Radiogoss (www.radiogoss.co.uk) is suggesting news that Chris Tarrant's news sidekick, Howard Hughes, is jumping ship in favour of the new look LBC (now owned, of course, by rival radio group Chrysalis), will make the breakfast show wars in London very interesting when the new look Tarrant show launches on Capital in the New Year.
“Many commentators are seeing this as the start of the first real breakfast war in London radio since Chris Evans' Radio 1 breakfast show dented Capital in the late 90s,” the website says. “Hughes will take over breakfast when LBC moves to FM in 2003, as part of that station's aim to reach a younger audience.” That means the Capital news man will be trying to woo Capital listeners.