Award-winning broadcaster Aasmah Mir among the latest big name presenters signed up to Times Radio
AWARD-winning broadcaster Aasmah Mir and The Times Literary Supplement editor Stig Abell will host a weekday breakfast show together on Times Radio.
The presenters are among a host of new talent signed up by News UK for the national digital news radio station.
Matt Chorley, editor of the Times Red Box newsletter and podcast, will be in charge of the mid-morning slot, while Channel 4 News anchor Cathy Newman will host Friday drivetime.
Luke Jones, from Radio 4’s PM and The World at One, has also been poached to co-present Friday to Sunday breakfast with talented Panorama journalist Jenny Kleeman.
The latest recruits will join an already-impressive line-up - including ex-BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar, who was previously unveiled as Monday to Thursday drivetime presenter.
Times Radio has been launched as a direct rival to BBC Radio 4 and will provide news, discussion and commentary with a “warm, expert” tone.