He's only gone and done it again. Gary Lineker has become the highest-paid BBC star for the sixth year running.
Ken Bruce, who left the BBC earlier this year after 31 years at the helm of the Radio 2 mid-morning weekday slot, was up £5,000, to £390,000-£394,999.
Wright is now just outside of the top 10, earning £360,000-£364,000, after stepping down from his daytime Radio 2 show last July as part of the station’s schedules shakeup. Mills does not feature in the top 10 highest earners but is listed in the salary bracket of £300,000 to £304,999.He left his BBC Radio 1 show after 24 years last August but continues to present his afternoon slot on BBC Radio 2 which he began last November.
The salaries of the top 10 highest on-air earners are notably lower on average than last year. While the majority of the high earners made more than £400,000 in 2021/22, this year a significant number earn less than £400,000.
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