Tomorrow morning will be the final Wake up to Wogan as the show’s host slips into some kind of retirement.

As a secure 32 year old I’m quite happy to admit for the past five or six years I’ve joined the masses and woken up to the sounds of Terry Wogan on Radio 2.

In the UK, Radio 2 is the station for the middle-aged, slightly older and the ‘my you’re looking well’ genearations. All the cool kids, supposedly, listen to Radio 1.

Wogan has been the breakfast show host since 1972 – although there was a good long break for 10 years from the mid-80′s when he gave his attention fully to television – but other than that he’s been the wake up call for millions during the work week.

There’s lots that could be said, and will be said, about Wogan, but I’d just like to offer this observation. According to Wikipedia, his 8 million regular listeners make up the largest audience of any radio show in Europe. They don’t tune in for call-ins or prizes – there are none – instead they write. Comments, witty letters, wry observations… it’s all in there. In fact, Wogan really doesn’t need to come up with his own material, what the audience provides he shares. It’s like one big, slightly disfunctional family. A family that I, along with many others, will miss.