BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley up for mega pay rise after landing top BBC radio job with a salary to match her male co-host Simon Mayo
The 52-year-old was named as Radio 2's first female daytime presenter in 20 years and her salary is expected to increase from the £150,000 to £350,000
PRESENTER Jo Whiley is in line for a bumper pay rise after landing one of the BBC’s top radio jobs.
The 52-year-old was named as Radio 2’s first female daytime presenter in 20 years and her salary will match that of co-host Simon Mayo, 59.
She will see her pay rise from the £150,000 to £199,999 she earned last year to nearer the £350,000 to £399,999 which Simon raked in.
A BBC insider said: “Jo will have received a rise and it is likely Simon will have taken a cut.
“This will have put them on the same pay for the show.
"Lots of the female presenters are being offered pay rises.”
The move is part of an overhaul by the Beeb to give women more prominent roles on the male-dominated station as the corporation deals with a gender pay gap crisis.
Whiley, who currently fronts a show at 8pm for Radio 2, will be the first female presenter on its weekday daytime schedule since Debbie Thrower in 1998.
Sara Cox will also have her own nightly show from Monday to Thursday, with her salary likely to break through the £150,000 mark.
Former Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews of 6 Music gets a new Radio 2 show each Monday.
But Jonathan Ross’s arts programme is being dumped along with long-running shows The Organist Entertains and Listen To The Band.