Radio 2 listeners will soon be waking up to a different voice for the first time in 16 years - with Sir Terry Wogan set to step down from the station's breakfast show.
Sir Terry returned for his second stint on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show in 1993
He confirmed his decision during his 'Wake Up To Wogan' show this morning, and says he will present his last breakfast show at the end of the year.
Chris Evans is set to take over the morning slot.
He made the announcement live on air, saying: "I wanted to be first to tell you.
"It's the least I owe you, for endless years, countless hours of morning companionship, friendship, good humour and laughter.
"This is the hardest thing I have ever done in my broadcasting career, to say goodbye to you in the mornings."
The veteran broadcaster will not be off the airwaves altogether and already has a new show in the pipeline.
It will start next year, where he will be presenting live from Broadcasting House.
Chris Evans will replace Sir Terry
He said: "I'll be starting a really exciting new show...in front of you, as my live audience, presenting the very pinnacle of live music, artists, guests, and of course, you, your mail, your warmth, your wit."
With Wogan's two stints presenting the show totalling 27 years, Tim Davie, director of audio and music at the BBC, paid tribute to the 71-year-old.
"Terry is a legendary talent...I'd like to thank him for entertaining his army of fans for many years."
Some fans of Wogan, or T.O.G's (Terry's Old Geezers), have expressed disappointment at his replacement.
One listener wrote: "I'd rather have silence than have to endure the torture of being shouted at over breakfast.
"It will be disaster for the listeners and the station."
Sir Terry Wogan has announced that he will be no longer presenting the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, after a 16 year run on the station.

Wogan had been presenting the show since April 1972 to December 1984. At the time he had left BBC Radio 2 to pursue a career in television. He came back onto the breakfast show in January 1993 with his show, Wake Up to Wogan. Now Terry has decided to retire from BBC Radio 2 in December.

While live on air on Monday morning, Wogan said to his listeners, "I wanted to be first to tell you. It's the least I owe you, for endless years, countless hours of morning companionship, friendship, good humour and laughter. Your loyalty and support has been a beacon of love in my life. There hasn't been a morning, no matter how dark and dreary, that I haven't had a smile on my face and a song in my heart at the prospect of your company, your marvellous mail, your wit and wisdom. This is the hardest thing I have ever done in my broadcasting career, to say goodbye to you in the mornings."

Wogan also announced that his career was not finished altogether adding that, "I'll be starting a really exciting new show...in front of you, as my live audience, presenting the very pinnacle of live music, artists, guests, and of course, you, your mail, your warmth, your wit." The new show will take place in the Broadcasting House and will be presented live by Wogan himself. 

Chris Evans, who will be replacing Terry Wogan as the breakfast show DJ, will start in January 2010. He previously presented the breakfast show for BBC Radio 1 in 1995 but after the British station refused to meet his demands for a four-day week, he left in 1997.

Fans of Wogan — or T.O.G.s (Terry's Old Geezers) as they're commonly referred to — expressed their disappointment about his departure.  One fan wrote: "I'd rather have silence than have to endure the torture of being shouted at over breakfast.  It will be disaster for the listeners and the station."