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Eddie Mair, host of LBC\u2019s weekday Drivetime programme, has announced that he will retire later this year after 40 years on the air.<\/span><\/p>\n The popular broadcaster will leave LBC in August 2022, on his four-year anniversary of joining the station in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n In that time, the weekly audience for Mair\u2019s<\/span> show has increased by 53%, to 1.1 million listeners.<\/p>\n In a statement, Mair said: \u201c<\/span>My only regret about LBC is not joining sooner. I\u2019m having a ball and all things being equal would probably carry on forever. They love radio at Global and support it. But the one thing I don\u2019t have on my side is time.<\/p>\n \u201cLike many others, during COVID I had a rethink about life and in the summer of 2020 told my bosses and close friends and colleagues about my plans to leave. I\u2019ve been at this for 40 years and I want to have a little time for me before I croak.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I will carry on as a devoted LBC listener but pass things on to someone new and I wish them all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n Mair was born in Dundee and began his career hosting the breakfast show at Radio Tay, along with weekly phone-ins and news programmes. He went on to host Radio 4\u2019s PM for 20 years, and occasionally presented <\/span>Newsnight on BBC Two<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In 2005 he was voted the fifth most powerful person in radio in a Radio Times Magazine poll<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Apologies for this. There is a war and a cost of living crisis but here is some blah about me. https:\/\/t.co\/CbOtSWuwJa<\/a> x<\/p>\u2014 Eddie Mair (@eddiemair) March 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>