{"id":27852,"date":"2018-03-16T15:24:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T15:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27852"},"modified":"2018-03-16T15:24:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T15:24:54","slug":"splott-born-lynn-bowles-leave-radio-2-18-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/16\/splott-born-lynn-bowles-leave-radio-2-18-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#039;Totty from Splotty&#039; says goodbye to Radio 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF-born BBC star Lynn Bowles has announced she is leaving Radio 2 after 18 years.<br \/>\nThe traffic reporter and presenter, nicknamed the \u201cTotty from Splotty\u201d by former colleague Sir Terry Wogan, announced live on today\u2019s Ken Bruce Show that she was stepping down as traffic reporter.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m afraid I have a small announcement to make, Ken,\u201d she said before revealing the news.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 18 incredible years of keeping the country moving <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealLynnBowles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealLynnBowles<\/a> is leaving Radio 2. \ud83d\ude14 This is how she announced the news this morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hear more \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CKJoB75wk1\">https:\/\/t.co\/CKJoB75wk1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CVOkfaEUMx\">pic.twitter.com\/CVOkfaEUMx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC Radio 2 (@BBCRadio2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCRadio2\/status\/974614773903118336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe move was met with sadness by fans on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealLynnBowles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealLynnBowles<\/a> the sweetest thing to come out of splott &#8211; well except the sticky buns from moorland road of course. Good luck with whatever life holds for you, will miss ken and your little missives \ud83d\ude1e\ud83d\ude1ex<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; david hartnell (@bogmonster40) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bogmonster40\/status\/974637203111469056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nMeanwhile, Ms Bowles has hinted that the change might allow her to spend more time in Wales.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More than likely <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VMC4Ga91Ja\">https:\/\/t.co\/VMC4Ga91Ja<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lynn Bowles (@RealLynnBowles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealLynnBowles\/status\/974631997313298432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBorn in Splott in 1963, Ms Bowles went to boarding school in Somerset before returning to Cardiff and attending Llanishen High School.<br \/>\nShe studied at Coventry University before moving to New Orleans to work for a TV news station.<br \/>\nReturning to the UK in the early 1990s, she worked for LBC and BBC 5 Live before becoming BBC Radio 2\u2019s permanent traffic reporter.<br \/>\nAfter 18 years of 4am starts, though, Ms Bowles says she is ready for a break.<br \/>\n&#8220;After 18 long years of my alarm clock waking me at 4am, it&#8217;s time to destroy it with some heavy machinery,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nShe will carry on presenting her Sunday afternoon show on BBC Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF-born BBC star Lynn Bowles has announced she is leaving Radio 2 after 18 years. 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