So George Lamb is to lose his daytime slot on 6Music and move to the weekends, news that will surely please Lamb's critics (and they are many in number) no end. They have been vocal in their dislike for the presenter – who, it should be noted, did take the Sony award for rising star last year – with more than one internet campaign calling for 6Music to ditch him.
Which got us thinking: which other radio presenters do we love to hate? Lamb follows Chris Evans and Chris Moyles, who both provoke – and appear to enjoy provoking – Marmite-like reactions in listeners. (Or at least did – Evans now seems to occupy a rather happier place in the nation's affections.)
Others to divide opinion include Richard Bacon and Victoria Derbyshire on 5Live, both of whom I actually enjoy – Bacon's recent house party broadcast proved a particularly good accompaniment to a boring evening of chores and tidying, and Derbyshire has a lovely warmth to her, even if she does say "thank you for your company" at the end of her broadcast in the manner of a shopping channel presenter.
On Radio 4 John Humphrys and Jim Naughtie both have their detractors – Naughtie for his never-ending questions, and Humphrys because … well, because he's the most infuriating, hectoring man on earth on occasion, and seems determined to bring every story back to himself. Or is that just me?
So who would you add to the list – or remove from it? And what's the better news here: that Lamb has moved to the weekends, or that Lauren Laverne, who I always rated when she had her Xfm show, is to take over the 6Music 10am-1pm slot?
