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BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq is to scale back his afternoon shows from five days a week to one, saying he’s “a bit knackered” after 18 years.
Lamacq has hosted the station’s daily weekday teatime show since 2005.
He will take a break in October before returning with a weekly show on Mondays in January. Huw Stephens will take over his slot from Tuesdays to Fridays.
Lamacq said “the obsessive way I do this job hasn’t really left enough time” for his wife and young daughter.
“On top of that, I’m going to be 59 next month and there are some other things which I’d quite like to do while I can,” he told listeners on Friday.