Zoe ball £1m payrise

[Welshbeef]

So after the damming of all the men and high salaries at BBC radio —- well Zoe ball now earns exactly the same as Chris Evans did (after excluding the top gear pay).

So part of it was equality of rate by gender.
The other part of it was to reduce total cost..... um that’s not worked out has it.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/15/bbc-wo...

[cuprabob]

They just said "Think of a Number"

[Welshbeef]

cuprabob said:

They just said "Think of a Number"

One million dollars

[louiebaby]

Is she on a £ per word rating or something?

I swear in her "interviews" she does about 65% of the talking...

[hotchy]

That's why they need to make the elderly pay a tv license now.

[tangerine_sedge]

cuprabob said:

They just said "Think of a Number"

Very clever

Anyway, that's a lot of money for hosting a radio show, but if that is what the rate is (i.e. they paid Chris Evans that), then it's right she's paid at that rate.

[dangerousB]

Welshbeef said:

So after the damming of all the men and high salaries at BBC radio —- well Zoe ball now earns exactly the same as Chris Evans did (after excluding the top gear pay).

So part of it was equality of rate by gender.
The other part of it was to reduce total cost..... um that’s not worked out has it.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/15/bbc-wo...

It's about a quid for every listener lost isn't it? Unusual approach to remuneration!

[cuprabob]

tangerine_sedge said:

cuprabob said:

They just said "Think of a Number"

Very clever

Anyway, that's a lot of money for hosting a radio show, but if that is what the rate is (i.e. they paid Chris Evans that), then it's right she's paid at that rate.

I assume it also covers her "It Takes Two" show too

[Salmonofdoubt]

That seems an awfully large amount of money for talking a bit and putting some songs on.

I understand that commercial stations would have to pay big salaries to presenters who drive listener figures and advertising revenue, but wouldn't it be more sensible that the BBC pays all presenters based on their hours worked not on their popularity?

[Welshbeef]

Salmonofdoubt said:

That seems an awfully large amount of money for talking a bit and putting some songs on.

I understand that commercial stations would have to pay big salaries to presenters who drive listener figures and advertising revenue, but wouldn't it be more sensible that the BBC pays all presenters based on their hours worked not on their popularity?

But to be fair a radio show of 2 hours isn’t the work that is required to deliver the show it’s a lot more than that/full time if not more.

[amusingduck]

tangerine_sedge said:

Very clever

Anyway, that's a lot of money for hosting a radio show, but if that is what the rate is (i.e. they paid Chris Evans that), then it's right she's paid at that rate.

Why should a radio show host job have a set pay rate? Doesn't make sense to me.

[Ziplobb]

her father was so much more interesting to listen to

[Lotobear]

Zoe Ball and Alex Jones - the two unfathomable 'mysteries' of modern broadcasting

[rxe]

I don’t see why the BBC needs to pay top whack tor talent. They’re a state run broadcaster, they should be concerned with creating new talent, and leaving audience chasing to the commercial broadcasters.

[julian64]

I am happy to admit I have no idea who this person is.

I do suspect that the only reason she and the rest of the BBC exist is the enforced licence fee.

In the competitive field of media entertainment, I just feel we should let the BBC die. The last program I watched was the BBC News, but even that is now fairly comprehensive beaten by sky news now IMHO.
.

[Terminator X]

It's good that the BBC are using the licence payers money effectively.

TX.

[Sophisticated Sarah]

She seems nice enough but used to turn the radio off (back when I listened to it!) whenever her show was on.

Well done to her however it seems a lot for what she does.

[Randy Winkman]

rxe said:

I don’t see why the BBC needs to pay top whack tor talent. They’re a state run broadcaster, they should be concerned with creating new talent, and leaving audience chasing to the commercial broadcasters.

Presumably they feel a responsibility to broadcast things that a reasonable number of people like?

I like Gary Lineker's Tweet today:

"Oh dear. Thoughts are with the haters at this difficult time."

He's got a £400k pay cut, by the way.

[rdjohn]

louiebaby said:

Is she on a £ per word rating or something?

I swear in her "interviews" she does about 65% of the talking...

No, it’s £1 extra for every listener she loses.

I think that you are over estimating with the interviews. I would guess that it’s about 85% and most of it is drivel. I particularly remember one with Sharon Horgan and her co-star. She just went on and on about how much she and her daughter had enjoyed their advanced viewing, but the rest of us learned nothing. She would not let them get a word in.

[Camoradi]

cuprabob said:

tangerine_sedge said:

cuprabob said:

They just said "Think of a Number"

Very clever

Anyway, that's a lot of money for hosting a radio show, but if that is what the rate is (i.e. they paid Chris Evans that), then it's right she's paid at that rate.

I assume it also covers her "It Takes Two" show too

No. That's made by BBC studios and isn't included in her salaried figure.

source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-5411...