Stuart Hall faces will find out later if he has to spend more time in prison as judges review the length of his sentence for sex offences.
Attorney General Dominic Grieve has referred Hall's case to the Court of Appeal to consider whether his 15-month jail term is "unduly lenient" and should be increased.
Hall, 83, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, admitted 14 counts of indecent assault against girls as young as nine between 1967 and 1987.
The former It's A Knockout presenter was sentenced in June at Preston Crown Court by the Recorder of Preston, Judge Anthony Russell QC.
Hall directly exploited his role as a popular BBC presenter to target four of his victims, while he assaulted another four on the pretence of giving elocution lessons to them at his home.
Before entering his guilty plea in April, he had made a public pronouncement on the steps of a court, describing all the claims against him as "cruel, pernicious and spurious".
Hall was arrested and subsequently charged on December 5 last year with indecently assaulting three young girls.
More women came forward as a result of publicity and he was rearrested before he later admitted sexual offences relating to 13 victims.
Judge Russell told Hall: "Several of these cases reveal an abuse of the trust placed in you by the parents of these children but all of them reveal an abuse of power by you because your status gave you an influence and standing which you abused."
The judge said Hall would have received 20 months after a trial but he reduced the sentence to reflect his guilty pleas.
Hall's defence barrister Crispin Aylett QC said that 27 years had passed since the last offence and that the presenter had led an "unblemished" life over those years.
The length of the jail term was immediately criticised as "unduly lenient" by shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry.
Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour party, also added to calls for the sentence to be referred.
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