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Absolutely loving nighttime Mills. These sort of 24 hour events are just R1 at its absolute best- real event radio, relaxed, edgy, all the DJs chipping in. 
Really coming into its own now at nighttime with more free reign on jokes- some hilarious ones in the last hour or two & getting dirtier lol.
Matt Edmondson & Grimmy have been brilliant on this.

also noticed in Gregs time, Scott as usual, fades the music in to the speaking so well, you can so tell he is on the decks

The voice over is really irritating and some guests better than others! Great to hear it though. 
Doesn't seem to have the gravitas and excitement of Moyles' show - and why didn't they put a live feed up? :(((

Haven't heard that much of her but from the bits I have heard, she's very good. Been impressed by Sophie Little who's done some cover for Huw too. Shame that Phil Taggart isn't doing it though- his Sunday show is fantastic and is always good in that 10pm slot. 
I still miss the extra specialist output (more diversity in terms of the 9pm shows and the 12-2 slots were always good)- I used to love Jen Long and Ally McCrae's BBC Introducing show on Sunday nights at 12-2, unfortunately it was axed and both Jen and Ally were let go despite being great specialist presenters- the likes of Abbie and Sophie could've done that now but there aren't many opportunities.

Nice! If you want a hand with recording or editing let me know.

I'll grab it all off iPlayer and stick it on archive.org, so it can sit with the 52 hour Moyles show!

Will be good to hear Scott back where he belongs on drive - it's been just under 5 years!
Anyone planning on capturing this?

Apparently Alice Levine and her "My Dad Wrote A Porno" podcast co-stars will be on after 10pm with "swearing allowed" according to Scott on the breakfast show this morning. Anyone who's heard that podcast will know how hilarious it is: can't wait for 4pm for the whole thing to start, think it's gonna be brilliant!

Abbie presents the BBC Introducing show in Kent and has provided cover for Huw in quite a few times in the last year or so. I've never listened back to a whole show of hers but what I have heard is very good!

Best of luck to Scott and Chris tomorrow. Looking forward to the late night stuff
 
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There is definitely a lack of hype this year - I don't understand why they'd release the location and three acts, then basically forget about it for two months!

Jordan would be great for Early Breakfast Show. He's got a very soothing voice, perfect for this ghastly slot. And Adele is doing a brilliant job covering for Clara. I don't really listen to Clara's show when there's no Live Lounge as it's way too boring. But I tune in whenever Adele or Alice are covering for her. Adele sounds nice and lovely and connects easily with the listeners. As for Clara, well she was good at doing the chart show, just count-downing the tracks with occasional shout-outs to the listeners.

Pounds and ounces. 
And whilst we're at it, shillings, yards, and pints.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

This has been done before (Christmas last year), but doubt the OCC would agree to it, they want a prime time slot; also they'd have to turn the data around fast, and R1 would have to turn it around even faster to get it on air and produced to a decent standard! Although from our perspective it makes some sense, I can't see R1 or OCC ever going for it. 

Disagree here, we were behind the rest of the world with the chart - with songs being released on Fridays/Saturdays, meaning they'd be part of the UK chart on the Sunday yet would place low as only being around for a few hours, thus not reaching their possible potential. Moving the chart to a Friday is better for artists, and allows for a more accurate representation of their album sales in the chart - it therefore makes it more interesting for the listeners too. 
I do agree however that it was better for programming when it was on a Sunday, and it's definitely a shame to have lost Greg's Friday show; the chart is bigger than Radio 1 however, and they have to move for the chart and the music industry, not the other way round.

Any good recommendations for radio? Excelling student radio stations, shows, presenters to watch, commercial shows? And anything I can listen to at breakfast? I'm seriously struggling, because I like hit music in the morning especially but I like to hear news, weather and interesting presenters. I genuinely cannot find anything on DAB that plays good music, has good chat, and is feelgood. 
Moyles has lost his spark and is now sounding like a tired and grumpy old man who constantly reminisces about the good old days. Audio branding is poor, and that combined with the adverts just makes for unpleasant listening. 
chrismoyles.net (Am I allowed to say that? I hear UnofficialMills has some kind of ongoing feud with them?) post a Chris Moyles Radio 1 show every single day, and I enjoy dipping in and out of those, but that requires internet and thinking. I need something as an alarm. 
Ideas welcome. 

All crap, uninteresting and formulaic. 
Breakfast certainly needs a change, it would be good probably now in boosting listening figures and getting Radio 1 back on track 

I have to agree with you guys. I don't mind amount of music during Scott's and Greg's shows but in the first part of the day it's just unbearable. Clara's show has no content at all and the worst thing it just does not sound good unlike Capital or other commercial rivals. And the breakfast show sounds tired. In fact, I think that drivetime show sounds better than the breakfast one which is a shame and a main issue Radio 1 keep losing listeners IMO.
On the other hand, I love weekend output. Dev's great so is Matt, Alice and Danny. 

Fair play to him, Chris hit the News bang on in both of the intros he did though!

I'd just let Chris do the one-off shows for Scott being off sick etc. but then get Alice or Matt on in long-term absences of Scott. Chris is easily as good as DJs like Clara or Cel but just not up to the standard of those like SCOTT AND GREG.
 

Surprised to be woken up by Matt on Friday revealing he had been whisked away from a rehersal to do the show
I would have loved to have seen Chris or Alice

Very little fuss will be made apart from some special features, giveaways and maybe some throwback Live Lounges (Radio 1 launched on the 30th of September so maybe a special Live Lounge for the end of Live Lounge Month).
In truth, though, most listeners won't care that the station is 50 years old- of course it'd be great to get Moyles, Cox, Whiley etc back on to reminisce and play old tunes but it's not what the majority of the audience would be that bothered about IMO, sure it'd be great if it happened but personally can't see it.
I would love a day of ditching the playlist and playing just the biggest songs Radio 1 have played over the years- I love when they do those days of counting down special lists (Top 150 songs of the decade one of them was I think). It's good fun, allows songs which are brilliant but don't get played often to be on and the presenters usually love those sort of shows.

Love Scott and Chris every day I listen when I can, specially in the gym in afternoons, it is a proper show and it seems to be getting better
Shame they cant be on breakfast, but then if they were I would not be able to listen as often as I can now

I've mentioned the same thing before but I doubt it will happen. Radio 1 seems to be ashamed somewhat of it's history, I have no idea why as they have had some amazing presenters through their doors over the years. A lot still work for the BBC too so it wouldn't be too hard to put something together.
 
Coupled with the fact that the heiarchy seem to think the world began in 2012, the 50th anniversary will be low key I reckon. It'll just be some new artists doing a few "oldskool" songs in the live lounge from about 3 years ago.
 
Strange to me. Because so many Radio 1 listeners have a much broader horizon than what the station gives out. Look at some of the requests for the 10 minute takeover, so many tracks from the 00s and some even from the 90s too. Not saying that should be their playlist as it's a station for new music, but it should make them realize that people don't just like Ed Sheeran and Frank Ocean (whoooooo!) songs.

Too old for Radio 1 now, plus I can't imagine them putting Skepta and Stormzy on par with Jesus, like seems to be written into the Radio 1 DJ's contracts. (They'll both be like Goldie Lookin Chain in a decade btw)
 
They made a great pairing 10 years back though, I'd put them on par with Mark & Lard but only about as half as close.