kyle_y

Surely it's not the first time?!

Thanks to you Kyle has just spat Sprite all over my laptop! :x

Radio 1 and BBC Radio in general well represented in the nominations there, goes to show how good the BBC is in comparison to the commercial sector. And I'm sure too they'll dominate the list of winners!

Happy Birthday Alan! Hope you have a great day!

What happened to Edith leaving? Wasn't that announced a while back or am I imagining things?

I've checked and it looks fine to me. Unless you know something I dont..?

Isn't he great?!

Sounds good to me. I've been getting bored of Sara Cox lately so I'm quite pleased. And Annie in for Nick? - can't think of anything better.

The first of my predictions for 2011 proven to be accurate

Me.

That comment is just as bigotted as the homophobic bigots you're moaning about. Can't argue with that.

Happy Birthday Annalieeee! Wishing you the very best for your special day, the next 365 days, and beyond..! x

Yeah Alan it's a great show! The first episode was really really poor but after that it really picked up. I still can't quite work out why Lauren Laverne is there, she doesn't add much to the show. David Mitchell interviewing Alistair Campbell was the highlight of the series so far for me. A weird move to have it scheduled against Question Time though.

Brilliant song! Only 39 in the charts Criminal.

And this is why we can't give Scotland independence. Because it screws over England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We need Scotland to prevent (or make it considerably harder) for the Tories to get a British majority.

This.

True. Dev too. I guess we should give him a chance and see what he can come up with and then pass judgement a few months down the line.

Which means the rest of us won't be By the way, is it Huw who covers weekday evenings when Zane's away?

Because The Sun and The News of the World are the pinnacle of newspaper journalism and uphold the highest of moral and ethical standards. Oh, and they wouldn't dare lie. All heil Murdoch!

Matt Edmondson in for Grimmy?! Oh gosh, help us all. He's not quite right for that slot, but I guess with Edith away and Nihal doing the shows either side there'd be no other option other than Tom Deacon. So I guess in that sense Matt was the right call..

By the looks of it, on UM anyway, Sara is becoming quite unpopular again They're freelance so are paid for the hours they're on air. If they're on holiday or off sick they don't get paid. I'd imagine they are paid for their R1 work for the time they're out and about for Comic Relief, CIN etc. though.

Quite disappointed by the article and the questions. It's unfairly critical of Radio 1 and Chris Moyles. The specialist takeovers on both Radio 1 and 1Xtra were a refreshing change from what is normally expected from the stations during the day. It is no coincidence in my opinion that the best presentersand the most widely respected DJs on both stations are the ones who have a genuine interest and understanding of music, whatever that genre of music is - eg. Nihal, Trevor Nelson, Chris Moyles, Zane Lowe, Ronnie Herel, Huw Stephens, Benjii B, Jo Whiley, Gilles Peterson, Nick Grimshaw, Mistajam, Annie Mac etc etc. Radio 1 should really find a way of incorporating the majority of those into the daytime schedules and give them a certain amount of control over the tracklisting (maybe 3/10 tracks to be non-playlisted). The likes of Annie, Huw and the rest have shown time and time again that they are more than deserving of having a daytime show. By the way, a more direct link to the article - http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=9622&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more9622

I thought she was quite good. Admittedly I didn't hear her over the weekend in for Jo but her 1Xtra show is decent. Her links are good and she's got a nice friendly voice. I like her.

I hope this isn't that new and amazing Britney dubstep track everyones talking about. It's certainly not amazing and it's most definately not dubstep.

If Matt Edmondson was able to get in for 5 then he probably had a bit more than an hours notice. Maybe Dev was ill and called in at about 2 or 3 and the earliest a cover presenter was able to get in for was 5? The 'Ooops' tweet was probably Dev messing about, making it sound like he had overslept or something.