The Gronyad reports last week that top BBC radio stars earn loads of cash according to a BBC leak. No surprise there. The really shock is how much the top earners get compared to the jobbing DJs. Jonathan Ross heads the high earners making on average £25 a minute for his Saturday morning Radio 2 show – £530,000 a year.
The real surprise was the difference in salaries between the stars and the jobbing DJs. Pete Tong only earns £70,000 grand – seems a little low compared to the stars like Chris Evans who gets £510,000. The BBC are apparently expecting a round of salary renegotiations and stars being poached as a result
Radio 4 presenter salaries haven’t been leaked yet – now that would cause some real problems at Broadcasting House between the Today programme presenters if there are any huge differences.