Parked Up Sidekick Alley

Last week it was such a refreshing surprise to hear a woman’s voice on Radio 2.  Jeremy Vine was off on his hols and Vanessa Feltz was sitting in for him.  It had dawned on me a few days earlier that Radio 2 has male presenters on the whole day through; Chris Evans, Ken Bruce, Jeremy Vine, Steve Wright and Simon Mayo.  Poor old Vanessa gets the up-at-dawn-slot of 5-7.30am and then the only other female voices heard from then on are giving the traffic news or occasionally reading the news.  Janice Long gets midnight.  The only female I can … Read the rest »