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Simon Mayo admits 'I have unfinished business with Radio 2' after 'awkward' exit drama
BBC Radio 2 three years ago after producers made changes, including merging his show with another popular programme. BBC Radio 2 controller Lewis Carnie announced that Simon’s award-winning Drivetime show would in future be co-hosted with Jo Whiley, another cherished fixture, as she would be uprooted from the evening show she’d presented since 2011. At the time, Simon admitted: “It was an awkward, stressful few months.”The change was reportedly introduced to address the gender imbalance of daytime shows on Radio 2, as the station's weekday shows had been fronted exclusively by white, middle-aged men at the time.Speaking about his new Drivetime show, which will air on Greatest Hits Radio, following his departure from Radio 2, Simon said:
