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The BBC has appointed former Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan controller of Radio 2 and 6 Music.
Shennan, who ran the BBC's rolling news and sport radio service from 2000 to 2008, left the corporation to become Channel 4's director of radio last April; however, the channel shuttered its digital radio plans in October citing financial pressures.
"Radio 2 is the cornerstone of UK Radio," said Shennan. "6 Music is at the forefront of digital radio. It is a privilege to be asked to lead the extraordinary creative forces of both stations."
Former Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas resigned in October after the now-infamous programme in which Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross left lewd messages on the voicemail of Fawlty Towers' Andrew Sachs aired on the station.
Shennan, who ran the BBC's rolling news and sport radio service from 2000 to 2008, left the corporation to become Channel 4's director of radio last April; however, the channel shuttered its digital radio plans in October citing financial pressures.
"Radio 2 is the cornerstone of UK Radio," said Shennan. "6 Music is at the forefront of digital radio. It is a privilege to be asked to lead the extraordinary creative forces of both stations."
Former Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas resigned in October after the now-infamous programme in which Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross left lewd messages on the voicemail of Fawlty Towers' Andrew Sachs aired on the station.
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