Kirsty Young board' stickers among her pet hates. In June 2006, Young was announced as the new presenter of the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme "Desert Island Discs", replacing Sue Lawley; she began on 1 October 2006. According to the odds given by bookmaker William Hill she was an outsider for the job at 20/1. She returned to Five News on 28 September 2006, but in 2007, Young announced that she would be leaving Five News in the autumn, following ten years as its head anchor. On 29 August 2007, she presented her last show for Five News. On 29 September 2007,
Smooth Radio presenter history Radio's Movie Songs and Smooth Soul Sunday, Gary King for a Sunday lunchtime show and David Andrews with a Soul and Motown show on Sunday evenings. The changes also saw the departure of many well-known names, such as Andy Peebles and Andi Peters. In December 2013, it was announced that former LBC 97.3 presenter Anthony Davis would join the station as its Drivetime presenter from January 2014. Eamonn Kellyformer breakfast presenter on Nottingham's 106.6 Smooth Radiotook over Sunday breakfast from January 2014 following Daryl Denham's departure. Global Radio announced a relaunch of the Smooth Brand in February 2014, taking effect