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Radcliffe turns down Mayo slot
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 30 September 2009
Mark Radcliffe has reportedly turned down the offer to take over Simon Mayo’s show on Radio 5Live, preferring to stay on his evening show on Radio 2. As previously reported, Mayo is off to Radio 2 himself to take over the Chris Evans drive time slot when he takes over breakfast from Terry Wogan in the New Year.
While Radcliffe is one of BBC Radio’s best, it is thought part of the motivation for giving him the job on the 5Live afternoon slot was the station’s Manchester dilemma.
As part of the Beeb’s big commitment to the regions, its fifth radio channel is meant to be moving most of its operations to Manchester in the nearish future. Breakfast show host Nicky Campbell has committed to moving to Manchester with the station, though it’s known Mayo wasn’t so keen, which is why the Radio 2 transfer was useful.
Radcliffe, of course, already presents his BBC shows from Manchester studios, so that would work just swell. But Radcliffe isn’t interested in a job on the talk station, presumably because he quite likes being able to include his favourite tunes on his radio show.
5Live’s late night man Richard Bacon is now favourite for the afternoon slot, though his opinions on a move to Manchester aren’t known.
