chris evans is off to virgin radio, and his friends have said this is not to do with money but other sources have said the £a00,000 pay rise is a big draw for him and the bbc wanted him to pay more tax which has been an ongoing issue with very high paid people in the media. it will be interesting to see if his listeners follow him there to virgin radio when they don't have as high listenership is the bbc but also to see if a woman like sara cox fills infor him. see if a woman like sara cox fills in for him. there are two aspects, what happens to chris evans at virgin radio and who occupies his seat at the bbc. exactly. it is very important that it is a woman, this show is one of the flagship shows has been dominated by men for many years, ken bruce, terry wogan, chris evans. and the line-up across the board for radio 2 is very male. exactly. you have sara cox and surrey ball, very talented women who could do a fantasticjob —— zoe ball. is anyone worth £2 million for presenting a radio show, though much much of extraordinary amount of money. —— a radio show, though?” know you had a lo

radio. evans bought virgin in the 19905 radio. it on at substantial profit and now it is pa rt substantial profit and now it is part of rupert murdoch's newscorp, led by robredo books from news of the world map. something of radio as tv's the world map. something of radio as tv‘s poor relation. the war for top talent is reminiscent of nothing so much as the battle for star names that once characterised fleet street —— rebecca brooks. three decades ago rupert murdoch launched sky to break the bbc stranglehold on tv and to give audiences greater choice. now he is trying to repeat the trick but on radio and, what's more, he is prepared to pay for it. the competition for the audience is ferocious, so what you've got to find is somebody who can build a relationship with the audience and widen that audience, and create an affinity, a loyalty, and chris evans is one of the very red table who can do that. the rise of streaming is pulling audiences away from scheduled tv. but in radio huge growth in podcasts has barely dimmed the public ap

when he left the radio1 breakfast show in 1997, he went to virgin radio. turning to the virgin brand, this time on their relatively new digital station. so, who's likely to take overfrom him behind the breakfast microphone? perhaps sara cox, who's often filled in for chris evans and has a late evening show on the station. maybe zoe ball, who presents on saturday afternoons there. 0r there are options outside of the bbc. jamie theakston and emma bunton currently co—host heart fm's breakfast show. many people say they're hoping a female presenter will take on the high—profile role. there are many women who work across radio 2 and bbc radio and indeed the bbc and beyond. they're very able and of course we will be considering them. there are many able men. the most important thing that we do is to select the best and the right person and that is what we will do in the fullness of time. in the meantime, chris evans will still be on radio 2 until the end of the year, so listeners still have a few months before they have to say goodbye. lizo mzimba, bbc news. plen

when he left the radio one breakfast show in 1997, he went to virgin radio, since rebranded as absolutebrand, on their rigid every new digital station. —— relatively new digital station. —— relatively new digital station. —— relatively new digital station. —— virgin. sara cox may be replacing him, she has often filled infor him, replacing him, she has often filled in for him, maybe zoe ball, who presents on saturday afternoon, or, options outside the bbc. jamie theakston options outside the bbc. jamie thea kston and emma options outside the bbc. jamie theakston and emma bunton currently co—host the breakfast show on heart fm. many people say they hope a female presenter will take on the high profile role. many women who work across radio 2 and bbc radio and the bbc and beyond, they are very able and we will be considering them of course. there are many able men. the most important thing we do is to select the best and brightest person and that is what we will do in the fullness of time. in the meantime, chris evans will be on radio 2 until the end of the year, so radio 2 until the end o

when he left the radio1 breakfast show in 1997, he went to virgin radio. nce been rebranded as absolute radio, but he is returning to the virgin brand, this time on their relatively new digital station. so who is likely to take overfrom him behind the breakfast microphone? perhaps sara cox, who has often filled in for chris evans, and has a late evening show on the station. maybe zoe ball, who presents on saturday afternoons there. or there are options outside of the bbc. jamie theakston and emma bunton currently co—host heart fm's breakfast show. many people say they're hoping a female presenter will take on the high—profile role. there are many women who work across radio 2 and across bbc radio, and indeed the bbc and beyond. and they're very able, and of course we'll be considering them. there are many able men. the most important thing that we do is to select the best and the right person, and that's what we'll do in the fullness of time. in the meantime, chris evans will still be on radio 2 until the end of the year, so listeners still have a few month

when he left the radio1 breakfast show in 1997, he went to virgin radio. atively new digital station. so, who is likely to take overfrom him behind the breakfast microphone? perhaps sara cox, who has often filled in for chris evans and has a late evening show on the station. maybe zoe ball, who presents on saturday afternoons there. or there are options outside of the bbc. jamie theakston and emma bunton currently co—host heart fm's breakfast show. many people say they are hoping a female presenter will take on the high—profile role. there are many women who work across radio 2 and bbc radio and indeed the bbc and beyond. they are very able and of course we will be considering them. there are many able men. the most important thing that we do is to select the best and the right person and that is what we will do in the fullness of time. in the meantime, chris evans will still be on radio 2 until the end of the year, so listeners still have a few months before they have to say goodbye. lizo mzimba, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben r

he‘s going back to work for virgin radio instead. lizo mzimba reports. unexpected news. i‘m going to leave. i‘m going to leave radio 2. i‘m leaving radio 2. i‘ve been here for 13 years. and i‘ve been on the breakfast show for eight years, taking overfrom the great sir terry wogan. a brilliant time, a fantastic time. an amazing time. i have loved every single minute. why is the show so special, the radio 2 breakfast show? because it was sir terry‘s show. well, because it was sir terry‘s show. it was very important. it is an important show. it is a beautiful show. it can do many great things and i am sure it will continue to do that. you must have been touched by the reaction on social media from the listeners. massive, massive. but four months to go. he is returning to the virgin radio brand on their relatively new digital station. he had previously hosted breakfast on what was once virgin, now rebranded absolute radio. many believe his successor should be a woman. there will be a number of women who will be considered. there are many women who work across

radio. evans bought virgin in the late 1990s before selling it off at a profit. n britain is led by rebekah brooks. some think of news radio television's poorer relation, but the war for radio television's poorer relation, but the warfor top radio television's poorer relation, but the war for top talent is reminiscent of nothing so much as the battle for star names that once characterised fleet street. three decades ago, rupert murdoch launched sky in order to break the bbc stranglehold on tv and to give audiences greater choice. now he's trying to repeat the trick, but on radio. and what's more, he is prepared to pay for it. the competition for the audiences ferocious, so what you've got to find is somebody who can build a relationship with the audience and widen that audience, and create an affinity, a loyalty. and chris evans is one of the very rare people who can do that. streaming is pulling audiences away from schedule tv, but in radio, huge growth in pod casts has barely did the public‘s appetite. at 52, evans wants to feed it, just not at the bbc. somerset

he's going to work for virgin radio instead. lizo mzimba reports. rom the great sir terry wogan. a brilliant time, a fantastic time. an amazing time. i have loved every single minute. why is the show so special, the radio 2 breakfast show? well, because it was sir terry's show. it was very important. it is an important show. it is a beautiful show. it can do many great things and i am sure it will continue to do that. you must have been touched by the reaction on social media from the listeners. massive, massive. but four months to go. he is returning to the virgin radio brand on their relatively new digital station. he had previously hosted breakfast on what was once virgin, now rebranded as absolute radio. many believe his successor should be a woman. there will be a number of women who will be considered. there are many women who work across radio 2 and bbc radio and indeed the bbc and beyond. they are very able and of course we will be considering them. there are many able men. the most important thing that we do is to select the best and the rig

he's returning to work for virgin radio, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. e unexpected news. i'm going to leave. i'm going to leave radio 2. i'm leaving radio 2. i've been here for 13 years. and i've been on the breakfast show for eight years, taking over from the great sir terry wogan. a brilliant time, a fantastic time. an amazing time. i have loved every single minute. why is the show so special, the radio 2 breakfast show? well, because it was sir terry's show. it was very important. it is an important show. it is a useful show. it can do many great things and i am sure it will continue to do that. you must have been touched by the reaction on social media from the listeners. massive, massive. but four months to go. he is returning to the virgin radio brand on their relatively new digital station. he had previously hosted breakfast on what was once virgin, now rebranded as absolute radio. many believe his successor should be a woman. there will be a number of women who will be considered. there are many women who work across radio 2 and bbc radio and ind

, but this is not the same virgin radio on which he was the breakfast presenter from 1997 to 2001he last records played on virgin radio work in the last hour we have had cold play, on henley, rem, the killers, so, very much your kind of classic male rock station that he is going to. —— don henley. —— the killers. and it is only on digital, you do not get virgin on fm, so people who do not have digital radios in their car will not be able to listen to the chris evans breakfast show. discussions around the replacement, you mentioned some female broadcasters, is there a sense it is most likely to be a woman? there is a belief in that but, there has never been a female presenter of the radio 2 breakfast show but those two are the strongest candidates anyway, irrespective of gender. sara cox has made a real success of the show nightly on radio two, one crucial thing, it has to be someone who has experience of doing a daily radio show, day after day after day, you won't get a big star name who has never done a radio show doing this. other names, simon mayo, recently givenjoe wylie as a

evans announces that, after 13 years at radio 2, he's leaving his breakfast show to present at virgin radios, who is currently the second—highest—paid star at the bbc, has promised to stay on air until christmas. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are dawn foster, columnist at the guardian, and steven swinford, deputy political editor at the telegraph. welcome back to both of you. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. tory divisions over the brexit negotiations is the lead for the i. the paper claims both pro—remain and pro—leave conservative mps are urging the prime minister to abandon her chequers proposals. the express leads on the latest war of words between borisjohnson and theresa may over brexit, but the paper also ponders who might replace chris evans on the bbc radio 2 breakfast show. the mirror leads on chris evans‘ decision to leave the bbc, but focuses in on the possible financial reasons for him doing so. labour's ongoing issues with anti—semitism is the top story for the telegraph, as the paper reports on

breakfast show presenter chris evans says he's leaving after eight years — to front the rival show on virgin radionational career with england.

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