Lee E
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From radio today
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/07/lorna-clarke-named-as-controller-of-pop-at-the-bbc/
Ben copper seems to be dropped from the top job - wonder what will happen under this lady and to him, considering he was the person who got rid of Moyles yet one of his good friends he has kept constants like Scott and Annie and Mistajam
Interesting development
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20 minutes ago, Darren m said:
If I was in charge of radio 1 I would have Jordan on Friday and sat mornings and arriele free on sundays
I would put the regular weekday presenters back to be honest - rather Greg any day than M&M and rather Clara than Maya although that would leave us in a scenario where Grimmy got the chart and Party Anthems unless they left 1-4 and 4-7 same as now and gave Grimmy and Chris Stark Fridays off
Also because of the weekend on Friday thing Adele looses half hour on an already "shorter" show than the other weekday presenters - I don't understand why Friday breakfast has to start at 6 because essentially it's the same slot as Greg so why can't it start at 0633 after Newsbeat like Greg does weird
Also sounds silly when on Thursday M&M cover with Gregs jingles and beds and all then Friday it's totally different should still be Scott covering for Greg IMO
See Dev and Alice are covering for Scott the week he is off - wonder if Stark will be with them that will be an interesting dynamic with three of them - I doubt Chris has more holiday as he only just had a week off where Scott was solo
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19 hours ago, Chris D said:
Classics have been incorporated into the show for the past few weeks, so could be! I hope they don't change the type of music too much though, I think it's a great show as it is.
Would be surprised if there wasn't a new intro & jingles. Would seem silly to go to the effort of changing the show and not.
Yeah I noticed classics on the 1800-1900 hour for Scott a bit, so could be going back to that floorfillers format of yesteryear
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Looks like Scott is off 15-18 July and D&A are sitting in
Although Scott is show on Friday
Wonder if Chris is with D&A for the week as he had his hols last week or because Scott is off Chris gets the week off
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4 hours ago, anothernerd said:
Are they seriously renaming everything to ‘anthems’?
Seems that way, also tomorrow at 7 Scott has "party anthems" which to me sounds more commercial bangers than the current dance format, maybe so he can throw some older classics in to compete with Heart Dance?
Would be interesed to see if he has had new jingles and sweepers done for this - feels like it could be more like his old "floorfillers" he used to do on Fridays after newsbeat being revived
Remember this is the first personalisation of the Friday driver show for him since he took over, because it has stayed the same format as Greg had since 2015 when he took the chart over - of course 1600-1745 has to be the chart then 1800-1900 is "Scott" for an hour
Would be interested to see if this persoinallisation is going towards Scott and Chris back on drive? and Grimmy out maybe? dreams can come true
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seems like a good sucessful community station too - very involved in the community they have a sonifex S2 desk same one as I use at Uckfield FM
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1 hour ago, Mike123 said:
Always enjoy hearing those two, they’ve really come into their own as a duo. I’d prefer Jordan to cover 1-4 and then to be Grim’s cover on drive when you think about it, the personality duo with a lot of potential should probably get the drive cover, and the standard solo music presenter with some potential should cover afternoons.
It seems to me that they are using the weekend equivelent to cover weekday shows now so breakfast covers breakfast and all
Wonder who will be cover for Matt and Mollie? if they had same holiday used to be Yasser for Dev
Also anyone notice Maya has anthems now 10-11? from Friday its being trailed so wonder if Greatest hits is going to be permenent 10-11 weekdays and Maya is doing anthems
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I think it deserves a slot, but not daily
As far as renaming Party Anthems - I dont get that, Scott started Friday saying "the best Party anthems"
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9 hours ago, Ash101 said:
There’s no way Scott is going back to drivetime.
I think Scott’s been given a new contract after turning down Heart Breakfast. Meaning he’ll be on afternoons for a good few years yet. I think Greg is on Breakfast for the long haul too - probably 6-8 years
I would say probably correct, that Scott Mills was definately offered the gig and turned it down - bit of a kick to Jamie Theaktson to know he was second fiddle after being in the slot for some years
Wonder what made Scott turn it down - was it the fact he would have been working with Amanda Holden lol
As for Greg - I would say he will go for Moyles' record and try to do 9/10 years being the radio nerd he is, but it depends how long you can hack early mornings although he has Chris Evans' wish of being 4 days only
I can see Scott on afternoons for some time yet too as him Adele and Clara are the only constant on daytime currently after recent changes to both weekday and weekend schedules but maybe start to cover shows on Radio 2 like SWITA and Ken Bruce? Also of note Sara Cox has had no real "leave" since being on drive, wonder if there is potential for Scott to cover this slot?
It will be interesting to see what happens to the three from Kiss - maybe they have potential to replace Grimmy on drive one day ? and give Dev and Alice the night show weekdays where they can be smutty and allow Jordan to have weekend afternoons and be the cover for weekday shows as well - Dev definately deserves a slot on daytime even if it is the 9pm one nightly
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9 hours ago, Mike123 said:
During this past year, I’d been strongly of the opinion Scott and Chris seemed to be winding down their show, and with events like Innuendo Bingo and the Lolathon seeming a bit like a swan song, and the show’s content sounding a bit tired, as if they knew the show was coming to an end, not to mention Scott’s Radio 2 covers, it seemed enevitable. However, during the past few weeks, from listening, they have massively stepped up, they have an intro and some proper custom imaging, some podcasts are over 40 minutes, and they’re back with a vengence, sounding fresher than ever. They sound so fresh and on target, I honestly think that if there were plans for them to leave as suspected, they must have changed. They can’t leave when they’re sounding this good. Two theories - they’ve signed another deal for 1-4pm for a few more years, or - and this is very out there - I’m all but certain Grimmy on drive was a contractual complication, and he won’t see out the year, it’s the laziest show I’ve ever heard, it’s gone downhill massively. So my second theory is, seeing as Radio 1 don’t have some huge young new talent that can take over Breakfast and drive, (hence Greg being a excellent guardian for the slot until the next generation of DJs for radio 1 breaks through in 2-3 years), what if they were to put Scott and Chris back onto drive for 2-3 years, until someone else is ready. Then Greg and Scott will move on in a few years, and Radio 1 will have got some fresh new young DJs by then that are ready to take over the shows. What do you think? The only reason I think this is possible is because their afternoon show has had a huge refresh and they sound better than ever. Can you see this happening?
Actually I think your theory could be one that’s correct - after all Scott is already doing drive on a Friday so why not add the other four
His Dance anthems has been renamed too to Party Anthems
What I think will happen is there will be major changes when the new controller for Radio 1&2 is announced (has it been?) if this is Ben Cooper as predicted maybe he’ll make major changes
But yes I 100% agree Scott’s show sounds fresher than ever and it’s also been really good to hear him solo as well
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ALSO note from Friday 5th July Scott's Dance Anthems have been renamed to Radio 1 Party Anthems
Also Matt and Mollie are in for Greg 1st July and Matt solo on 2nd July
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17 hours ago, anothernerd said:
They were simply filling a slot until Grimmy turned up as far as the BBC are concerned.
Same as Dev did with the 8th for 6 months
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21 hours ago, Marcus17 said:
Totally agree. I always used to listen to the whole drive show from 4-7 when it was Greg, but since Grimshaw took it over from Dev and Alice last September I can honestly say I haven't listened to the entire show once. I can sometimes last 10 minutes before I feel like launching my radio out my window. If any 2 DJs need to go soon then imo it's Nick Grimshaw and Maya Jama
OMG I forgot that Dev and Alice covered for 6 whole weeks
I wonder if that classes as their "own" show and makes them the shortest drive in history since they wern't in for Greg or Grimmy
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2 hours ago, anothernerd said:
I don’t think so, I think they picked Scott up for his musicial knowledge and the fact is he’s one of the most well known presenters on the station
Yeah I think so too, and the fact they knew then that Greg was going to breakfast although it wasn't revealed until last May Greg and Grimmy knew in September 2017 when the decision was made therefore they knew that Greg wouldn't be continuing the chart
It's a shame they didn't give Scott drive back when Greg went to breakfast and Grimmy on 1-4
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I couldnt' see Scott making a return to weekday drive - he's only on a Friday because it's the chart and DA
Which leads me on to this - not that I am questioning but how did out of the weekday presenters did Scott get Fridays still and not just continue Greg last year? and Grimmy inhereting it
Just wondered how they came to that conclusion
Wonder if Scott was given it on the basis that his show would wind down and he wuld transition to R2 but still have the chart
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4 hours ago, Dan18F1 said:
Matt and Mollie are also covering Greg for a few days in a couple of weeks - think it’s the Monday and Tuesday after Glastonbury!
well that has to be it for Scott and breakfast then surely? well on radio 1 anyway
Wonder if Greg is presenting any of the coverage from Glasto
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Why would they replace Grimmy on drive after a year? unless Scott is off to R2 ? and Grimmy to 1-4 and Mike on drive
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On 6/7/2019 at 10:49 PM, Dan18F1 said:
Couple of schedule changes next few weeks:
On Sunday, Matt is riding solo.
All next week, Jordan is in for Adele.
Alice is flying solo next weekend as Dev is away.
On Tuesday 18th, Charlie is off so it’s just Melvin and Rickie.
On wednesday 19th, Matt and Mollie are in for Greg.
On Sunday 23rd, Katie is in for Jordan.
On Thursday 27th, Annie and Jack have a Glastonbury warm up show from 7-11 so Rickie, Melvin and Charlie have been moved from 11-1.
Finally on Friday 28th, Maya is off and Jordan is covering!
It seems like the final nail is in the coffin for Scott covering breakfast then - he is there this week yet M&M covering so i'd say that's it for him and breakfast, the last official breakfast cover shift he did was 27/12/18
He took part in the show for the escape room and covered while Greg was taken so not really covering for Greg but kind of
The lolothon you cant count that as breakfast cover as it's a special
Thoughts?
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4 hours ago, Dan18F1 said:
In the last few months I have been thinking that Radio 1 is often sounding quite samey day in day out, there’s nothing that distinguishable that happens very often to make you have to tune in. This might be a variety of factors and here’s my reasons for this:
The Playlist - I feel like one of the problems with radio 1 is the reasonably small playlist of songs. If you listen all day you’ll probably hear an A-List song 3 or 4 times. Surely they should try and only play each song once or twice a day? It would make me want to listen longer anyway.
The lack of events - This might just be because I got used to things happening at radio 1 eg. The escape room, the lolathon, last year Greg starting his show etc, but the last few months nothing has really happened if you know what I mean.
Features - Somtimes I feel like there are too many features that are done everyday, Grimmys best song ..., Clara’s your song, Greg’s Yesterdays Quiz, Maybe a few new features are just needed every so often, I’d also like to see more games done on people’s shows, Matt and Mollie are the only people that really seem to do it.
Change of schedule - Finally, it may all come down to the fact that over the last couple of years there have been many schedule changes resulting in lots of new shows starting and sounding really fresh. However, over the last few months, only Rickie, Melvin and Charlie have started a show and that’s in the evenings. Maybe another schedule change is needed quite soon?
I’d love to see what other people’s views are on this!
I quite agree with you about the features, they need to be fresher
Clara to me is just boring, her show is very bland, and she maybe has became complacent in the slot, maybe she is the next change
Greg did hint last week about something happening in the Summer with him but the breakfast show would work better as a team as opposed to just Greg, maybe with Chris Sawyer and Rosin getting involved more - listen to Zoe she has a good set up already, not knocking Greg as he totally should be on breakfast
I find Clara and Scott's show too music heavy, Scott could do so much more but he's constrained by the playlist, and the amount he has to play to make up the last 15 mins of Claras show which is news - I also think a shift to R2 is coming
Grimmy on drive, yes he is a bit better but in essence its the old breakfast show just in the afternoon
Adele gets short changed, she deserves a daytime slot, and so does poor old Dev who seems to get the shittyist deals, early breakfast weekened breakfast, then gets paired with Alice which isnt that bad but after being the weekend breakfast host for so long its a bit like Mayo and Whiley scenario, although D&A have worked out much stronger on afternoons - Dev deserves Scotts show should he vacate, but i cant see it happening and more likely one of the newer ones will take it
Same as M&M, Matt is old on the station now - he's been about for a long time now will he get a weekday slot, probs not
Mollie may well go on to bigger things (Claras show maybe)
Scott - his time is coming I fear, he is being shipped out gradually, first major sign is that hes no longer the breakfast cover, second is that he's being used on R2 and his own R1 show is covered
The next will be he will come off for a week and cover a weekday slot on R2 and someone like Dev and Alice will cover his shows, and maybe Jordan cover the chart if it was SWITA he covered or maybe not if he covered for Ken he would do both on the Friday, who knows
On that - Sara Cox hasnt had a full week off of drive yet has she? only bank holidays where a celeb sits in, seems we dont know who her regular stand in is
On that too - she needs another half hour I think start her at 430 and finish SWITA at 430; I can see their schedule being revamed if/when Vine moves on and that slot abolished with Zoe extended to 10 and Ken 10-1 SWITA 1-4 and Sara 4-7
What we havent considered is the talent released from contracts by Heart, maybe R1 will snap up someoone from that pool as well for a slot
Must be contract time soon?
Listen to scott on those old shows posted he was far more riskay then and the one where he jokes about Moyles is priceless you can tell there is some issue between them in 2001 if only he could be that lairy now
night time no issue, Annie fine, Kiss 3 brilliant and Jack wicked
Kiss 3 may appear on daytime as well, 9-11 may be a bridging move
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19 hours ago, Ryan Pannell said:
Does anyone know where I can find the theme tune music for Greg James’ a Ten Minute Takeover? I want the 30 secound countdown “pips” and also lovely soft music you hear playing when he’s choosing the tracks.
Have a look here
It was done by Greg for the new breakfast show for the geeks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtVd5wtPIlg
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It's Gregs standard jingles with new speech to say its sheep dash and all
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15 hours ago, BBCR1_James said:
It's Jamie Theakston & Amanda Holden duo isn't it?
Yeah interesting 6:30 til 10.
I still think Radio 1 Breakfast needs to be 6-10 tho. Compete with Capital better.
TBF it would put it in line with the weekend as well, although Adele would be short changed there because she would have two hours less a week, either that or Matt and Mollie start at 630 on Fridays
I will be interested to see how Fridays breakfast show is imaged - being branded as an extra episode of Greg's show with M&M as guests
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Seems Jamie Theakston has the gig - schedule has changed so they are 0630-10 to go up directly against Greg and all
with all of this - one wonders, was Theakston the second choice and Mills was offered the gig? or was it lies from the Sun, something we will probably never know
I suspect Mills was offered the gig, but the Beeb offered a new contract with Radio 2 cover Incorporated, wonder if Scott will still cover for Greg going forward and it's just M&M did it this time because of eurovision
thoughts?
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She was involved in Sara Cox getting breakfast in the day
Not ure what will happen to Ben Cooper, maybe he will be her deputy