About Ken Bruce
Kenneth Robertson Bruce (born 2 February 1951) is a Scottish radio and television presenter. He hosted a weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 between 1986 and 1990, then again from 1992 to 2023. Since April 2023, he has presented the same slot on Greatest Hits Radio. In the 2023 Birthday Honours, Bruce was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to radio, to autism awareness and to charity. Since 2023, Bruce has presented a television adaptation of his radio quiz PopMaster entitled PopMaster TV on Channel 4. == Early life and career == Bruce was born and raised in Giffnock, near Glasgow, and from the age of nine, he attended Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School before training and working as a chartered accountant for a couple of years. His next job was washing cars, following which he began his broadcasting career with the Hospital Broadcasting Service in Glasgow in the early 1970s. In 1977, Bruce became a staff announcer for BBC Radio 4 Scotland and a TV continuity announcer for BBC One Scotland and BBC Two Scotland. Following the launch of BBC Radio Scotland in November 1978, he became one of the original presenters of Nightbeat, alongside Iain Purdon. Charles Nove subsequently joined the presentation rota.
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