Ken Bruce reveals he is ‘struggling’ with how his workday hours have changed since exiting the BBC

Ken Bruce has revealed that he is “struggling” with how his working day hours will change after leaving the BBC.

The veteran Scottish radio presenter, 72, had the last day of his mid-morning slot on Radio 2, which has run from 9:30am to noon for over 30 years, in March before moving on to Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio on Monday.

His new show airs from 10am to 1pm and will feature PopMaster, which Bruce brought over from the BBC due to recording the long-running segment and hit songs from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.

The popular radio contest continues to be broadcast at the same time from 22:30 to 22:50.

Asked if there are any adjustments he has to make since moving to Bauer, Bruce said: ‘I’m struggling to work my day.

New show: The Scottish radio presenter, 72, had the last day of his slot on Radio 2, which ran from 9:30am to noon for more than 30 years, in March before moving to Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio on Monday (pictured in 2019)

“I think I’ll go to bed an hour later because I just have to squeeze everything in the remaining hours of the day.

‘Once I have my biological clock, right. I think I’ll be fine, but I really enjoy having an extra half hour in bed every morning.

The radio DJ added that he’ll be ‘looking for lunch’ at 12:30pm when he goes on the air and joked that there will be a ‘microphone issue’ during this time.

He also said that his new radio show after leaving the BBC will be “very much the same” and that he is not looking to introduce “big bells and whistles” to the format.

Bruce added: “It’s going to be nice things to keep people involved, keep people listening and participating in the show, it’s going to be a lot like it was before, just in a different place.”

After joining BBC Radio Scotland in 1977 when he was 30, he went on to various other programs in the corporation.

Asked how he felt about moving to a workplace after more than 40 years, Bruce said: “Well, I have a lot of friends who still work at the BBC and have worked at the BBC for a long time, and still So.. I’m very, very horny towards BBC.

‘I think it’s a great organization. It’s about time I left and now… it’s been quite a few weeks and really, I’m looking forward to a month or two, maybe a year or two, maybe a decade or two, on Greatest Hits Radio. .’

Details: His new show airs from 10am to 1pm and will feature PopMaster, which Bruce brought over from the BBC due to recording the long-running segment.

Habits: The radio DJ added that he’ll be “looking for lunch” at 12:30pm when he goes on the air and joked that there will be a “microphone problem” during this time.

Bruce said he also has “plans” to branch out into other avenues before adding that he’s not as young as he “used to be.”

The BBC announced that Gary Davies, presenter of the station’s Sounds Of The 80s, will host the mid-morning show from March until TV presenter Vernon Kay takes over the Radio 2 slot from Bruce at a future date.

Bruce said he was seen as “the young pretender” when he first headlined the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, taking over from the “great” Sir Terry Wogan in 1985.

He added: “I got quite a bit of flak but you just have to get over it and people are always comparing something they’ve heard for a long time to something new they’re unfamiliar with.”

Moving on: After joining BBC Radio Scotland in 1977 when he was 30, Bruce said of the BBC: ‘I’m still very, very fond of the BBC. I think it’s a great organization. It was time for me to leave’

Bruce later moved to midmornings in 1986 and, after a brief stint of nights and early mornings, returned to midmornings in January 1992.

He added: ‘I don’t give advice to other broadcasters, (Sir Terry) refused to give me any advice… I asked him, he wouldn’t.

‘So, I don’t think I should give advice, but this will pass, is all I can say…if it’s not going as well as you’d like, it will get better soon. Don’t worry, keep it up.

Bruce on Greatest Hits Radio airs Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m..