Jump to content
Unofficial Mills

Greg's new contract

onlyME

By onlyME
in BBC Radio 1

 Share

Recommended Posts

AndyK77

AndyK77

Posted
Posted
3 minutes ago, GeekTalk51 said:

Smart from Radio 1 - you don’t want to lose Greg anytime soon now there’s no clear successor.  Anyone know how long a contract renewal would be for?  Another year?  

And as we have seen with Jordan - contracts can be ended on either side.  (Jordan clearly exercised his right to end his early).

However, bottom line here is Greg is likely staying for the foreseeable now.  Definitely the right choice for the station. 

Greg will definitely end up being at least the second longest ever Breakfast Show presenter now.  He only has two months to go to beat Tony Blackburn as the third longest presenter and about five to replace Grimmy in the number 2 slot.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
R1Fan1

R1Fan1

Posted
Posted

Interesting as he mentioned in November/December that he’d renewed it just before they did that week in Dundee. Wonder if it was only confirmed now and this has been going on in the background since then, which is why Jordan hasn’t covered breakfast recently.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
radio247

radio247

Posted
Posted

Reading between the lines there seemed to be a weird situationship going on between the bosses, Greg and Jordan. Not great for Greg if he's had to wait for this all to blow over before getting confirmation, but happy that he's sticking with Radio 1.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
callspy

callspy

Posted
Posted

Roman and Jordan have the same management so Jordan would likely have been aware for a while that a gig at Capital was available. It's likely Jordan's management went in to Radio 1 and said match Capital's deal.  Radio 1 stuck with Greg. 

This deal with Greg did not happen overnight. For reference it was the end of May 2018 that it was revealed Greg was the new host of Breakfast. He left drive on mid July and started 20th August.  Grimmy finished breakfast 9th August.  So a new contract would have started at one of those points.  

Also Greg was 32 when he started Breakfast Jordan has just turned 34. Think Jordan might have worried time was running out?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
abertom

abertom

Posted
Posted
11 minutes ago, callspy said:

Roman and Jordan have the same management so Jordan would likely have been aware for a while that a gig at Capital was available. Mind you Capital has allegedly tried to get Greg before now and failed but they may have tried again.  It's likely Jordan's management went in to Radio 1 and said match Capital's deal and push Greg out of the way or he's gone.  Radio 1 stuck with Greg.  This deal with Greg did not happen overnight. 

With the BBC launching new spin off station to Radio 2 I wonder if Greg is holding out for a slot in a year or so over there. Then again Scott was going to get a new contract at Radio 1 before he left.  Greg is doing well in the ratings well over 2m ahead of Capital breakfast and popular with young listeners. Don't try fix what isn't broken I think in this case. 

For reference it was the end of May 2018 that it was revealed Greg was the new host of Breakfast. He left drive on mid July and started 20th August.  Grimmy finished breakfast 9th August.  So a new contract would have started at one of those points.  

Also Greg was 32 when he started Breakfast Jordan has just turned 34. Think Jordan might have worried time was running out?

My latest thoughts I think Jordan would have been a shoe in for Breakfast definitely but 2 things. If Greg wanted to stay longer than that’s longer Jordan has to wait and with the BBC you’re only a scandal away from being the headlines which could scupper his chances.

Also I reckon Jordan would have had to share breakfast with Vick, Katie or Molly but will definitely be taking the lead on capital  
 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BBCAaron

BBCAaron

Posted
Posted
22 minutes ago, callspy said:

Roman and Jordan have the same management so Jordan would likely have been aware for a while that a gig at Capital was available. Mind you Capital has allegedly tried to get Greg before now and failed but they may have tried again.  It's likely Jordan's management went in to Radio 1 and said match Capital's deal and push Greg out of the way or he's gone.  Radio 1 stuck with Greg.  This deal with Greg did not happen overnight. 

With the BBC launching new spin off station to Radio 2 I wonder if Greg is holding out for a slot in a year or so over there. Then again Scott was going to get a new contract at Radio 1 before he left.  Greg is doing well in the ratings well over 2m ahead of Capital breakfast and popular with young listeners. Don't try fix what isn't broken I think in this case. 

For reference it was the end of May 2018 that it was revealed Greg was the new host of Breakfast. He left drive on mid July and started 20th August.  Grimmy finished breakfast 9th August.  So a new contract would have started at one of those points.  

Also Greg was 32 when he started Breakfast Jordan has just turned 34. Think Jordan might have worried time was running out?

A part of me feels that Radio 2 Extra might not make it to air with the only presenters at Radio 2 that they would go for are Paul Gamboccini, Bob Harris, Tony Blackburn, Johnnie Walker and maybe Craig Charles. The current plan they have isn’t worth taking to air. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
GeekTalk51

GeekTalk51

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, abertom said:

My latest thoughts I think Jordan would have been a shoe in for Breakfast definitely but 2 things. If Greg wanted to stay longer than that’s longer Jordan has to wait and with the BBC you’re only a scandal away from being the headlines which could scupper his chances.

Also I reckon Jordan would have had to share breakfast with Vick, Katie or Molly but will definitely be taking the lead on capital  
 

 

I think it’s probably the fact Greg clearly wants to keep going and within 2-3 years if he stepped down then, in a Scott Mills way Jordan could well be looked over and they go with a newer presenter.  It was now or never and it looks like it was going to be never.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Bluestraw
      Radio 2 Schedule Changes

      By Bluestraw · Posted

      It won't be the first week of new shows. Pretty sure I read that Trevor Nelson has specifically said now about starting 'late Jan' which ties in with several comments about w/c 27 Jan being the launch week. After panto, Scott will need a break and prep time, in order to then have a decent run of the new show before any breaks.
    • abertom
      Radio 2 Schedule Changes

      By abertom · Posted

      I reckon the schedules wont be updated until after Christmas as I expect there’s an embargo until Scott’s free to the PR launch, advertising campaign and do the media rounds 
    • Lee E
      Radio 2 Schedule Changes

      By Lee E · Posted

      Maybe they havent adjusted the schedule pages yet but that could be the first week of the new shows, Breakfast and Afternoons are not labelled
    • abertom
      Radio1 Schedule Changes

      By abertom · Posted

      We already have a schedule changes page 🙄 
    • Noah
      Radio1 Schedule Changes

      By Noah · Posted

      Weds 8th Jan 2025 CassKidd sits in for Benji B 11pm - 1am Weds 15th Jan 2025 Mo Ayoub sits in for Benji B 11pm - 1am
    • TMD_24
      Radio 1 Schedule Changes

      By TMD_24 · Posted

      Charlie Tee was also covering this show yesterday and will be tomorrow and Friday. On the main Radio 1 station, Early Breakfast has a placeholder photo on the 21st-22nd January. Still says Dean though.
    • TMD_24
      Radio 1 Schedule Changes

      By TMD_24 · Posted

      Sian in for Jack 13th-16th January.
    • Lily Georgia
      Radio 1 Schedule Changes

      By Lily Georgia · Posted

      Tara Kumar is in for Sian on Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th January.
    • Ash101
      Email to Aled

      By Ash101 · Posted

      Kudos to Aled for replying to your questions - not sure there’s many people in his position who’d do that! Pretty fair and valid I’d say…the RAJAR point is a good one, the anthems situation just allows them to keep the music flowing.
    • abertom
      Email to Aled

      By abertom · Posted

      Hi Tom.   Thank you for your email – I really appreciate the passion you bring to being a fan of Radio 1.  We never take it for granted.   We do SO much throughout the year, we’re in a situation where the Radio 1 presenters and production staff almost face a project or priority every week.  If I therefore have an opportunity to give the team some downtime I’m going to take it.  Radio is such a habitual medium that numbers drop quite quickly when routines are disrupted – so much so RAJAR stops counting listeners by these dates.  I’d therefore prefer, if we were going to give people a break that we chose the period of lower listenership to do it and by changing the formats of the show it encourages presenters and production teams to suspend normal features and take a fresh approach to the new listeners they might be catching us while they travel home for Christmas.   Your second question is closely related.  Tomorrow we’re announcing the 27 new presenters who will take over Radio 1 between Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.  No other radio station does this and it requires a lot of production resource to train up brand new presenters – some of whom have only known broadcasting on student radio – and get them ready for national broadcasting.  The Anthems format provides those presenters space to learn, make mistakes and cope with the pressures of live broadcasting to a large audience while giving them space to reminisce about the music. The audience feedback to us playing a nostalgic playlist for this week is incredibly positive (so much so it’s spawned its own stream on Sounds).  This format is perfect for people drifting between radio stations while in the car as they travel around the UK visiting family. Whereas the critical mass of Radio 1’s habitual audience are having their routines disrupted and likely won’t return in full numbers until the 6th of January.   Specialist shows remain during the week as they are pre-recorded so we can manage those pressures in other ways whereas keeping daytime Radio 1 live and reactive is important to us and the audience consuming the station.   I hope this helps.   We appreciate the passion to Radio 1 – and hope you enjoy the station in 2025, we have some epic things planned that we can’t wait for you to hear.   Nadolig Llawen.   Aled  
    • TMD_24
      Radio 1 Schedule Changes

      By TMD_24 · Posted

      16th December (Radio 1 Dance) Charlie Tee in for Arielle Free on Radio 1 Dance Morning. No new shows of this W/C 20th December until the 6th January.
    • Wandering Belle
      Radio 1 Schedule Changes

      By Wandering Belle · Posted

      Aww brilliant, Beth Wallace is a local radio DJ in Aberdeen and once did an interview with Greg on one of the stations she used to present on. She’s really good 
    • TMD_24
      Radio 1 Schedule Changes

      By TMD_24 · Posted

      James Cusack in for Jack doing the Official Charts on the 17th January.
    • TMD_24
      Radio 1 Schedule Changes

      By TMD_24 · Posted

      Phoebe I-H also covering for Jaguar on the 16th January.
    • Lily Georgia
      Radio 1 Schedule Changes

      By Lily Georgia · Posted

      Jess is in for Sian on Sunday 22nd December & Sunday 5th January.
×
×
  • Create New...