Consequences

Nick Ferrari (at the invitation of Newsnight) and Jon Gaunt (because Sky put him on Sky News) have both tried to use the Evans-for-Wogan move as evidence that Radio 2 is too rich, and therefore too powerful to be taken on head-to-head by commercial radio, and should be privatised. Meanwhile Andrew Harrison of the Radio Centre (commercial radio mouthpiece) says the arrival of Evans means the continuation of a dangerous and deliberate move by the BBC to reduce the average age of Radio 2 listeners - already down from a staggering 53 to a worrying 50 !

Matthew Bannister played the role of BBC apologist in the Newsnight debate, but it will soon be time for Bob Shennan to make his first public appearance as Controller R2. A reminder that he is probably biding his time until the BBC Trust review of Radio 2 and its remit, by David Liddiment, is in his hands. The Guardian got a quote from Mr Liddiment on the back of James Murdoch's Taggart lecture which might be worrying for Bob .. "Even David Liddiment, a former director of the ITV network and now a BBC trustee, while disagreeing with the Murdoch line on the BBC, conceded that there is some common ground between the man who chairs the pay-TV giant Sky and the rest of the industry, which, he said, is facing "significant challenges exacerbated by current economic problems".

Elsewhere, film blog Film Shaft says fans of Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode might find the pair still together in the move to Radio 2 drivetime.