe Ball and now listen to Radio 2 only at the weekends. As female presenters go, Janey Lee Grace, who covers for Steve Wright, has a soothing voice and would be an asset to Radio 2’s morning show.

MIKE JONES, South Witham, Lincs.