Ball first joined Radio in October 1997 as the co-host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show with co-presenter Kevin Greening. From October 1998 to March 2000, Zoe hosted the programme solo, the first woman to do so.
Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said: “Zoe has woken up the nation on Radio 2 with incredible warmth, wit and so much joy since January 2019.
“I’d like to thank her for approaching each show with as much vim and vigour as if it were her first. I’m thrilled that that she’ll remain an important part of the Radio 2 family.”
She was the ‘s highest-paid on-air female presenter in 2023/24.
Her salary of between £950,000 and £954,999 ranked her second on the list of top-earning talent behind Gary Lineker, according to the corporation’s annual report published in July.
Many more stars don’t make the list, with several of them almost certainly earning more than Ball and Lineker but they are not named because the does not have to disclose the salaries of stars who are paid through production companies.
The latest figures from radio industry body Rajar state that Ball’s programme is the most listened to breakfast show in the UK.
But it dipped by 146,000 listeners to 6.28 million in the most recent quarter, according to industry figures from Rajar.
Radio 2 is the UK’s most listened to radio station, with a weekly audience of 13.3 million, the figures show.
At the 2024 Audio and Radio Industry Awards, also known as the Arias, Scott Mills won gold for the best music entertainment show, while Balls won bronze for the best music breakfast show.
