Andy Gray and Richard Keys sign up to present talkSPORT radio

Disgraced former Sky Sports presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys are joining radio station talkSPORT to present a flagship daytime show.

The station signed up the pair just two weeks after they were engulfed in a sexism row after recordings of disparaging comments about female football referee Sian Massey, and about an ex-girlfriend of former player Jamie Redknapp were made public.

They will present a three-hour weekday show between 10am and 1pm, beginning on Monday next week.

Keys said: "This is the start of something new and exciting for Andy and myself. We are delighted to be joining the talkSPORT family and can't wait to get going."

Gray added: "It's an ideal opportunity for Richard and me to do what we do best, and that's talk about sport.

The appointment may not come as a surprise to many as Keys went on talkSPORT to apologise publicly for his remarks.

He told the radio station last month: "Our prehistoric banter is not acceptable in a modern world. We were wrong. It was wrong. It shouldn't have happened."

He spent around an hour on-air apologising for making sexist remarks about assistant referee Sian Massey.

The pair believed their microphones had been switched off when they were heard questioning if the assistant referee knew the offside rule.

Keys resigned from his job fronting Sky Sports' football coverage after days of controversy which had also seen the sacking of his colleague Gray, after further comments by him were posted on YouTube.

The footage showed Gray, who was reportedly paid £1.7 million a year at Sky, asking a female colleague to help him tuck his microphone into his trousers.

Programme director Moz Dee said: "This is great news for talkSPORT and we're very excited about the new programme and these additions to our strengthening line-up.

"Andy and Richard are iconic broadcasters with massive TV careers who I know will have an impact on national radio, so it's great for the industry."