Ryan Pannell

Crikey, you've really analysed that well. When you say it's "exactly right to the minute", I agree with every daytime presenter except Grimmy. A countless number of times, he is late for the news at about 7:32, 8:03 and so on! He has a tendancy to start a track at 7:29! WHY?!

Source? Googling this up returns no recently dated results. It's inevitable that Scott will be there forever - one day he will go. Chris Stark is a legend and a credit to the show, although he was referred to "Scott's mate" in the early days, there's no way that he was let in when Scott went in for his show, BBC security is top notch and they wouldn't have just let him follow Scott through the building without a check of some sort. Chris has actually broadcasted on his own, it was unplanned and for half an hour when Scott was ill, and Huw Stephens was on his way on the tube but was getting held up. I remember the start of the show Chris was like "erm" and lost for words, but he handled it really well. I'm not sure what'll happen to him radio-wise if Scott ever left. I can't seeing him do his own shows, he is better at the documentaries he does for BBC Three and other general BBC fun stuff (like Mastermind).

The only intros that sound good are the ones with Mike Wooller. The rest of the imaging isn't a clear, simple theme. We have mixes thrown about of all sorts that make it sound like a different station between most songs. The length of time it took to introduce these, and the "creeping in" is just highly unprofessional for a national station, nearly a year! The radio industry might want to go this way with power intros, but they really don't suit the station. They've tried too hard and ballsed it up. The breakfast show idents have been ruined too.

If the station imaging sounded confusing before, it sounds more confusing now. This has seriously got to stop. So unprofessional.

The Official Chart hasn't played the top 40 since it moved to Fridays in July 2015.

I've noticed the last 2 Fridays, the intro into the chart has had the titles changed. The clip of all the singers introducing themselves has gone, we get the "3, 2, 1. This is the Official Chart, with Greg James" and then it leaps to the main bed with Greg talking. The "This is (this is)...where it begins" bit has been dropped. Whether this is a temporary or permanent change I'm unsure but it sounds not right. It was fine as it was before.

I know exactly what you mean, sounds like we're on the same wavelength. A mish-mash between old and new is not professional. When the NMF intros with Mike Wooller launched last April, I wasn't a fan of these, but admittedly they have grown on me. These are proper power intros, whereas the rest by Imgur aren't really powerful in the slightest. At first I wasn't sure if bringing Mike back was a wise move, any jingle geek will easily remember he was on the old ones up until September 2014. They sounded great, but these ones with him sound better. Scott's old beds were great, probably some of the best to come out of the 2014 lot. And I love that KDA-Turn the Music Louder power intro. TOTD did change briefly but has reverted back to the old one. I'm sure it'll eventually be replaced. The Newsbeat voiceovers dont need changing yet, especially if the main jingle stays the same, otherwise it'll all sound out of place. The Pure Jingles package will never be completely dead, that is evident at 2:55 in the montage - have a listen. The new Clafa Amfo intro sounds like Dev in it!

I wouldn't be too quick to rule out Pure Jingles. Why would they put these up online for people to listen to when a new sound by different company has already been introduced? I've previously said the new package by IMGR is a very unprofessional one and a mixup that sounds completely wrong to the station. Hearing the latest Pure Jingles selection is fresh and more professional, however they now seem something of yesteryear as our ears adjust to the new intros.

As the 10 minute takeover is related to Greg James, I thought this would be the best place to put it. I am looking for the music which was used during his Gregathlon updates last year? I think they were used a few times throughout the day.

What year did Chris do this marathon? I only listened to his show from 2011, so if it was before that I wouldn't know what to search for or be able to help. However, www.chrismoyles.net is a good website with loads of audio clips to download. Check it out.

When Alice first went It alone, it seemed strange. But I think she's brilliant, if not better then the Phil and Alice show as she has come out stronger from it. Everyone knows she is the female Scott Mills and I love it!

YouTube is full of explicit songs, Spotify is no better.

Scroll to 1:01:00, Stefan finishes Newsbeat and the first song played is Roar by Katy Perry (as much as I loathe the song). These are the sort of power intros I don't mind. My Way by Calvin Harris is also a good power intro example.

The Where It Begins slogan came in 2015, as did the current Newsbeat theme. Think I've found a great Mike a Wooller intro, here.

If these intros are "radio trends around station imaging", then god help the imaging companies who lead the way in these trends. These intros might be adventurous, however they are certainly nothing but a mishmash of uncertainty as to what station I'm listening to. And powerful they certainly are not. The key to successful radio imaging is to use normal voices as has been used for years on many stations, not to rhyme the station name into a song which is about to be played, which could also be contractually and legally wrong if a music artist has not given their permission for it to be used in this way. You will know of my love for the new power intros with Mike. Nearly 7 months after they were originally aired for BBC Radios most geeky, pointless tacky feature New Music Friday, I have only recently decided that these would be a suitable replacement to the 2014 package. IMGR's latest production is a stark contrast to the Mike Wooller ones, and IMGR's clearly demonstrate an imaging of incompetent trends. I've heard music played on the Daniel P Carter Rock show which is clearer than these intros. Power is all about simplicity in imaging - Mike and his female assistant have done it fine. The breakfast show has recently been ruined with another package that is quite frankly ludicrous in the way it comes across. Whatever happened to the WB refresh? It aired for a few days before disappearing. I understand the station wants to keep up with trends which is fair enough and I blame the awful trends at the radio's imaging industry as a whole. But now we have these, the breakfast show imaging, the Mike intros, a mix of the 2014 ones, chart imaging and the Newsbeat 2015 theme. The imaging is all over the place and there is a sincere lack of inconsistency. The NMF imaging has haunted this entire image rebrand since April, and since then it has been the slowest rush ever of an introduction to running a radio station with no clear image. Even the Where It Begins tagline has suffered throughout as you hardly hear it TOTH now! I know nothing about radio branding imaging, however I do know professionalism when I hear it and there isn't any here. I do not mean to come across negative with my comments and make no apology for it, but I say what I think and know. Rant ranted. For now.

Yet again Radio 1 have shot themselves in the foot. With the constant messy selection of old and new power intros played throughout the day with the 2014 package, this has now added further fuel to the fire. It sounds completely awful and yes, definitely like Kiss or Capital. I cannot believe they have ditched the Wise Buddah theme for this tosh, especially as the BBC philharmonic orchestra helped to compose the theme. That branding was fine, it was at its best when it first started out in 2012. Like many, I can't wonder how long Grimmy's got left. A part of me wishes he'd go now, if he's thinking he can match Moyles' 8 years he can think again, as Moyles is probably sitting at Radio X laughing his head off with Dom, discussing this on-air on early mornings! "Youre listening to Grimmy, Grimmy, Grimmy." Yes we know.

Well he is probably responsible for the messy imaging currently being spread across. If it's not him then whoever created they 3-way thing is a moron. As I've said before it's not a clear direction. Even if the 2014 ones are ditched (a big mistake) there will still be 2 remaining packages. The Mike Wooller ones that crept their way in earlier this year as part of NMF are the better ones. On the other hand, the that fact it has taken most of this year to squeeze the new ones in is highly unprofessional. Making us believe we are getting a station mix up, when they're really trying to pull the carpet from underneath us by eventually removing the 2014 package. When the 2014 package launched it mainly all came within hours on one day, with various other sounds replacing old ones over the next few months. This though, they think we're not noticing, they should look more carefully.

So he is the moron who probably ended up with the mish mash we currently have. Well it's about time one clear brand was played.

Evidence please?

Yes, they've got about 7-8 seconds to get a small speech in before the "This is BBC Radio 1" tagline comes on. I've noticed Scott cuts it fine a lot, and leaves barely half to 1 second. Alice Levine, her approach is different, calm and clear, I like it. It's always a "Time for Newsbeat now with Duncan Middleton. The time is 2:30." Rarely does she say, "It's 2:30 and here's Newsbeat with Duncan Middleton. Grimmy's timing for Newsbeat is always off. Barely does it get broadcasted dead on the hour or half hour. Usually a few minutes late because he is insistent on playing a song at 56,57,58 or 26,27,28 past the hour. Recently Newsbeat came on at 8:35. Shocking.

True, but being at the top, surely Ben Cooper gets a say on the audio and branding. I didn't realise until recently someone has to push a button for every single jingle. Kinda makes sense though, autocue could easy trigger the wrong one. But they're sitting there in front of a whole selection, and they choose the newer ones. Grr. Also, every time I hear these I can't help but sometimes think Radio 1 are fiddling with artists music by incorporating power intros into the start of their songs. Are they actually allowed to do that? I'm sure every artist hasn't given them permission. I could be wrong here and it's all above board and legal, but sometimes the mind wonders. Dont Let Me Down by Chainsmokers is a good example.

Not really. I like it. Did anyone hear the interview with Honey G last week on Breakfast? She claims to have been involved with 1Xtra since it first began and that not many people knew about that! Well that's very true, not many people did. I don't know what to believe here. Up until recently, hardly anyone knew of her, then the chavvy talentless cow comes onto ruin X Factor, folllowed by making a statement like that to Scott on national radio.

Anyone seen this on his Instagram? All thanks to Sarah the baker who phoned in on his Hot Job feature the other week

How stupid is Ben Cooper? Doesn't he realise we already have this? It is called the BBC iPlayer Radio app.

I've never favoured Greg on breakfast but I'd be interested to see him have a stab at it. Who'd be his replacement though? As for Newsbeat, what you suggest is what would likely happen if Chris Smith did move to mornings, however IMO he is what makes Newsbeat and it's best presenter, and losing him on the 5:45 slot would be a shame. When Moyles left, it took me about 6 months to properly warm to Grimmy. Within the last 18 months or so I feel he's been on a downward spiral with the show. It sounds desperate! And he's probably Radio 1's DJ with the highest amount of sick days...just saying.