Lauren Laverne returned to presenting duties on BBC Radio 6 Music, saying it “feels good to be back” at the station after a six months break.
The 46-year-old took a break from hosting her breakfast programme in August last year following her cancer diagnosis, and did not return to front it.
She announced in January that former BBC Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw would take over her 6 Music breakfast slot as she moved to mid-mornings.
Laverne did make a comeback to recording for BBC Radio 4's interview programme Desert island Discs, and BBC One talk show The One Show last year.
Starting her new mid-morning show, Laverne played Sly and The Family Stone’s 1970’s track Thank You.
Opening her show, she said: "Thank you for welcoming me home and letting me be myself on 6 Music.
“It feels so good to be back, good morning and cheers to Grimmy for a sensational breakfast show so let's get going shall we?"
Laverne then played Ezra Collective's Body Language, and after the track finished she thanked everyone for "all the gorgeous messages"
"It is wonderful to be here, back in a place that feels most like home to me," she added. "I've been off-air for six months, there's only one question, and that is this what have I missed? I've been dying to know.. I've been looking forward to spending the mornings with you."
Later in the show, she admitted she was “thrilled” to be back as she asked listeners to send in their requests for their "comeback tunes this morning, songs about returning because here I am popping up like the proverbial (children's toy) jack in the box.”
Before starting her programme at 10am on Monday, Laverne told Grimshaw: “It feels fantastic, I’ve been so excited, it’s … nervous energy (and) just excitement to get going.
“I’ve done a couple of run-through shows here, to remember how to press the buttons, etc.”
Ahead of her return, her friends sent her “good luck flowers”, Laverne wrote on Instagram on Sunday evening.
Grimshaw started his first breakfast show on Monday on 6 Music, saying he had been “overthinking”, and was “getting stressed out”.
In November, Laverne revealed that she had been given the “all clear” after being absent from her BBC work for around three months.
She takes over from former BBC Radio 6 Music mid-mornings host Mary Anne Hobbs, who is set to move to a new show in the spring.
Speaking about her decision to step down from the breakfast show, Laverne said in a statement at the time: "It has been a huge honour (and so much fun) to host the breakfast show for six wonderful years, but it is time to pass the baton on, and to set my alarm a little later.
"As listeners will know, I had a really tough 2024 and worried at times that I wouldn't be able to return to the station I love so much."
She continued: "During my recovery I learned all over again about the power of music, the people you surround yourself with and the emotional support and joy radio can provide.
"I'm so grateful to be able to get back to doing what I love and sharing those things with our brilliant listeners every day."
Laverne first started hosting the breakfast show back in 2019.
Last August, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer "unexpectedly during a screening test",. but did not specify what type.
