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Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air
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- The DJ, who has been on the airwaves since 1970, told listeners he was "so sorry that my health issues are forcing me to step down, but I realised that I must concentrate now on getting myself well again".
- "This has been one of the hardest decisions of my entire life," he added.
- Harris started his career as a club DJ in the 1960s, before co-founding the listings magazine Time Out.
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Mark Savage Music correspondent BBCBob Harris has been broadcasting for the BBC since 1970Broadcasting legend Bob Harris has announced he is leaving BBC Radio 2, weeks after revealing his prostate cancer has spread to his spine.
The DJ, who has been on the airwaves since 1970, told listeners he was "so sorry that my health issues are forcing me to step down, but I realised that I must concentrate now on getting myself well again".
"This has been one of the hardest decisions of my entire life," he added.
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