PopMaster will be replaced with a new game called “Ten to the Top”, as the BBC tries to move on from Ken Bruce.
The veteran Scottish radio presenter, who signed off from his final Radio 2 show on Friday, is moving to Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio in April to present a new mid-morning show, taking with him the PopMaster game.
Gary Davies, host of the station’s Sounds Of The 80s, will present the mid-morning show until new host Vernon Kay takes over in May on a date that is yet to be announced.
On Monday, the 65-year-old DJ will usher in the new daily music trivia game which has been described as an “accumulator quiz where it pays to answer the questions correctly in order”, the BBC said.
“Ten to the Top will test our listeners’ music knowledge as they battle for pop supremacy,” it added.
The quiz will see each player asked 10 questions about pop music, with the first question worth one point, the second question worth two points, all the way up to 10.
However, if a question is answered incorrectly, the value of the following question goes back to one point and the accumulator begins again.
The BBC said each contestant has a joker to play on one question that will earn them double points if answered correctly, and the player with the most points will win a smart speaker.
A draw will see Davies deliver a tie-breaker question.
It comes as U2’s Bono and The Edge, Depeche Mode and Cat Burns are confirmed to perform in Radio 2’s Piano Room at the Maida Vale studios in March and April.
