{"id":449316,"date":"2023-12-17T10:12:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T10:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=449316"},"modified":"2023-12-17T10:12:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T10:12:23","slug":"chris-tarrant-announces-return-to-radio-for-the-first-time-in-over-ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/celebrities\/chris-tarrant-announces-return-to-radio-for-the-first-time-in-over-ten-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Tarrant announces return to radio for the first time in over ten years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Chris Tarrant discusses being \u2018sabotaged\u2019 by Terry Wogan<\/h3>\n<p>He will be taking over Boom Radio which is a national station aimed at baby boomers. The former Who Wants to be a Millionaire host will present a two-hour show on Boxing Day at 4pm.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This will be his first show back on air since leaving Capital Radio in 2004<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span>and his first programme since a special on BBC Radio 2 back in 2013. <\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong> READ MORE: <\/strong> <strong>Gethin Jones speaks out on &#8216;awful&#8217; Katherine Jenkins split<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/79\/590x\/secondary\/Chris-Tarrant-returns-to-radio-5114448.jpg?r=1702683399475\"><\/p>\n<p>Listeners will hear some of Chris\u2019s favourite music and the programme will feature some special guests.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of his big comeback, he said: \u201cI just suddenly fancied doing a radio show again\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will hear some of Chris\u2019s favourite music and the programme will feature some special guests.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8217;s Fred Sirieix&#8217;s heartbreaking loss hours after UK return[INSIGHT] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Sienna Miller lets slip unborn baby&#8217;s gender as she hits back at age-gap critics[EXCLUSIVE] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Carol Vorderman puts on &#8216;gorgeous&#8217; display as she wows in see-through shirt[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/79\/590x\/secondary\/Chris-Tarrant-Captial-Radio-2004-5114449.jpg?r=1702683399576\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of them are old mates, lot of people I&#8217;ve actually worked with, and I know,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really like the station&#8217;s instincts about the playing of music, so it&#8217;s not this constant rotate, rotate, rotate, which drives me as a listener up the wall and was beginning to happen when I left Capital Radio\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chris began his career in 1984 at Capital Radio.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Capital in 2004 he returned to TV and presented the iconic ITV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons he agreed to present the Christmas show is because it doesn\u2019t play the same tracks on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Chris admitted that this is something he finds frustrating with many of today\u2019s radio stations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/79\/590x\/secondary\/Chris-Tarrant-is-excited-to-radio-5116001.jpg?r=1702683399627\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven&#8217;t heard this for years!\u2019 And if you&#8217;re driving around, you\u2019ve got the radio on for a few hours, and you hear it again seven times before teatime, and you think \u2018No! No! It was really nice to hear it once\u201d.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI now don&#8217;t ever want to hear it again in my whole bloody life.\u2019 And I think Boom Radio do have a nice instinct for not doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris added: \u201cThey&#8217;re basically all radio people, and although I haven&#8217;t done radio for a long time because it doesn&#8217;t really fit into my lifestyle anymore, I just enjoy radio and I enjoy radio people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Riley, co-founder of Boom Radio, said: \u201cI\u2019ve known Chris for years, so when we called him up to ask if he fancied doing a one-off for us at Christmas it was fantastic when he said yes. 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