Paul O'Grady has joined rival radio station, Boom Radio, eight months after quitting BBC Radio 2.
The presenter will host his first Sunday show on Easter Sunday alongside pal and producer Malcolm Price. Discussing the move to the Mail Online, he said: "It's great to be working with the team at Boom again. It already feels like my new radio home.
"My producer Malcolm and I are looking forward to our special TeamPOG show on Easter Sunday - who knows, this could be the start of a regular gig."
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The presenter fronted his own BBC show for 14 years before quitting after he was told he'd have to share duties with comedian Rob Beckett. It came shortly after several of the station's biggest hitters left over contract rows or concerns about a change in demographic.
Speaking to Metro at the time, the Birkenhead celebrity said: "I was disappointed because I'm a great believer in continuity. If you go off for 13 weeks and somebody else comes on, the listeners don't know when you're back on.
"Radio 2 has changed, it's not what it was. They're trying to aim for a much younger audience, which doesn't make sense because you've got Radio 1. Radio 2 was always for an older audience."
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