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On 2/15/2024 at 4:46 PM, BBCAaron said:
I do hope that Helen Thomas the station controller and Scott are doing ok with the amount of nastily trolling comments that people hit out and throw out at them. Steve Wright was a respectful man with sense of dignity who was known to treat his colleagues with sense of decency and any listeners who are upset and are lashing out with how they thought he was handled and what losing his afternoon programme could’ve done to him need to remember that. Steve Wright was a private person and people really do need to respect that privacy. Rather than speculating what he thought about things and anything about the cause of death. People are utterly shameful.
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.
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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
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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
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On 2/14/2024 at 1:43 PM, Jono said:
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.
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On 2/14/2024 at 12:30 AM, Jono said:
Even Dave and Stormzy seem old music to me, DC 🤣
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.
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On 2/13/2024 at 6:42 PM, Old Codger Fan said:
Much enjoyed Scott on R1 - But sounds all wrong on R2, especially in light of who he replaced.
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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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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11 minutes ago, Old Codger Fan said:
I've always wanted to do a show called 'From the Forties To The Noughties' ,,,
Featuring music from... Al Jolson, Matt Monroe and Slipknot!
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Just now, BBCAaron said:
See no reference to the 40s considering its 64 years since the end of 50s there’s still a living audience for that as plenty of people like the music of the year they were born in there is an audience as they probably have people who’d listen to the rock & roll, jazz and blues stuff from the decade but it’s an audience that they are targeting is reaching the generation of the figure of optimal natural life expectancy. It’s a demographic that might only use the service for a decade or such but with our ageing population and elder population making up the users of traditional forms of medium. It wont be a massive audience but for a smaller station it would likely get a modest audience.
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.
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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.
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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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4 hours ago, Jono said:
Ah you didn't get tickets?
I did in the end. They put on a matinee show, I managed to get one!
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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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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.
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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.
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On 1/19/2024 at 6:48 PM, Serin-ish said:
Last time I was on this forum the Tories had only just got into power and now it's slipping away from them. I told them to wake me up when this happened, didn't think it would be 13 years lost to hibernation...
Now this website is almost as old as I was when I first joined, wow! I'm now 40 ?
I wonder if any of the other "Oldies"/OGs will make surprise reappearances?
China is the traditional 20th anniversary gift, but what use is that to any of us?
I'm glad to see Jono and DC are still here, I've actually missed you guys.
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.
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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.
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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.
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8 hours ago, Old Codger Fan said:
If we include R1Xtra, does this make David Rodigan the new Old Trooper?
Age wise? Yes. Pete Tong has to be the longest serving DJ for Radio 1 now though.
Steve Wright dies aged 69
in Radio 2 Chat
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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.