Pounds: Bbc and Best-Paid Star

pounds: The broadcaster's best-paid star, radio host Chris Evans, earns more than 2.2 million pounds 2.9 million . The BBC was compelled by Britain's government to publish the salaries of on-air talent, which had previously been secret, according to The Chronicle Herald. The information is sensitive because the BBC is funded directly by taxpayers, through a 147-pound about 190 annual levy on every household that owns a television or watches the BBC online. The list shows that the BBC pays 96 on-air personalities at least 150,000 pounds 195,000 a year meaning most earn more than the prime minister, who gets 150,000 pounds. The salaries were published in bands, rather than as exact figures. Match of the Day soccer host Gary Lineker receives between 1.75 million pounds and 1.8 million pounds, while talk-show host Graham Norton is paid between 850,000 pounds and 900,000 pounds. Evans, who fronts a daily radio breakfast show, gets between 2.2 million pounds and 2.25 million pounds. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.