Staying with radio, though of the British kind, and Heart 106.2 has announced a couple of schedule rejigs for the New Year. Former Radio 1 DJ Emma B, a weekend presenter on Heart since August, will be joining Greg Burns as co-host of the station's drive time show, replacing Erika North who is leaving the station after ten years there. Meanwhile Heart fill in guy Simon Beale will take over the station's late night slot from the also departing Nigel Williams, who's been playing those late night songs on Heart for as long as I can remember.
Confirming the rejigs, Heart programme director Mark Browning told reporters that, as a "passionate music-lover and a 32-year-old mum", Emma B "connected very closely with the lives and lifestyles of our listeners" and therefore her arrival in daytime would "cement" the station's relationship with its audience. So there you go.