Zoe Ball named as highest paid radio presenter at the BBC on £4,750 per show

BBC Radio 2 breakfast show presenter Zoe Ball has been revealed as the highest earning radio presenter employed by the BBC, earning £4,750 per show.

The corporation has revealed its own rich list, which sees Gary Lineker take the top spot being paid £1.35m, followed by Zoe Ball at up to £954,999 per year.

BBC Radio 1 presenter Greg James is 4th, earning up to £419,000 annually, or £1,886.00 per show.

Elsewhere in the top 10, Stephen Nolan is 6th on around £409,999 (for TV and radio) whilst Lauren Laverne is in 7th place earning up to £399,999.

Vernon Kay gets paid up to £324,999, Scott Mills and Sara Cox are both on up to £319,999, and Jeremy Vine is on up to £289,000 for the lunchtime phone-in.

The late Steve Wright was being paid around an average of £2,700 per show for Sunday Love Songs and Pick of the Pops.

Some radio presenters’ salaries will not be made public if they are paid through production companies.

All the details were published in the BBC’s annual report, and you can see a table of BBC journalists pay over on Press Gazette.

The report also shows how much each radio station is costing each year, along with the audience it attracts.