In her first broadcast interview since taking up the post, Rona Fairhead told Today programme presenter Mishal Husain that her commercial background helps her to spend money "in the most efficient way.
During one broadcast, the presenter played a video montage comparing Obama's healthcare plan to Nazi Germany's eugenics programme.
BBC One's Andrew Marr Show and Radio 4's Start The Week are being broadcast with guest presenters in his absence.
His programmes, the Andrew Marr Show and Radio 4's Start The Week, continue to be broadcast with guest presenters in his absence.
A tribute will be broadcast on Thursday, presenter Jenni Murray said.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour is expected to anchor the coverage from New York as presenters Richard Quest and Becky Anderson broadcast from Westminster and St Paul's.
It will be introduced by Peel's son and broadcaster Tom Ravenscroft, along with fellow 6 Music presenters Stuart Maconie and Mark Radcliffe, and broadcast live on the digital radio station.
An amusing start to the evening: This match is being broadcast on ITV and presenter Adrian Chiles and his analysts Gareth Southgate and Lee Dixon are standing pitchside.
However, none of these moments top Russell's television appearance, in which the vampire king interrupted a news broadcast, ripping out the presenter's spine before announcing: "We're nothing like you.
