What has gone wrong at BBC Radio 2?” screamed the headline on the newsstands last month.

In a year of huge change in the radio industry, perhaps it was all best summed up by that accusatory question and the image of drivetime duo Simon Mayo and Jo Whiley with the photo torn down the middle.

But this wasn’t the Daily Mail or Daily Telegraph making anti-BBC mischief. In fact, it was the usually friendly Radio Times taking the network to ...