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  1. Oh no doubt the ones who deny the world exists past 1990 will use it as an excuse to have a go at Scott. Talking of whom, has posted a very warming tribute on social media. I imagine he's upset as are the rest of the Radio 2 DJ's. Steve wasn't just a radio legend, they worked with him day to day.
  2. He bought the Zoo format to the UK really. Which later went on to be used by Chris Moyles a lot for his Radio 1 show. He was a gamechanger
  3. Fair enough. Wasn't my era for radio 1 as I said but DJ's like Steve wright were superstars back then. Imagine tik tok stars nowdays but amplify it by about 10.
  4. I assume Sara must have broken the news. Have Radio 1 even given it a mention. Tbh I hope they do, it's just plain wrong if they don't if I'm truthful.
  5. Oh no, very sad to hear about Steve wright. Before my time for radio 1 but you can't deny his impact on Radio in general. Very sad.
  6. Featuring music from... Al Jolson, Matt Monroe and Slipknot!
  7. Gutted if there's no 1940's. I was gonna request George Formby When I'm Cleaning Windows, and dedicate it to all the 1970's whippersnappers. Telling them this is real music, not your T-Rex nonsense or Garry Glitter.
  8. I still feel anything from about 2016 upwards is still relevant to Radio 1 anyway now. Look how many artists releasing songs then are still doing it now and topping the playlist. Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Beyonce, Stormzy etc. The second half of the 2010's definitely feels too recent to be nostalgic for me. Feels strange that the 90's is being left out a little from this New Radio 1/Radio 2 digital thing. Granted Radio 2 play lots of 90's now, but a lot of it is play-it-safe type of stuff still. Charles & Eddie, Texas etc. Could have 90s stuff that Radio 2 wouldn't really play. Prodigy, Portishead, late 90's Nu Metal and Rock like Slipknot, Papa Roach etc.
  9. I've said for years the BBC need a direct rival to smooth. Bringing about this may finally get the old un's off've Radio 2's back for playing music this side of the millennium. Word is they are going to even be playing music from the 40's and 50's, is anyone still even around who remembers those days!?
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    Mark and Lard

    I did in the end. They put on a matinee show, I managed to get one!
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    Mark and Lard

    Live show with Q&A session near Manchester on March 24th, streaming online too. Sold out in 20 minutes to be there. They said there will be more if the demand was there, answers that question then.
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    Mark and Lard

    I don't think whatever they do will be long term, they are both now in their 60s. I'm guessing some form of tour, podcast/radio show. I wonder though, just wonder if the best band in the world ever may be involved. The Shirehorses.
  13. DC

    Mark and Lard

    I have updates.
  14. I've presented before. Also done travel bulletins in my old job for Free Radio 80s, BBC Reigionals up and down the UK (WM, Lincolnshire, Humberside, Shropshire, Bristol). Even been on talksport in the past, my inbox went a bit barmy for the talksport ones from old friends I hadn't seen in ages asking if it was even me. This was all done from a company that used a team of broadcasters (such as me), equipped with hi tech traffic information at hand. And sold the service to various stations. The sheer ruining of local commercial radio by the likes of Bauer, and the BBC cutbacks put an end to all of that before the first lockdown though. Great job mind, and the people I worked with were all brilliant.
  15. Welcome back! I have an old blueyonder email address that logs me into stuff from 2006. Blueyonder is long gone and so is that email. Think it's still linked to my neglected MySpace that I haven't touched for many years. I don't really do politics publicly, but I hope you are correct on them losing power. However I expect the mainstream media to start peddling the tory narrative soon, in the election buildup. The unthinkable shouldn't happen however nothing surprises me in the UK anymore.
  16. I think Radio 1 will basically just look to fill the gap with whatever is as close as can be, stay quiet about it and see where it goes. And that's the appropriate way to do it imo. As I mentioned in the main thread. When John Peel died in 2004, they put Rob Da Bank into that slot. Not as a replacement, as there couldn't ever be one really. But that fell into place and he was there for a while. The same may happen again, except without Rob Da Bank.
  17. We can celebrate by giving out Jonos debit card pin number. You just have to hunt him down to get it off him and the prize is yours! Seriously though I actually remember logging onto here when I was in 6th form on the computers in the morning about September 2004. I can't still quite get my head around the fact that it was 20 years ago. I never become proper active on here till early 2005 though. I was pissing about with computers at the time recording and stuff (no bbc sounds back then for you whippersnappers), and ended up recording a few celebrity calls for the archives and clipping bits and bobs for here which are still in the archives. I was on here every single day back then, this was our social media for my generation. I was on here saying stuff I look back on at 35 nowdays and cringe at, sometimes I find genius and don't have the same quick brain anymore. Everyday I used to tune into Scott, Chopper and Laura and come onto here to discuss a radio show I almost knew like I was sitting there in the studio with them. Good times. Ive gone on too long. Wheel me back into the care home.
  18. Age wise? Yes. Pete Tong has to be the longest serving DJ for Radio 1 now though.
  19. I remember when Peel died in 2004. I think they put Rob Da Bank onto his slot for a while, it was nothing to say 'here's a replacement'. Was just to basically fill the two hours really and see how it went.
  20. https://dl.sndup.net/jhvc/Mark Radcliffe, Anne Nightingale.mp3 Just recall this with Mark Radcliffe talking to Colin Murray years ago, and him mentioning Annie was one of the only two people who checked on him during his first day at Radio 1.
  21. Very very sad news. There will never be another like Annie, cool and cutting edge from start to finish. Lovely words by Aled too. It really feels like the end of an era there.
  22. Whooooooo!?! Is it one true voice off've popstars the rivals, Mark? Sounds just like her!!!
  23. Chico off've chico time. Not so much whoooo, but shite.
  24. Wasn't that the thing that was supposed to replace Dave Pearce's Dance Anthems on a Sunday, and lasted about 5 shows?
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