Nihal, as in Bobby Friction &, will take over the mid-morning phone-in show on BBC's Asian Network, replacing Anita Rani. Nihal, who co-presents a weekly Asian music show on Radio 1 of course, already presents the Asian Network's weekly football show.
Confirming his new job, Nihal told reporters: "People know me primarily as a music person but I take great interest in issues that affect the Asian community in the 21st century. The phone-in really gets under the skin of what British Asians are thinking and how that affects what it's like to live in Britain for everybody".