Ex-BBC presenter returns to airwaves with LBC
EDDIE MAIR will return to the airwaves in a new daily drivetime slot on LBC from early September, it has been announced.
Mair, who had spent more than 30 years at the BBC, will host a new two-hour programme from 4pm on weekdays from September 3 on the radio station.
The 52-year-old, host of BBC Radio 4’s flagship evening programme PM since 1998, announced in July that he was leav- ing the corporation, and it was revealed soon after that he would be moving to the commercial talk radio station.
Mair bowed out of the BBC in early August by presenting his radio show without revealing it was his final one, as he did not want any “fuss or faff” as he departed.
In a statement about his departure, Mair said: “It’s 31 years since I joined the BBC, 25 years since I first presented PM, and 20 since it became my main gig.”
He added, with a quip: “I thought this was the appropriate moment to step out and give someone else a chance, before I’m so old my sentences make no lasagne.”
Elsewhere on LBC’s autumn schedule, The Nigel Farage Show, which airs Monday to Thursday, will move to an earlier timeslot, jumping forwards by one hour to 6pm. Iain Dale will host a new weekday evening show from 7pm until 10pm Monday to Thursday, which will see him “cover the big issues and breaking news of the day and feature high-profile guests from news and politics,” LBC said.
LBC has also announced a new late-night programme hosted by presenter Tom Swarbrick, who will trade his weekend breakfast show slot for the new broadcast.