Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air

The broadcaster, who is being treated for cancer, called it "the hardest decision" he'd ever made.

Bob Harris steps down from BBC Radio 2 shows because of ill health

Veteran broadcaster makes ‘one of hardest decisions of my entire life’ weeks after revealing spread of cancer to spine The veteran broadcaster Bob Harris has announced he is stepping down from BBC Radio 2 after 30 years so he can focus on “getting well again”, six weeks after revealing his prostate cancer had spread into his upper spine. The 80-year-old host of The Country Show and Sounds of the 70s, known as “Whispering” Bob Harris, said his health problems were forcing him to step down and ...

By Donna Ferguson

‘Whispering’ Bob Harris to step down from BBC Radio 2 after 56 years due to “ill health”: “This has been one of the hardest decisions of my life”

“I have put everything I have into every show I’ve ever done, and it’s all been because of you,” he told fans The post ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris to step down from BBC Radio 2 after 56 years due to “ill health”: “This has been one of the hardest decisions of my life” appeared first on NME.

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