Editing Janice Long (section)

===BBC Radio 2===
In 1999, Long started appearing on [[BBC Radio 2]], presenting a Saturday afternoon show from 3&nbsp;pm to 6&nbsp;pm. In April 2000, she began as a weekday presenter, hosting the show originally from [[Birmingham]] and then (from April 2008) from BBC Radio 2 studios in London.<ref name="BBC-59795298" /> Long promoted a number of acts through live music sessions on her show including [[Adele]], [[The Zutons]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Kasabian]], [[Amy Macdonald]], [[Hard-Fi]], [[Faithless]], The [[Manic Street Preachers]], [[Marillion]], [[Josh Ritter]], [[The Stranglers]], [[Paul Weller]], [[Moby]], [[The Dandy Warhols]], [[Stereophonics]], [[Aslan (band)|Aslan]] and a significant number of new and unsigned bands such as Elle S'Appelle, Vijay Kishore, [[Damien Dempsey]], Senses and Sam Isaac. [[Amy Winehouse]] performed her first radio session after Long was the first presenter to give her airtime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03h1rqn|title=BBC Radio 2 – After Midnight, With Janice Long, Amy Winehouse Interview & Session from 2003|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>

In January 2010, due to a reorganisation of the breakfast schedule on Radio 2, her show was cut to two hours, and ran from midnight to 2&nbsp;am, Monday to Friday. At the time Long was earning £137,000 a year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/top-talent-pocket-163-54-million-a-year-from-licence-fee-payers-bbc-reveals-1-790017|title=Top 'talent' pocket £54 million a year from licence-fee payers, BBC reveals|website=scotsman.com|language=en|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>

With the announcement of the new ''After Midnight'' programme on Radio 2 from October 2014, the show was on Mondays to Thursdays, midnight to 3&nbsp;am. Long left her regular BBC Radio 2 slot after further changes to its schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/bbc-radio-2-cuts-live-overnight-presenters/|title=BBC Radio 2 cuts live overnight presenters|date=9 January 2017|publisher=radiotoday.co.uk|access-date=9 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110083430/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/bbc-radio-2-cuts-live-overnight-presenters/|archive-date=10 January 2017}}</ref> Her final ''After Midnight'' show was on 26 January 2017.<ref name="teary">{{cite web|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/janice-long-says-a-teary-goodbye-on-radio-2/|title=Janice Long says a teary goodbye on Radio 2|date=26 January 2017|publisher=radiotoday.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126181928/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/01/janice-long-says-a-teary-goodbye-on-radio-2/|archive-date=26 January 2017}}</ref>

She returned to BBC Radio 2 standing in for [[Jo Whiley]] for a week commencing 10 April 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017|title=JANICE LONG TO JOIN BBC RADIO WALES FOR SUMMER NIGHTS|url=http://www.6thvision.com/news/janice-long-to-join-bbc-radio-wales-for-summer-nights/|access-date=26 December 2021|website=6thvision.com}}</ref> and was given her own series called ''A Long Walk With...''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09v5qp9/episodes/guide|title=BBC Radio 2 - A Long Walk With... - Episode guide|website=BBC|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> which went out between 2017 and 2018.