Carol Vorderman has landed a brand new internet hosting position, with it teased that she shall be utilizing her voice to “cause a commotion” because the host of a model new present.
It’s been introduced that the presenter, 63, is becoming a member of radio station LBC to entrance a brand new present on Sunday afternoons. Carol has teased that she “won’t be shy to say things that others won’t” on the present, which launches this weekend.
LBC mentioned that the present, which is able to air from 4pm to 7pm, shall be “packed with opinion and intelligent debate”. It added: “Carol’s new show will see her tackling the biggest stories and issues that matter to [our] audience across the UK.”
Carol – who rose to fame on Countdown – has been a visitor presenter on LBC in current weeks. She now joins the likes of Nick Ferrari, Andrew Marr, Shelagh Fogarty and Iain Dale, who every have their very own present on the radio station.
LBC mentioned that Carol joins its broadcasting line-up “following a huge response from listeners”. It added that audiences will have the ability to hear again to her present “on demand at any time,” together with its different programmes, by means of its official app.
Carol mentioned: “I’m delighted to be joining LBC and the phenomenal stable of powerful voices on the station. More than ever, live radio is an incredibly important platform for news, so I’m looking forward to returning to a medium that I love.
“And what a yr 2024 goes to be for information and politics! On Sunday afternoon, I’ll be utilizing my voice – as you may count on – to trigger a commotion. I will not be shy to say issues that others will not and I’ll maintain the corrupt to account with out worry or favour. And clearly I can not wait to listen to from the listeners – all of it, with out apology or embarrassment; their worries, their joys, their concepts. To quote Bob Dylan: ‘the instances they’re a-changin’ and I can’t wait to get began – carry it on!”
Tom Cheal, LBC’s Managing Editor, said: “Carol’s straight-talking and incisive opinion make her the proper match alongside what’s already the UK’s finest crew of speech broadcasters, and I do know she’s going to assist guarantee LBC continues to cleared the path as the house of the UK’s finest opinion-led broadcasting.”
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Carol was a presenter on BBC Radio Wales for 5 years however introduced her departure in November final yr. The host mentioned she was “not prepared to lose her voice on social media,” the place she shares her opinions on politics, amid new tips. The information of her LBC position comes after she spoke out over feedback made about her by politician Shaun Bailey, 52, final month. He was met with criticism lately following remarks that he made about Carol on GB News.
Lord Bailey – who was inducted into the House of Lords final yr – mentioned: “Look, on one hand she’s got all that stuff, you know, she’s a serious political commentator, and then if you look at her Instagram it’s all pictures of her bum and her boobs. So what is it here? She can’t be both”.
Carol responded on X, previously often known as Twitter, by referring to him as a “misogynist”. She mentioned in a tweet: “So Shaun thinks that women who wear lycra in the gym shouldn’t be allowed a political opinion….or I assume a vote! Failed Mayoral candidate #SexistShaun was made a Lord last year.”
#SexistShaun is known to have trended on the platform following the incident. Shaun later instructed the BBC in a press release: “In a recent panel discussion, I used a clumsy form of words to describe [Carol’s] Instagram posts. The point I was trying to make is Carol lives in a world of glitz and celebrity, as her Instagram portrays, but simultaneously demonises and bullies those who hold different political views to her own. I strongly support free speech. I don’t support bullying.”
LBC is out there throughout the UK on Global Player , DAB digital radio and TV, LBC.co.uk and in London on 97.3 FM.
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