R2 fans: Ditch the dance

LISTENERS to Radio 2 have hit out at the decision to replace Steve Wright with Scott Mills, claiming bosses are trying to turn the station into Radio 1.

Fans of Wright’s old show, which was dropped in September, say Mills is playing too much dance music.

Wright, 68, was replaced by Mills, 49, who moved from Radio 1. But listeners contacted

Radio 4 audience response show Feedback. One said Mills’ Radio 2 show was ‘aimed at Scott’s former Radio 1 listeners’. Another said: ‘Why the need for all this dance music?’

Head of Radio 2, Helen Thomas, said: ‘We are told by listeners that just because they are a certain age, it doesn’t mean they don’t want to hear new music.’