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  1. Some of the old airchecks I have about from 2001 mention one big Sunday. Think that's how it started life, as a bit of a roadshow revival but for the more modern 00s. Then kinda grew from that
  2. Last Train Home was actually a decent song, shame a nonce ruined it for the rest of the band. I actually voted mouldy lookin stain on the poll.
  3. I'm still waiting for my one big Sunday tickets. I can't wait to see Ja Rule.
  4. Scott nor any other daytime presenter dont pick their own music by the way, that's the radio 2 playlist team who tailor music to certain shows (hence calmer music for Jeremy Vine etc). And Scott is getting married, probably the biggest event in his life. So kinda think that needs time away to be done properly.
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    Fix Radio

    I'm sure I heard about this station in the making a good 5 years ago or so. What's the playlist like?
  6. I feel that given the age group, there are probably requests for Pendulum, MCR, Prodigy, Chase and Status etc. But for the most part radio 2 still want to play it safe and play Torn by Natalie Imbruglia or The Proclaimers. They have been doing this for 30 years now, so they are finding it harder to change than radio 1 are by ditching tunes pre 2016. I did notice Jo Whiley will push the boat out sometimes post 7pm, hearing Wu Tang Clan on Radio 2 was a culture shock the other week.
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    Radio fandoms

    This place has done well over the last 20 years, a big part of that is that Scott has been so relevant since 1998 up till now. But I do feel this place is now more of a radio 1 forum than Scott Mills fansite these days. It's a combination of the youngest of his listeners from his last days at Radio 1, and the fact that his radio 2 show is a bit of a culture shock to that same age group. It's very play-it-safe in comparison to all of his radio 1 work. For us older crew we've naturally transitioned over to Radio 2 with Scott. But for those who are only still young and have only heard him from about 2018ish, then I do understand it's a jump too soon. chrismoyles.net is a treasure trove to his radio 1 days. Which of course are his best. But considering he's been back on the air on a major commercial radio station for a number of years now. It's very very quiet. Granted his listeners back then are the generation after Scott's mostly. So probably just don't do forums anymore. For the past DJ's there is a Mark and Lard Facebook group, which is members only sorta thing. I'm in there and we got a massive hint that they would be getting back together near the back end of last year. Someone who's obviously connected with them posted a photo shoot they did together in there last year. When they left in 2004 biggedybong.com was started up but dried up about 2007ish. The fb group nowdays though is very active. For radio 1 jocks to have their own fansite back in the day, they would have to be pretty special and top of their game.
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    Bored!

    You ought of heard the girl in 2005 doing the voice overs then! Stark opposite, she sounded like she was on mdma.
  9. Also. I know to it that radio 1 for many years have been crafting their own edits of tunes too. Red Hot Chili Peppers Can't Stop which came out in 2003, their version of that cuts off the longer intro you hear on Absolute etc. The same copy still sits in their system as of 21 years ago. When Rihanna Umbrella came out, they played a version with an instrumental start and just kicks in on Rihannas first verse, without Jay Z at the beginning. Their mix of Ultrabeat Pretty Green Eyes you may hear on dance anthems now and again today, isn't the usual radio edit everyone else played when new. It's some variation of edit of the CJ Stone mix. The same edit they were playing back in 2003 when it was new. Even as recent as last year they had their own version on Beyonce Virgos Groove (which I "borrowed" from their playout), that was 3 mins. Wherever you search there is no existing radio edit of that song and the normal version is closer to 5 mins.
  10. I sort music for a radio station and a lot of the time within a promo pack there's an instrumental within there too we can use as a bed. Someone I know works for the bbc, and has access to dira. I've been on there myself and have been through Radio 1's. For their big tunes they will have various edits about. The usual stand alone radio edit, one with a 'power intro', sometimes an edit with the tune as you know it then into a 2 min loop to talk over tagged on the end. It depends. Talking over instrumentals onto the end of a tune isn't anything new at all for radio 1. I remember as far back as early breakfast, Scott was doing it on there. And I'm talking 20 odd years ago. Although there wasn't a massive "ONE (one one one)" etc to break it up back then.
  11. I don't mind Jeremy Vine nowdays he does have some interesting people on now and again. But I am getting older now. It's a funny old job with Radio 2 though. They are trying to palm off the old crew, eventually (and I don't mean this in a nasty way) they won't be about to complain. However with the 90s and the 00s they are very reserved on what they play. Remember the 90s and 00s had prodigy, slipknot, limp bizkit etc top of the pile. Those groups still feel more radio 1 even though we are taking many years ago. There needs to be a bit of bravery and just go full on and stick on papa roach or linkin park. If this new 40s to 80s station happens. Radio 2 will jump the gap.
  12. As much as I think Jordan is a great presenter. It's not gonna pull me over to capital. Adverts and their dire playlist is the biggest reason. Plus as long as Greg is on Radio 1 he's always going to have the upper hand. There's an old saying, 'you can't beat experience'. Greg these days has it in abundance.
  13. Yes I'm sure, and have done for many years too. Not only the current generation, rewind 20 plus years ago and Chris Moyles used to visit chrismoyles.net. Mark and Lard regularly used to shout out users in the newsgroups dedicated to their show (newsgroups are a proper late 90s thing). "Pobice" was the guy (or girl) who managed that back then. Scott has been by here many many times. His old producer Laura is registered on here. Chappers used to call us "geekworld". In the 00s we used to open topics each week where we'd discuss the show live. I remember at 4pm one day when everyone jumped on to say hello. I said to everyone "God your hair looks lovely today". Knowing that I couldn't see anyone at all. First link Scott does at 4 he repeats that line, so he and the team back then would have been on here
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    Is Dean ok?

    Don't know what's been said on his socials but if it's bad enough to make him come off air (if that's the truth). Then nothing can justify that. I know you put yourself in the limelight being on Radio 1, and to a degree have to have thick skin. But some of the things that get said are way way overboard. I know it's the 30 odd year old bloke, old man thing to say. But in a lot of ways things were better years ago. Social media has many great points, but also comes with too many negatives. I've seen even the older generation use it against Scott when he moved to Radio 2 as I've said before. Bottom line is these are people going to work and doing a job, if they aren't for you switch off and find something else.
  15. I do think this is worrying times for radio 1. As an old head I recall Moyles leaving but you felt there was a solid guaranteed future for the station. Scott still there, big experienced names to sort stuff out when it got tough. It was the same when Mark and Lard went, Simon Mayo, Chris Evans etc years and years back. But now it feels like with Jordan North going it's going to sound like a load of teenagers giggling amongst themselves. And I point to mid mornings on that imo. Radio 1 need a big young star who can present, and who's already popular to come in and create a fuss. And I mean someone who can be relevant for the next gen, not radio 1s current target audience. Aim for 2030.
  16. This is quite a loss for Radio 1. You'd of thought he would have been the man to step into Greg's shoes when he goes. When Greg does eventually go, I'm actually struggling to think of anyone left at Radio 1 on daytimes who I could class as top tier really.
  17. He was the perfect pull. Blackburn and Co are too old. Steve wright would have been perfect and that's why I think he was meant to front it. Outside of that you have presenters like mark Radcliffe who is more specialist in the long term. Awful situation with Steve, but I think this will trigger a rethink for this new station. And tbh, pre 1980 music. I don't know who can be a big name a front it for the bbc.
  18. Im sure he would have been the star for this new oldies station. Like I said I think they had Steve in mind as he was in his 60s and you would have a good solid 10 years out of him. But not meant to be very sadly. Thing is now, it's going to be difficult to get people in their 40s to play music from the 40s and 50s. And talk about it like they were there, even the 70s is the same. People who were there are kinda gone.
  19. I'm sure the bbc were going to use Steve wright as the main face of this new station they were going to do. Playing the 40s/50s/60s and 70s. He was the main bloke for those eras and would of cleared radio 2 up for us lot in our 30s who love the 90s and the 00s. But now that will take a massive rethink.
  20. People generally make me sick. From all accounts, from Scott to Moyles and everyone inbetween. Steve was a lovely bloke and I'm sure if he were around, would shut down comments like that. I lost faith in people a long time ago generally, the last two days have confirmed that for me. Greg was top class the day after using his theme. I understand that Steve left Radio 1 before most of the listeners nowdays were born. But he took the time to explain what he meant, and what he was about. Pure class, when Greg does leave hes gonna take some serious replacing.
  21. A lot have just taken it as a chance to have a go at Scott. Like he's the one who killed him or something. Some people out there don't deserve oxygen imo
  22. Zoo format was an American thing, Howard Stern for instance. But Steve Wright was the first to bring it to UK Radio and adapt it to UK culture in a way we could all relate too. Once Comedy Dave joined Chris in early 98 he started to build the show into what we knew. But yes, Steve was the first here End of Vernons show was a bit emotional hearing that
  23. I was waiting for Moyles to say something about this, to my generation he was the one we all look back on really. Well delivered and done so well, you can tell how much he thought of him. Will have to listen back to Greg too from this morning.
  24. It's all this drill "I'll stab ya nan if you say hello to me" type stuff I can't put up with. Was creeping into the playlists heavily in Scott's final years on Radio 1. Some of the dance stuff they play is OK nowdays though. The 90s (95ish upwards) and 00s radio 2 play I don't mind tbh. That's their job nowdays though as Roy Keane would say. Scott played a lot of that and lived through those eras when they were all new, makes sense he does it now on Radio 2 for the audience that's moved over there. Sadly though. Lewis Capaldi's depressing durge is on both stations, can't get away from that anywhere.
  25. I miss the features, but the music is better. I don't miss hearing Stormzy and Dave all the time tbh. So kind of balances back out for me.
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