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BBC Radio 2 listeners left confused as Vernon Kay's morning show goes off air: 'Everything crashed'


The radio host, 49, was chatting away to his audience as normal when his voice was suddenly cut off and listeners heard nothing but silence and the 'emergency tapes' began to play.

The radio host, 49, was chatting away to his audience as normal when his voice was suddenly cut off and listeners heard nothing but silence and the 'emergency tapes' began to play. The radio host, 49, was chatting away to his audience as normal when his voice was suddenly cut off and listeners heard nothing but silence and the 'emergency tapes' began to play Radio Industry body Rajar have reported how Vernon has lost 1.3M listeners since taking over the mid-morning show, with an average of 6.9M tuning in.

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