Digital radio station BBC Asian Network is making changes to its daytime weekday schedule from April to support a new breakfast show with presenter Adil Ray. It will also beef up the station’s news and discussion output.

The Adil Ray show moves to 7am -10am before handing over to Nikki Bedi, whose programme brings the latest from across the world’s of entertainment and arts from 10am—12.30pm.

A new early breakfast show from 5am will include an hour of Devotional Sounds (5-6am) featuring faith inspired music for Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and Christians.

The first of two Wrap news programmes will now start at 12.30pm and Nihal will host the daily phone-in at the heart of the daytime schedule, where listeners give their take on the news story of the day, from 1pm-3pm.

The new Asian Network schedule will start from Monday April 20 2009.

Updated schedule:
5-7am – Devotional music for Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs
7am – Breakfast with Adil Ray
10am – Nikki Bedi
12.30pm – The Wrap
1pm – Nihal
3pm – Drive with Jas Rao
6pm – The Wrap
6.30pm – Gagan Grewal

8pm – Regional Languages: in Mirpuri – Mon, Bengali – Tues, Gujarati – Wed, Hindi/Urdu – Thurs, Punjabi – Fri

10pm – Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri – Bobby Friction ;
Tuesdays – Bobby Friction and Nihal;
Wednesday – Kayper

12 – till 2am Radio 5 live