Do we need less talk and more music on the radio?

GRAHAM NORTON has announced he is leaving his Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2 after ten years. It is believed he is not happy that the station wants presenters to play more music and talk less. There are so many ways for us to hear music, but what many people miss, especially during lockdown, is interesting conversation.

ANN WILLS, Ruislip, Middlesex.

I AM delighted Graham Norton is leaving Radio 2. His inane drivel is a real turn-off. I want to listen to music, not rambling.

RICKY LLOYD, Cardiff.

I’M SORRY that Graham Norton is giving up his Radio 2 programme. If the BBC wants less chat and more music, they should tell Steve Wright to stop talking over the records.

MIKE THOMPSON, Plymouth, Devon.

SO THE BBC has decided yet again to abandon a tried-and-trusted formula hosted by a popular presenter in the name of ‘yoof’. Has anyone bothered to ask Radio 2 listeners what they want? If the BBC wants less chat, why not put on a two-hour music tape and save having to pay someone to act as a glorified DJ.

C. DOWELL, Marston Green, W. Mids.

IS THIS edict just another way of stopping Joe Public airing views that don’t suit the BBC? My local radio station used to have phone-ins on the subject of Brexit and I enjoyed listening to people having a right go at each other. But these have been replaced by music shows. I asked why and was told it’s what the listeners want. I feel the shows have been sanitised.

TERRY COATES, Birmingham.

IF GRAHAM NORTON is leaving Radio 2, at least I’ll be able to go shopping on Saturday mornings. JEAN COOPER, Milton Keynes, Bucks.