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  6. Say farewell to Scott and Chris from Radio 1!

    in The Scott Mills Show

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    Scott and Chris, I still have no words. I have enjoyed every bit of your show since around 2004 and have seen it grow from strength to strength. You guys were one of the reasons behind me and a group of mates setting up our own online station, it might not have gone anywhere, but we have a laugh doing it as I’m sure you guys have a laugh doing your show. And that’s all that matters.

    You’ve helped so many people get through these past 2 years, myself included, so I just want to say thanks for everything and good luck with your next ventures, I’ll be listening!

    Go on pigs!

    Love you bye, Joe T.

  8. New Newsbeat imaging

    in Radio 1 Geek Talk

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    So the new Newsbeat beds. Personally I like the beds themselves, including the unique openers for each station. But, having listened to all 3 station outputs, the lack of an out stab is really apparent, and sounds bad. There's certainly something missing!

    But I'm also not keen on them starting the beds again after ever story, it sounds a little rough sometimes. The last package (5 years) was great, but it was time for something new.

  12. Maya Jama to leave Radio 1

    in BBC Radio 1

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    I'm actually a bit gutted she's leaving. She's improved massively in the last 2-2.5 years she's been on Radio 1. Whilst still not perfect, she appealed to a certain group of listeners and brought them to Radio 1, the BBC Sounds statistics prove just that!

    As much as I like Jordan, I don't think he's quite ready for Drive full time just yet. I think give him Friday-Sunday on a permanent basis for a while to get him into the routine of constantly doing 3 shows a week, then a potential switch for Jordan and Grimmy in the future. Although I get the feeling Grimmy might leave rather than go to weekends. If night times were offered again though ?‍♂️

  17. Station voice

    in Radio 1 Geek Talk

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    You're talking about Beth! From memory she works elsewhere in the BBC and so is easy to pull in when they need her. The main station voices who you hear in all the One-tros and IDs etc are Matt, Lewis, Georgia and Rachelle! And of course there's the BBC Sounds VO on the TOH jingle, but I'm not sure who that is!

  19. Newsbeat Package Thread

    in Radio 1 Geek Talk

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    I have a couple of bits on top of that, such as the Headlines bed and the 1Xtra intro, but that's about it. Does seem very difficult to get hold of.

    I messaged Dan once regarding the old 2015 package as I don't have any of that one, as that was quite a large jingle package for newsbeat, so many different beds that only saw the light of day once or twice. Never had a response. But in fairness, he's probably really busy producing etc! 

  20. On the BBC Sounds App, On the radio, and on your smart speaker...

    in Radio 1 Geek Talk

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    Who else has heard the new TOH jingle that’s been played since Saturday. It sounds awful. It’s been the same jingle every time I’ve heard it, and the segues into the Power Intros just don’t work. I think I’ve heard 2 that sounded alright.

    There’s no need for that on R1, but if it had to have a place it should be on the News Ramp like the old days (Digital FM Online, This, is Radio 1!)

    What’s your thoughts?

  21. Radio 1 breakfast with Greg James one year on

    in BBC Radio 1

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    On 8/21/2019 at 6:42 PM, Ryan Pannell said:

    It’s been a fantastic year for Greg and for Breakfast for the station since the Moyles era began.

    This morning was fun. He got Beth, the voiceover girl on the jingles, to come on live and do some listener-requested announcers. I quickly noted her name (also short for Elizabeth) and Google’d her up. It was a bit tricky as I had to listen to a podcast about how they made the jingles last year, it didn’t include Beth. But I have found the following for Elizabeth Lishmund which I believe is her:

    Website - https://www.bethlishmund.com/

    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bettylish/

    It’s nice to finally put a face and name to the jingle. If I’m wrong please let me know.

    You are most certainly correct! 

  22. Radio 1 breakfast with Greg James one year on

    in BBC Radio 1

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    On 8/21/2019 at 7:03 PM, Lee E said:

    And on the first year of breakfast - here is Greg's first drive show and the end of Mills first 1-4 show when they swapped, and what song was Mills playing at the end and into Greg's show - you guessed it https://ia801209.us.archive.org/33/items/20120301/20120301.mp3

    That's his 1-4 show, He didn't start Drive till April 2012. Also the jingle package in use is still the Pure Tonic Ra-Di-O ONE. Pure Jingles started when Greg moved to drive!

  24. Really Geeky studio tech Newsbeat question

    in Radio 1 Geek Talk

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    8 hours ago, Lee E said:

    Why is 82A always used by Greg, Scott and Annie? and 82D by the others? Is it true that 82A was designed to be bigger to accommodate the Chris Moyles show (because it was designed and being built before he announced he was leaving) and all its interactive features streaming and all? hence why the breakfast show latterly came from there ? I know Scott does use a different studio on a Friday for the chart I got this answered on the Chris Stark podcast but they didn't explain why

    They also explained that they didn't use 82A when there was a live lounge on, that the studios reversed when there was one

    They seem to reverse at weekends too?  

    There are 6 studios shared with R1, 1Xtra and Asian Network. 82A and B are the 2 bigger studios and are mainly used by Radio 1 as that is the flagship station out of the 3, but another big reason? The Live Lounge! 82A Can't be used to broadcast during a Live Lounge because all the equipment for the LL (Such as the mixing desk etc) is in 82A, and as such the studio is full of the Tech Ops who are mixing and controlling the LL. Clara (and Fearne when she was there) always does her show from 82B. On the days when 1Xtra had a LL and R1 didn't Trevor would be in 82B and Fearne would be in one of the smaller studios. When Greg was on drive he would normally use 82B as well. Greg, Scott and Annie don't just use 82A though, if someone else has booked that studio then they will use one of the smaller ones.

    The chart has always been in one of the smaller studios, even when Reggie and Jameela did it. Greg only used to do the Chart in 82B because that was his studio at the time for drive.

    I did Feet Up Friday (Whoooooooooo?!?) with Dev back in 2014 and we were in 82B and to say the studios were only about 2 years old then, they were battered! 

  25. Really Geeky studio tech Newsbeat question

    in Radio 1 Geek Talk

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Lee E said:

    Is it an offer/accept type system? 

    The whole of the BBC (TV, Radio etc) uses something called BNCS (Broadcast Network Control System). I believe it was in house designed by the BBC R&D Dept. This allows any studio across the whole of the BBC (From London to Cardiff to Salford etc) to take over any network (R1, R2, R5Live as examples), or route sources into their studio from anywhere in the BBC, including on the OB Vans.

    A good current example of this is Life Hacks which now comes from Media City in Salford instead of NBH. The studio at Media City isn't faded up in a studio at NBH, as they are actually in control of the R1 network at that time.

    There are times when it goes wrong, like the other week when Greg tried to hand over the R1 network to Clara's studio after his show and just got "Tone".

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