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Naga Munchetty to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years for radio role
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BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty will leave the flagship morning show after 17 years to present Radio 5 Live’s breakfast programme.
Munchetty joined BBC One’s Breakfast as a finance reporter and has been one of the main hosts for the past 12 years.
Naga Munchetty with Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast (James Stack/BBC/PA)The news comes as current 5 Live Breakfast hosts, Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards, announced on Tuesday’s programme that they will step down in December.
Burden will move to present the weekday mid-morning programme, Monday to Wednesday 11-2pm, following 15 years on the station’s breakfast show.
Munchetty said: “I’m thrilled to be joining 5 Live Breakfast in January.