BBC broadcaster leaving radio after 10 years on air

Sophie Law, a BBC Radio Oxford host, broke down in tears when she announced she was leaving the station earlier this week.

While she has been at the station for a decade, she has been the face of the station’s breakfast station for the last three years.

Sophie Law is leaving BBC Radio Oxford (Image: BBC)

During a tearful last radio broadcast, she said: “At the end of this week I’m going to leave this show and it’s for the best reasons.”

However this won’t be the last time Oxfordshire residents will hear Ms Law’s voice as she is joining the presenting team at BBC South Today on the 6.30pm weekday show.

Sophie Law is leaving BBC Radio Oxford (Image: BBC)

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Ms Law said she is “excited and thrilled”.

She added: “I’m going to be on BBC One across the south and I’m really thrilled about that but I am so, so sad about leaving this show.

“[But] it is the opportunity of a lifetime and I know that if I’d turned it down, I would have spent the rest of my life and career wondering what if.”

She said the decision has been “extremely difficult and emotional”.

She said: “I know that you all keep listening and I hope that you will still invite me into your home, albeit at the other end of the day.”