It is reported that Smooth and Real Radio have become the official broadcasters of the switch-on ceremony for the Blackpool Illuminations, after securing the broadcast rights from BBC Radio 2 which had aired it since 1997. May 12 May – Jeremy Hunt is appointed as Culture Secretary by new Prime Minister David Cameron. 13 May – The BBC confirms that comedian Graham Norton will take over Jonathan Ross's show on Radio 2 when Ross leaves the network later in the year. 18 May – The BBC apologises after BBC WM presenter Danny Kelly joked on air the previous afternoon that The Queen had died. 31 May – BBC Radio 1 teams up with forces broadcaster BFBS for a ten-hour takeover show from Camp Bastion. June 21 June – Global Radio announces plans to reduce the number of its local Heart stations from 33 to 15 so-called "super stations" in a reorganisation that will lead to the loss of up to 200 full-time and freelance posts. The stations will have their own breakfast and drivetime shows, and local news bulletins, but all other output will come from London. A further two stations owned by Global will also be subsumed into the Heart network. 25 June – BBC Radio 1 is criticised by the commercial radio trade body RadioCentre following a Harry Potter Day in which the station gave what it called “undue prominence” to the release of the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 29 June – Smooth Radio announces plans to merge its five stations based in England, creating a national network. The new station will be based in Manchester and will see the loss of 60 jobs at Smooth's other bases. A phased launch will begin on 4 October. 30 June – Heart Solent replaces Heart Hampshire and Heart Dorset & New Forest. July 2 July – Heart Cambridgeshire replaces Heart Peterborough and Heart Cambridge. Heart North Wales and West replaces Heart North Wales Coast, Heart Cheshire and North East Wales and Heart Wirral. 5 July – The BBC Trust rejects BBC plans to close the digital station 6 Music saying there is not a strong enough case for closure. However, plans to axe the Asian Network, reduce the BBC online services by 25% and close the teenage service Blast! are given the go-ahead. 9 July – Heart Thames Valley replaces Heart Oxfordshire and Heart Berkshire. 15 July